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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



FEBRUARY i2tli, 1903. 



Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a very hghtly marked specimen of 

 Ematurga atomaria and a very pale Tephrosia luridata {ex- 

 tersaria), both from W. Wickham woods. 



Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited specimens of (i) Erasuiia 

 pulchella, one of the most brilHantly coloured species of all 

 the Lepidoptera, belonging to the family Chalcosidse ; (2) 

 Campylotes liistrionicus, belonging to the same family, and 

 very un-moth-like in appearance; (3) Areas galactina, be-, 

 longing to the Arctiidas ; these three species were from 

 Darjeeling. He exhibited specimens oi Abraxas sylvata from 

 Amersham, Bucks, and from Assam, which were almost 

 identical in tint and markings. On behalf of Mr. Day he 

 exhibited a box of Coleoptera consisting of some three dozen 

 species taken in Cumberland, mainly near Carlisle, including 

 Hydrothassa liannoverana, Ouialium septentrionis, Agabus con- 

 gener, Hydroporus incognikis, Queduis auricoimis, Hydrobms 

 picicrus, Steniis guyncmeri, Rhynchites ciiprcus, etc. He also 

 showed a box of moths, chiefly of Pyralidse, from Assam, 

 including representatives of some twenty-five genera. 



Mr. Enock exhibited a considerable number of lantern- 

 slides to illustrate his lecture, entitled " Notes and Photos." 

 His remarks and pictures dealt mainly with the transforma- 

 tion details of the dragonfly Brachytron pratensc and of 

 Gonepteryx rhanmi. 



FEBRUARY 26th, 1903. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. F. G. Cannon, of Hampstead, was elected a member. 

 A Special Donation was announced of a large number of 



