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•JANUARY i/^th, 1904. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. East, of Stoke Newington, was elected a member. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited a series of Acontia luctuosa, reared 

 from ova obtained from a moth taken at Eynsford in June, 

 igo2. He said that he understood that the species was 

 generally supposed to be double-brooded, but in this case, 

 whether from the coolness of the season or other circum- 

 stance, the whole of the pupae remained over the winter. 

 The eggs hatched on July ist, 1902, and the larvae went 

 down in from four to five weeks of that date, but the first 

 moth did not emerge until June 2gth, 1903, and the last on 

 July loth. In reply to a question he said that the larvae fed 

 up readily on Convolvulus arvensis. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a batch of ova of Hyhernin rnpicn- 

 praria, and also a specimen of the large and curious Ortho- 

 pteron, DinarcJms dasypus, Illig., from near Bucharest, sent to 

 him by M. Montandon. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited the fruit of the butcher's broom from 

 Epping Forest, where, although the plant was common, the 

 fruits were seldom obtained. It was stated to fruit more 

 freely in the counties south of the Thames, and very freely in 

 the New Forest. He also exhibited the fruit of the western 

 plane, and called attention to the curious loose fibrous stems 

 by which they were suspended from the twigs, and said that 

 this gave such a freedom of movement that the slightest 

 breath of wind was considered to facilitate the distribution 

 of the seeds when ripe. He also pointed out the withered 

 staminal flowers, which had not yet fallen. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited another series of photographs of the 

 ova of Lepidoptera, mc\\idi\r\g Argynnis thore, Hyhcrnia rupica- 

 praria, Hemerophila abvuptaria, Eugonia quercinaria, Enbolia 

 cervinaria, Tiliacea citrago, Anchocelis rufina, A. pistacina, 

 Mellinea circellaris, and Arctia fasciata. 



Mr. West exhibited Dermestes lardarius, which he had bred 

 from almonds, among which it had occurred somewhat 

 freely. 



Mr. G. B. Browne exhibited a large number of Lepidoptera 

 captured by him at Dawlish between July 23rd and August 

 7th, 1903, and contributed a paper descriptive of Dawlish 

 and his exhibit (see page 22). 



