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Mr. E. Step exhibited a series of forty photographs of 

 fungi taken during the past twelve months, and representing 

 about three dozen species, including the rare Amanita 

 strohiliformis, and^-4;;z. aspcra, Lactarius cilicioidcs, L. lilacimis, 

 Coprinus micaceiis, Thclcphora intybacca, Coniophora nicm- 

 hranacca, Geastcr bryaniii, Lycopcrdon inolle. L. pyriforuic, 

 SepiUtaria coronaria, and several Myxogastres; among the 

 latter Spumaria alba, Arcyria mbiformis, and CJwndriodcrma 

 radiatiini. As in previous years these photos were mainly in 

 illustration of the mycology of Ashtead and Oxshott, 

 Surrey. 



Mr. A. E. Gibbs exhibited a drawer containing various 

 Palsearctic forms and races of Papilio niachaon, including a 

 fine large var. britannicns, an ab. aurantiaca, and spring and 

 summer forms of the Japanese var. hippocrates. 



Mrs. Hemming exhibited a large number of Argynnids, 

 bred or captured during the last two years, including Dryas 

 paphia, male and female, showing considerable melanic 

 tendency, and v. valesina, bred in 1910 ; several specimens to 

 show underside variation of ground colour from brown to 

 green in the same species ; and various minor aberrations of 

 Aygvnnis adippc, A. aglaia, B. euphrosyne, and .B. sclciic. 



DECEMBER 8/h, 1910. 



Mr. A. R. Kidner, of Sidcup, was elected a member. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited the wild-laid ova of Calaniia 

 lutosa, in sitil, within the low-down sheaths of the reed ; he 

 also showed the ova of Hydvcecia crinanensis. 



Mr. Sich, on behalf of Mr. Tutt, exhibited a pair of the 

 beautiful Gelechiid Gelechia tessella, Hb. {guadrella, F.) Mr. 

 Tutt took these on August gtli, 1908, in the Lower Engadine, 

 between Siis and Lavin, at an elevation of over 4600 leet. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Anthroccra filipen- 

 didcE, reared between July 23rd and 31st last, from pupae 

 collected earlier in the month on rough waste ground on 

 the side of the Downs near Westerham, with specimens 

 captured on June 25th, some 3'ears ago, in a meadow at 

 Northwood ; and called attention to one of the latter and 

 three of the Westerham series, which had " the borders of 

 the hind-wings distinct and undulated internally, and the sixth 

 spot of the fore-wings small, with a coloured nervure passing 

 through it," thus being in agreement with Stephens' des- 

 cription of A. hippocrepidis. He said that it was generally 



