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o( Talaporia tiibidosa ( pseudo-bonibycclla), together with cases 

 of the larvse, some of which showed the empty pupa case 

 sticking out of the end. 



Rev. H. Wood, M.A., read a paper entitled " Notes on 

 Argyroneta aquatica and other Spiders" (see page I5).| 



In answer to various questions, Mr. Wood said that 

 A . aquatica often left the water for long periods, even so long 

 as six months. At night they were prone to wander, and 

 when kept in the confinement of a small jar did not survive 

 long, possibly owing to all facility for wandering being cut 

 off. It must also be remembered that the ^s, must leave the 

 water to seek the ? . The air in the chamber did not need 

 to be changed frequently, as, for instance, during hibernation 

 it remained unchanged for a lengthy period. Feeding took 

 place always in the air, either of the chamber or above the 

 water, or with the head immersed in a bubble of air. The 

 prey was often entangled in the threads spun for the purpose 

 in the water. The changes of skin necessary for growth 

 always took place in the chamber, and the old skin was 

 pushed out into the water. 



MAY 12///, 1904. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Goulton exhibited photographs of several species of 

 spring larvae, including Aventia flexnla, Hepialus liuinuli, Phi- 

 balapteryx lapidata, Noctiia xanfhographa, Leticania pallcns, and 

 AphantopHS hyperanthiis, var. nrctc. 



Mr. Ansorge exhibited four males and one female of Dytiscus 

 circuniflcxiis, taken from one small pond at North wood, 

 Middlesex. It was stated to be an unusual occurrence for 

 so many of these beetles to be taken together. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited the lichen Sticta pnlmonaria, called 

 " lungs of oak," from the New Forest. The peasantry of the 

 Forest considered it a cure for coughs, and to prepare it for 

 this purpose the lichen was boiled with a little liquorice. 



Mr. Stonell exhibited and gave notes on (i) varieties of 

 Thera variata from Brockenhurst and Oxshott. Those from 

 the former place emerged from the pupa April 3rd to 

 May 8th. Those from Oxshott began to emerge on May ist. 

 The larvse of these were full grown on April 17th, when they 

 were collected. All the New Forest specimens were small 

 and indistinctly marked, a few having the colouring reversed, 



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