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Xylina socia [petrificata) , T. instabilis, T. cruda, T. populeti, 

 Asphalia flavicornis, Endrouiis {Dimorpha) versicolor, Larentia 

 inultistrigaria, and Colias edusa, var. helice, the last from ova 

 laid by afemale sent from the South of France by Dr. Chapman. 



Several members had experienced great difficulty in 

 breeding A. niibcculosa, and Mr. Adkin said he had found 

 that success could be obtained by (i) very carefully washing 

 the food-plant before giving it to the larvae, (2) giving suffi- 

 cient friable earth for the larvae to pupate in, and (3) allowing 

 the pupae to remain even for two or three years if the imagines 

 did not come out the season following pupation. 



The Rev. H. Wood exhibited the following spiders to illus- 

 trate his paper: (i) Epeira angnlatn, 5 ; (2) E.gibbosa, ^J ; 

 (3) E. diadcinata, $ ; (4) Philodromus inargaritatus, ? ; (5) 

 Theridion vittatwn, ^J ; (6) E. cucurbitina, ^ ; (7) Cyclosa 

 {Epeira) conica $ , all obtained for him by Mr. Carr in the 

 New Forest; and also Argyroneta aquatica, ^ and ? , Pisaura 

 {Doloiiicdes) iiiirabilis, (^ , and Pirata hygrophilus (the last 

 two species with their cocoons), taken by himself. The 

 A. aquatica were alive in their chambers in a jar of water. 



Mr. Carr exhibited a specimen of Elatcr pomoruni, a rare 

 beetle taken from rotten birch-wood in the New Forest. 



Mr. Clark exhibited an abnormal bloom of the common 

 primrose from his garden. Last year the plant was obtained 

 from the woods and showed no sign of a stalk upon which 

 the flowers were borne. This year a polyanthus-like stem 

 had been produced. Mr. Step said that in the primrose the stem 

 existed in a very diminutive form in the crown of the plant, 

 and often when placed under exceptional circumstances be- 

 came developed. He considered this to be a reversion to 

 the family form of flowering, as all the other members of the 

 genus had fully-developed stems to support the flowers. 

 Several members asked if this were the oxlip. Mr. Step 

 said that the oxlip was a very local plant, and only existed 

 wild in a ver}' restricted area in the Eastern Counties. 



Mr. Garrett exhibited ova of Brephos parthenias from a 

 female taken on Wimbledon Common April 3rd, 1904. He 

 said that he had obtained these ova by keeping the moth 

 under a glass shade in which were twigs of birch, and by 

 admission of sunshine. This is the only way in which he 

 had been able to get this species to lay. The ova are oval 

 in shape and without any markings. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited a photograph of the ova of this species. 



Mr. E. Step exhibited living specimens of the hairy violet 

 (Viola hirta) from Mickleham Downs, and called attention to 



