siiiaragdaria, which he had met with on the Essex marshes 

 when searching for larvce of the Coleophorids. He also 

 showed a photograph of the larvae on their food-plant 

 {Artemisia inavitinin), to illustrate the wonderful protective 

 resemblance. No one seemed quite certain how many 

 larvae there were. He had received it from Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards, of Worcester. 



Mr. Dodds exhibited a specimen of Locusta viridissinia 

 from Felixstowe. Mr. Turner said that it was common on the 

 Isle of Wight and several other places on the South Coast, 

 but he had not heard of any being taken on the East Coast. 



Mr. West exhibited three out of the six British species of 

 the coleopterous genus ChcFtocnejiia {Pledroscelis), viz. C. sub- 

 cceriilca, C. hortemis, and C confusa, all taken by sweeping at 

 Wisley on September i8th. 



Mr. Browne exhibited several species of Noctuidae from 

 Deal, including specimens of Xylophasia polyodon, very dark, 

 almost black, Phibalaptcryx lignatn, and Hydracia nictitans, 

 var. paludis, all taken in August, 



Mr. Step communicated the Reports of the Field Meeting 

 at Ashtead and Epsom on May 14th, and of the Field 

 Meeting at Bookham on June 4th (see p. 26). 



OCTOBER 13M, 1904. 



Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, Vicc-Prcsidcni, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited: (i) Two s\)ec\eso{ A scalaphus 

 taken by Dr. Chapman this year — A . coccajus in South France 

 in May, and A. loui^icornis in Spain in July; (2) one 

 male and two females of the earwig Aptcrygidn media 

 ( ^ albipennis), all living specimens from the Faversham dis- 

 trict, not far distant from Westwood's old locality for the 

 species. The specimens shown were taken by Mr. A. J. 

 Chitty and sent to him this month (October). The species 

 may be known by its russet colour, the absence of wings, 

 and the simple form of the male forceps, with a spur near 

 the middle. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited several specimens of an unde- 

 termined species o{ Cicada from Tasmania. 



Mr. Turner exhibited imagines and cases of the local 

 Coleophorid, C. vibicella. The former w^ere from Trench 

 Wood, taken about the year 1886 by Mr. Edwards, of 

 Worcester, who stated that he had recently searched for the 



