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Mr. Main exhibited slides of a sea spider, a member of a 

 family which has been bandied about by various systematists 

 between Crustacea and Arachnida ; part of a brood of larvae 

 of Pygcera buccpliala, feeding ; a dead larva of Staaropus fagi, 

 with pupa of a dipterous parasite protruding ; cone of silver 

 fir ; branches of Robinia (false acacia), and read notes on its 

 spines ; foot of a spider; batch of ova of Orgyia antiqna ; a 

 larva of Papilio machaon, showing the osmateria ; dorsal and 

 ventral views of the larva of Stvatiomys ; and a variety of 

 Pieris brassica, female, with the spots joined. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited slides of blossoms of the butcher's 

 broom (Ruscus aculeatus), Epipactis latifolia, Viola palustris, 

 Heracleum gigantcum, Tussilago farfara, Orchis latifolia, etc. 



Mr. West (Ashtead) showed sections of wood ; sections 

 of stems ; a colony of Hydra viridis, etc. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited slides of Hop, male and female 

 flowers ; wych elm, black walnut, common walnut, hazel 

 catkins, sallow catkins, birch catkins, alder catkins, twigs of 

 maidenhair tree, etc. 



MARCH 1 2th, 1908. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited the following Tortrices : Hedya 

 aceriana, H. occllana, Grapholitha minulana, and Scmasia 

 wceberiana. He said they were all common metropolitan 

 species, and the specimens shown were collected at Lewis- 

 ham from fences that he passed on his way to and from the 

 railway station. He hoped that, by showing how exceed- 

 ingly easy it was to pick up many species of this interesting 

 group, without even going out of one's daily way, he might 

 induce a more general interest in the Tortrices among the 

 members of the Society than there appeared to be at present. 



Mr. Andrews exhibited specimens of the Dipteron Pipiza 

 lugubris, F., a scarce Syrphid, and four examples of Caricea 

 tigrina, F., with its prey. 



Mr. Joy exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera made by 

 him in the near neighbourhood of Calcutta, and contributed 

 the following note : 



" The specimens exhibited represent the results of collect- 

 ing on Sunday mornings only, for I had no other opportunity, 

 during the past two seasons, and they were all taken within 

 ten miles of Calcutta. A few notes regarding my experi- 

 ence may be of interest. I found the cool weather far the 

 better portion of the vear for collecting. This extends from 



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