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details of the Life-hisfcory of Gastrophilns eqiil and ICristalu tenax (Dip.), 

 Ncpa eiueira, and Pentatoiiia pradna (Hera.), etc. 



Reports of Field Meetings. — Mr. R. T. Bowman read a Report 

 of the Field Meeting at Chingford, on May 25th. 



Mr. E. Step communicated Reports of the Visit to the John Innes 

 Horticultural Institution, and of the Fungus Foray on Wimbledon 

 Common. 



A Nematoid Wokm from a Cat. — Mr. S. Edwards exhibited the 

 Nematoid worm, Aacarifi mi/fitax, from a cat, and the fungus Peziza 

 ventrlculosa, from a manure heap. 



January 25th, 1919. — Annual Meeting. — The Balance Sheet was 

 adopted, the Report of the Council was passed, and the results of the 

 election of Officers and Council for the ensuing year announced. 



The President read his annual address, and after a short resume of 

 the work of the Society and the progress of Entomology generally for 

 the past year, dealt with the work that was being taken up on 

 the economic side of Entomology throughout the world. 



Votes of thanks were passed to Officers and Council. 



Ordinary Meeting.— Photographs. — Mr. Bunnett exhibited photo- 

 graphs of the details of the life-history of Dasycera sulphurella, and of 

 some of the immature stages of the saw-fly Phyllotoma aceris. 



An early Record. — Mr. Tonge, a Phigalia pedaria taken at 

 Reigate on Nov. 24th last. The earliest date recorded. 



Aberrations of C. Pamphilus. — Mr. Bowman, aberrations of 

 Coenonyiiipha jmoiphilits. (1) Very pale ; (2) very wide margins ; (B) 

 very dark suffused undersides ; (4) ocellations on undersides much 

 emphasised. 



Italian Lepidoptera. — Mr. H. J. Turner, a series of Polyoiiniiatus 

 dolus. (1) Typical from near Florence ; (2) ab. vittata from the 

 Cevennes ; (3) var. menalcas from Asia Minor ; (4) the series in the 

 Society's (Freeman) collection. He also showed a small male P. 

 icarus (22 mm.) from Elba, and Pieris manni with gen. aes. rosui from 

 the same place. 



Pehruary l^th. — Rare Coleoptera. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited some 

 of the Coleoptera referred to in the Ent. Record, December, 1918, viz., 

 the rare streaked ab. hebraea of Anatis ocellata, apparently the second 

 recorded British specimen, with Mordella aculeata and Ayrilus sinuatus 

 new to Surrey. 



Aberrations of A. urticae and V. lo. — Mr. Tatchell, Vanessa to, 

 with aberrant ocelli on hindwings, Aglais urticae ab. connexa, a large 

 A. urticae ab. versicolor, and the beautiful Fossorial Hymenopteron, 

 Mutilla europaea. 



A Diary. — Mr. Coxhead, the diary of one of the crew of the famous 

 " Challenger," and read extracts of a non-scientific criticism on the 

 doings of the scientists aboard 



Variation in C. alciphron. — Mr. Turner, a long series Loweia 

 (Chrysophanus) alciphron from various localities, including (1) type 

 from Buda, (2) gordius from the Alps, (3) granadeuMs from Spain, (4) 

 ab. intermedia from Italy, (5) ab. viduata, (6) vieliboeus from Bosnia, 

 (7) ab. subfasciata, and (8) ab. infulvata ? . 



D. ABiETELLA. — Mr. R. Adkin, captured and bred specimens of 

 Dioryctria abietella from Forres, and read notes on the species, asking 

 for information on details of its life-history hitherto unknown. 



