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at all fertilised, from among high trees in dense shade ; and 

 a stem of E. media, fully fertilised, from dense shade. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited two scorpions, Hetero- 

 metrus swammcrdami, from India, and Tityits insignis, from 

 the West Indies, and contributed the following note : 



" Scorpions, of which there are several hundred species 

 known, are not represented in England at all, and there are 

 only about thirteen species in the south of Europe. Most 

 species of scorpions are viviparous, producing from 20 — 60 

 at a time, and the young are carried on the back of the 

 female for about a month. Adult scorpions vary in length 

 from 1 j to 8 inches. The effect of their sting on the system 

 is that the injected poison causes the corpuscles of the blood 

 to coagulate. Remains of scorpions have been found as far 

 back as the carboniferous period." 



MARCH 26th, 1908. 



Mr. G. B. Browne exhibited a large number of British 

 Lepidoptera, which he was presenting to the Society. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited some Lepidoptera recently received 

 from Australia, including the form of Pyrameis known as P. 

 kershawii, so closely allied to P. cardui as to be considered by 

 some as only a geographical race of that species. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a living larva of Aricia agestis 

 (astrarche), which had been fed under shelter during the 

 winter, and was nearly full grown. 



Dr. Hodgson exhibited two rough sketches of an unusual 

 resting (?) attitude of the imago of Adopcea flava (Hesperia 

 thaumas) (apparently a sunning position). In one female, 

 seen on four occasions (returning after disturbance) about 

 1 p.m., August 24th, 1907, during a short period of sunshine, 

 the attitude was almost identical (except the antennae) with 

 the sleeping position of Nisoniades tages ; but the under sur- 

 faces of the wings were, perhaps, a little wider apart than in 

 that species at night. This describes the attitude, but as 

 regards its position on the stem the thorax and abdomen 

 were above the support, instead of below as in N. tages. No 

 oviposition or ova were observed. 



Mr. Henry J. Turner exhibited more than two dozen 

 species of butterflies from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and 

 contributed the following note : 



" The Rhopalocera exhibited are illustrative of the West 

 African fauna. Most of the species belong to the Nympha- 



