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ferent were the ver}- 3'oung forms to the aduit specimens 

 (see page lo). 



Mr. Lucas read the Report of the Field Meeting held at 

 Bookham on May loth (see page 41). 



^UNE I2th. 1902. 



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



Mr. Ashdown exhibited living larvse of Attagcniis pellio 

 feeding on wool. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited for identification a Noctua he had 

 recently captured. It was afterwards recognised by Mr. 

 South as a worn, and doubtless hybernated, example of 

 Hadcna protcn. 



Mr. Moore exhibited a specimen of the rare Pseudacraa 

 trimeni from South Africa. It varied from the type form in 

 having a considerable area of the lower wings white. It 

 was taken in the Transvaal in 1902, and is not represented 

 in the British Museum. 



Mr. Manger exhibited some volcanic dust taken from the 

 deck of the ill-fated vessel the " Roddam " by his son. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited a specimen of Gryllotalpa vulgaris 

 (gryllotalpa), taken in Brockenhurst village in May, 1902 ; 

 and also Mcriania argentifera, Meig, a male specimen taken 

 in the New Forest on April 30th, 1902. This species was 

 not previously known as British. It is allied to M. pnpanim 

 (also not common), but can be separated by the fact that its 

 "whiskers" — the hairs on the "jowls" below the eyes — 

 are black, whereas in picparwn they are pale. They differ 

 also in other good points, and M. argentifera is undoubtedly 

 distinct and a good addition to the list. The specimens had 

 been determined b}' Mr. C. J. Wainwright. 



Mr. R. Adkin submitted a report of the Annual Congress 

 of the South-eastern Union of Scientific Societies held at 

 Canterbury on June 5th, 6th, and 7th. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner read the Report of the Field Meeting 

 held at Reigate on May 24th (page 43). 



JULY loth, 1902. 



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



The President referred in sympathetic terms to the sudden 

 death of one of the Society's members, Mr. Mark Winkley, 



