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separata, consisting of articles on " The Theory of Protective 

 Resemblance in Insects," by Professor Poulton, from the 

 Author. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a number of species of Lepidoptera, 

 Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Diptera taken during a trip to 

 Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, in August, 1902. He stated that the 

 weather was very unfavourable to insect life, and most of the 

 insects captured were common species. Perhaps the most 

 notable species was the Coleopteron, Soronia pimctatissinia, 

 of which there had hitherto been only a doubtful record for 

 Ireland. The species had been found in some numbers in 

 Cossus burrows in a poplar tree, in company with the closely 

 allied species S. grisea. The list of species taken is valuable 

 as a record of distribution, especially that of the Hemiptera, 

 which have been very little worked in the country. The full 

 list has appeared in the " Irish Naturalist " (vol. xii, 1903, 

 pp. 181, etc.) 



Mr. G. B. Browne exhibited a considerable number of 

 species of Lepidoptera, and contributed the following 

 notes : 



" Aided by a successful fortnight at Deal and its vicinity 

 in August, I have been enabled to add something material to 

 my collection in a year that has certainly not been a favour- 

 able one. In the ten days I actually spent at Deal I set 

 over four hundred insects, and you will observe that I have 

 shown the captures in that locality in some detail. Among 

 them are extended series of Agrotis tritici and A. valligera, 

 which were by far the most plentiful there. Representatives 

 of most of the other species are also shown. It is possible 

 that an inspection of the varieties of A . tritici will excuse the 

 error I was unfortunately led into of recording this species 

 in the "Entomologist" as A. obclisca, an error afterwards 

 corrected. 



"Among other captures are shown an example of Syrichthus 

 malvcc var. taras, taken at Hailsham in the middle of June ; 

 some Porthcsia chrysorrJicea, bred from larvae taken at Hail- 

 sham at the same time; Papilio macliaon and Arsilonche 

 albovenosa, from larvae taken at Wicken the previous year ; 

 Dicycla 00, taken on a gas-lamp between Lee and Chislehurst 

 last June ; Apamea ophiogramma, taken in my garden at Lee ; 

 and also what I am told is Acidalia osseata, also taken at 

 Lee ; and Geometra vernaria, taken off a gas-lamp opposite 

 my house. A railway embankment runs at the back of my 

 garden, which no doubt accounts for the opportunities that 

 come in my way there. 



