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Mr. McArthur reported having just bred a puss moth 

 {Dicranura viniiln), which had been lying over from igoi. 

 The larva was from the Isle of Lewis. Mr. Knock has bred 

 the same species, which had gone four years. Mr. Sich said 

 that he had found the larvae of this species on sallow growing 

 at San Moritz, 6000 to 7000 feet elevation, and he had also 

 found the larva of D. fiircula at about the same elevation. 



JUNE 2Sth, 1903. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Councillor Newbery, of East Greenwich, was elected 

 a member. 



Mr. A. L. Rayward exhibited shells of BiLliniinusmontanus, 

 collected at Great Missenden, Bucks, on May 3rd, 1903, 

 among herbage in beech woods. Mr. Step remarked that it 

 was a very local species. 



Mr. Turner exhibited living imagines of Colcoplwra nigri- 

 cella and C. ftiscedinella, bred from Benfleet and Lewisham. 

 larvse respectively. 



Mr. Jager exhibited (i) specimens of the Orchid, Hcrminiuni 

 monorchis, from Reigate ; (2) examples of Papilio polydamas, 

 from South Texas ; (3) a larva of Chelonia plantaginis, which 

 had been attacked by a worm, probably Gordins aqnaticiis ; 

 and (4) a Tarantula sp ? from India. Mr. West said that he 

 had measured a Gordins, which exceeded thirteen inches in 

 length. Mr. Turner, referring to the plant exhibited by Mr. 

 Jager, said that he had not found it at Reigate, although he 

 knew the district well, but it occurred in quantity near the 

 Sevenoaks Road at Polhill, and also could be found near the 

 zigzag road at Box Hill. 



Mr. Enock exhibited protc us, a very large species of Ichneu- 

 mon, which had emerged from a pupa oi Enmorpha elpenor, the 

 larva of which was taken near Woking last year during the 

 Society's field meeting. He also showed several slides he 

 had made by means of colour-photography, a subject in 

 which he was much interested. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited a specimen of the grass-pea (Z,af/z_)'r«s 

 nissolia) from Horsley. Mr. Turner said that the plant 

 occurred also near Leigh, in Essex. 



Mr. Hall exhibited a specimen of fasciated flowers of the 

 garden foxglove. The inflorescence had the general appear- 

 ance of the flower of a large Campanula. He stated that 



