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were missing ; the remainder of the plates were in very good 

 condition. 



Mr. Manger exhibited the following species of Japanese 

 Crustacea : Pscudo-grapsus sanguineus, Macrophthalmus jap- 

 onicus, Philyra pisum, Leucosia iinidentata, Goniosoma dentatus, 

 Dorippe japonica, Lambrus affinis, NepUmus sanguinolentus, 

 Menippe hardwickii, Leptodiiis affinis. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited three albums of photographs of the 

 "ova of Lepidoptera. Most of them had been taken with the 

 aid of electric light, and their clearness of definition was 

 remarkable. 



Mr. Carr exhibited, on behalf of Mr. F. M. B. Carr,,a 

 specimen of Vanessa io in which the eye-like spots on the 

 hind wings were most imperfectly developed and very 

 obscure. 



Mr. West exhibited the larva ot the Hessian fly under his 

 microscope, and Mr. Kremlin examples of Radiolarian ooze 

 from the Challenger Expedition. 



DECEMBER Sfh, 1904. 



Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Grosvenor, of Redhill, Surrey, was elected a member. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited some thirty-five species of British Lepi- 

 doptera, which he brought to place in the Society's Collection. 

 A hearty vote of thanks was passed to him for his gift. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited a specimen of the rare 

 coleopteron Tropidercs sepicola, taken by him in the New 

 Forest. He stated that only one or two other British speci- 

 mens were known. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited specimens of CcBlioxys elongata, 

 a parasitical bee, and said that Ccelioxys was a genus 

 occurring in North and South Africa, North and South 

 America, Asia, as well as in Europe. In Britain there were 

 only five species. Most of the species were stated to be 

 parasitical on Megachile and Saropoda. The genus had 

 not been observed either in Scotland or Ireland. The species 

 exhibited flies from June to August. 



Mr. Garrett exhibited several blue stones which were found 

 in the gizzard of a Russian fowl. 



Mr. Dobson exhibited a long series of Geometra vernaria 

 taken at Maiden, Surrey, a little after dark, sitting on the 

 leaves of a creeper around his house, together with a nice 



