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AUGUST 22nd, 1901. 



Mr. F. NoAD Clark, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a larva of Graelhia isahellce brought 

 from Bronchales, near Albarracin, the last of several brought 

 over, the rest having spun up. It is the only European 

 species of the Attacine group of Saturnidae, and occurs only 

 in this district of Spain, over an area stretching from near 

 Madrid to Albarracin, on Scotch fir at an altitude of about 

 5000 ft. The colouring harmonises well with that of the 

 Scotch fir twigs, and especially the immature fir cones are 

 closely imitated in certain views of the larva in a way that 

 the larva seen isolated does not at all suggest. 



Mr. F. H. Day exhibited the following Coleoptera, all 

 from Cumberland : 



Donacia discolor [comari), from Sty. Head Farm, Cumber- 

 land, a variable series, ranging in colour from bronze, 

 through green, blue, purple, and crimson to nearly black. 



Hydrothassa hannoverana, from the Eden valley, Cumber- 

 land. This species formerly occurred in Hampshire and 

 Yorkshire, but has . not been noticed in either of these 

 counties for many years. The series of eighteen specimens 

 shown were taken by sweeping Caltha paliistris in a marshy 

 meadow in June last. 



Bradycellus collaris, from High Pike, Cumberland. A 

 typical mountain beetle, and locally common among the 

 hills of Cumberland. 



Sphcerites glahratus : one specimen from Salkeld, Cumber- 

 land. Very rare in the British Isles, most captures having 

 been made in Scotland. One specimen taken in North- 

 umberland about sixty years ago is the only previously 

 recorded English capture. This specimen was found in 

 carrion, a friend who was with Mr. Day securing a second. 



Ancistronycha [Telcphorus) abdominalis, from the Gelt 

 Valley, Cumberland. One of the finest of the Telephoridas, 

 and not uncommon locally in the county. It is usually 

 found among bracken. 



Telephortis darwinianus, from Skimburness Marsh, Cumber- 

 land. Not an uncommon species in Scotland, but in 

 England is only known from Cumberland as yet. 



Rhynchites cuprens, from Barron Wood, Cumberland. A 

 very local weevil, taken by beating mountain ash. 



A<^abiis arcticns, from Scawfell, Cumberland. One of the 



