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Mr. F. M. B. Carr exhibited a large number of Coleoptera 

 he had taken this year at Sahsbury and in South Devon. 



Mr. Ashby exhibited series of the local Coleoptera, Har- 

 palus caspius and H. sabnlicola, from Portland, taken in June. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a specimen of Cosstcs cossus 

 {ligniperda), taken at the electric light in King's Street, 

 Hammersmith, and referred to a curious habit of the species 

 in flying rapidly round the light two or three times, and then 

 dropping suddenly to the ground. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Eiipithccia exiguata, and 

 contributed the following note : — " Two or three rather worn 

 females of an EiLpithecia were taken among others near 

 Brighton. They were not identified at the time, but for 

 some reason which I have not been able to ascertain, the 

 captor thought that they might be E. fraxinata, but evidently 

 had some doubt, as the ova that he obtained from them he 

 sleeved in two lots, the one on ash and the other on sallow. 

 Those on the sallow all died, while those on ash fed up well, 

 and produced pupa;. This led to the conclusion that they 

 must be E. fraxinata, and more of the original moths were 

 sent to me as that species. Although in a condition that 

 rendered identification by no means easy, I had little doubt 

 that they were referable to E. exiguata. To make sure, how- 

 ever, I managed to secure some of the pupse which the 

 ash-fed larvae had produced, and had the satisfaction of 

 rearing from them the series exhibited." 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited series of the genus 

 Acalles among the Rhyncophora. He said that this genus 

 is a very obscure one, numbering more than a hundred 

 species. Thirty-four are found in Europe, and the remainder 

 are distributed over other parts of the world. The three 

 species exhibited were the British representatives of the 

 genus, and were taken by beating dead twigs, principally 

 oak, at Darenth Wood, in July, 1903. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited the larvae of Nisoniades tagcs 

 nearly full grown, from ova laid on Lotus corniculatns. He 

 also showed a larva of Orgyia splendida, which differed from 

 O. antiqua in being without the head and tail plumes of the 

 latter species, although it possessed the brushes on the 

 middle of the back. He called attention to a living example 

 of Parnassins apollo he had just bred from Spain, as being 

 exactly like the common Swiss form. It was characteristic 

 of those he had met with this year, and quite different from 

 the forms he had previously exhibited, as the result of his 

 visit in igo2. 



