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AUGUST i^th, 1902. 



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



Mr. Edwards exhibited ova oi Anthroccra {ZygcBua) trifolii, 

 from Byfleet. 



Dr. Fremhn said that during a recent visit to the Isle of 

 Man he had taken Dianihcecia ccesia and larvas of Polia 

 xanthomhta, var. nigrocincta. 



Mr. Clark stated that he had recently visited the unique 

 collection of orchids possessed by Captain Holford, and he 

 described the method of the pollination of some rare hybrids. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited specimens of Nemoptera bipennis 

 {lusitanica) from Bejar, in Spain. 



AUGUST 2%th, 1902. 



Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-P resident, in the Chair. 



Mr. Edmund J. Riley, of 94, Drakefield Road, Upper 

 Tooting, was elected a member. 



Mr. South exhibited Apamea ophiogramma, selected from 

 twenty-nine specimens bred from larvae feeding on ribbon- 

 grass at Upper Tooting. Little variation in colour and 

 marking was noted, and all the examples but one were about 

 equal in size. The exception measured 23 mm., or about one 

 third less in expanse than the others, which ranged from 30 

 mm. to 33 mm. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a box of ferns sent for distribution 

 by Messrs. Step and Turner, from Inistioge, co. Kilkenny, 

 Ireland, and read the following note : — " Mr. Turner and I 

 send herewith for exhibition and distribution a sample of five 

 ferns, which are the common weeds that ornament all the 

 walls in this region. They are Polypodiuui vulgare, Scolopen- 

 drium vidgare, Asplenium ceterach, A. riUa-iimraria, and .4. 

 adiantuni-nigrum. 



"There is also a patch oi Hymenophyllum tunhridgense, of 

 which we have found enormous quantities in one particular 

 spot, covering rocks, trees, and banks near a beautiful 

 cascade. 



" We have the sole run of a wood of 700 acres, as well as 

 a considerable section of the county, with no one to interfere 

 with us, and foresters, keepers, gardeners, and others in- 

 structed to give us any assistance we may need in our arduous 

 labours. We have contrived to get about a fortnight's enjoy- 



