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attention to the light and dark forms, remarking that they 

 kept distinctive at each moult, and seemed in no way to 

 respond to their environment. 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited the following species of 

 Hemiptera, taken in the New Forest in June of the present 

 year. Cicadetta montana, having one fore-wing ill-developed ; 

 Sigara minutissima, a very small aquatic species ; Eysarcoris 

 ceneus, a very rare species ; and Orthostira cervina, found in 

 moss, not common. 



Mr. Carr exhibited the nymph skin of the large dragon- 

 fly, Anax impcrator, found on a fir trunk near the Black 

 Pond, Oxshott ; and also a batch of ova of Macrothylacia 

 rubi, which were producing a large number of Chalcids. 



Mr. Sich exhibited the larva and pupa of Parnassius apollo, 

 sent from the Engadine, Switzerland, by Mr. Egbert Sich. 

 The larvae fed well on Sedum album. They appear rather 

 sluggish, but very active if irritated, when they sometimes 

 protrude a yellow forked process near the head, the osma- 

 terium. 



Mr. Tutt called attention to the fact that the pupa in 

 P. delius was covered by a delicate waxy substance over the 

 whole surface, whereby it was probably able to obviate any 

 injury likely to be brought about by excess of water on the 

 marshy ground upon which the frail cocoon was spun. 



JULY nth, 1908. 



Field Meeting at Ranmore Common. 



Conductor : Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Owing to a change in the arrangements this meeting was 

 unfortunately very poorly attended, only eight members being 

 present. This was much to be regretted, as the well-wooded 

 slopes and valleys, and the rough southern escarpment, offer 

 a considerable variety of collecting ground. 



JULY 23rd, 1908. 



Mr. Sich exhibited Cerostoma xylostclla, female, and stated 

 that the text-books describe the larva of this species as pale 

 green with a broad reddish stripe down the back. This is 

 the more usual coloration, but the larva is sometimes quite 



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