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Watersfcon, B.D., B.Sc, gave an address " The Natural History of 

 Macedonia," illustrated with lantern slides and a large number of 

 insects other than Lepidoptera by himself and Mr. E. G. Blair, with 

 additional slides by Dr. Forbes and colour sketches of the scenery by 

 Major Cottam. 



Californian Lepidoptera and the Coccid P. aceris. — Mr. Blair 

 exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera sent by Mr. G. B. Pearson from 

 California and also living examples of the Coccid Phenacorus aceris, on 

 Spanish Chestnut and Beech, at Oxshott. . 



May 12th. — An Exhibition of " other orders." — New Member. — 

 Mr. L. N. Staniland, of Muswell Hill, was elected a member. 



Fossil Insects from I. of Wight. — Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell 

 exhibited numerous fossil insects from the Mid-Tertiary strata of the 

 Isle of Wight with drawings of new species. 



Silk spun by a parasitic Hymenopteron. — Mr. Lyle, a skein of 

 silk wound from two cocoons of Meteorus albidiiarsis a hymenopterous 

 parasite on Bupalus piniperda. 



The Indian Mud-dauber Wasp. — Mr. Step, nests of Sceliphron sp. 

 the Mud-dauber Wasp from Calcutta. 



Abnormal Wallflowers. — Mr. R. Adkin, a portion of a wallflower 

 of which all the flowers were imperfect in not having a corolla, from 

 his garden at Eastbourne. 



Natter- jack toads erom Spain.— Mr, Barnett, several small 

 " natter-jack " toads from S. Spain. 



The West Collection of Orthoptera. — Mr. S. R. Ashby, the 

 Collection of British Earwigs, Cockroaches, Grasshoppers, Locusts and 

 Crickets, formed by the late Curator, Mr. W. West. 



Young of M. religosa and S. cylindricum. — Mr. Withycombe, 

 Scorpio enropeus, the young stage of Mantis reuliosa, etc., received from 

 Mr. Hugh Main in the South of France, and also Sinodendron 

 cijlindricum (Col.), from a decaying beech in Epping Forest. 



" Apple-moss." — Mr. Dennis, the " apple-moss," Bartramia pomi- 

 f or mis, from Dorking. 



Nairobi insects. — Mr. H. Moore, an exotic Homopteron, Ptyelus 

 plavescens, from Nairobi, and also a specimen of Gonyylus gongyloides, 

 from Ceylon. 



T. laevigata on May 8th. — Mr. 0. R. Goodman, Timarcha 

 laevigata (Col.), abundant at Horsley on May 8th. 



0. salicis. — Mr. B. S. Williams, Orchestes salicis (Col.), from 

 willow at Finchley. 



Sketches of galls. — Mr. Coxhead, sketches of galls and their 

 makers. 



The large dragonfly M. caeruleata. — Mr. Turner, specimens of 

 one of the largest dragonflies, Mecistoy aster caeruleata, from Central 

 America. 



Central European Insects. — Mr, Edwards, a collection of Central 

 European Hymenoptera and Diptera. 



