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Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited the following mollusca : 

 Avion ater, var. glauca, Colbeau ; Ariofi ater, var. succijiea, 

 Moq. ; Avion atev, var. vufa, L. ; Avion hovtensis, Fer. ; Avion 

 S2ibfuscus, Drap. ; Avion boiivguignati, Mab., found by Mr. 

 George Roberts in his garden at Lofthouse near Wakefield ; 

 Scalavia pseudo scalavis, Broc. from Mogador, collected by- 

 Mr. J. H. Ponsonby, which he stated might now be con- 

 sidered conclusively established as British, as six specimens 

 had been found in recent years from widely different localities, 

 viz., Scilly, North Devon, and Kent ; Miss Fair of Faversham 

 had collected the six specimens referred to. 



Also the following species found by Mr. T. R. Billups 

 among lettuces from St. Malo : — Avion atev, var. vtifa, L. ; 

 Avion sub f us cus, Drap., Limax avbovnm, B-Ch., Limax agvestisy 

 L., Limax agvestis, var. sylvatica, Moq. 



Mr. Kelsall exhibited an example of the Palmated Water 

 Newt {Lissotviton palmipes, Bell.) and stated it was the rarest 

 of the three newts found in Great Britain ; the females of 

 the species shown were much easier to catch than the males. 

 Mr. Billups said he once took a female specimen among 

 water cress at Wallington, Surrey. Mr. Weir remarked that 

 if the species were fished for with a worm it was possible to 

 get as many males as females. 



Mr, R. South exhibited the Snake's Head Lily or Fritillary 

 {Fvitillavia meleagvis, L.) found at Pinner, Middlesex. 



MAY 26th, 1887. 

 R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., Pvesident, in the Chair. 

 Mr. W. J. Holmes was elected a member. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited the following Hymenoptera, 

 viz., Cheivopachus quadvtun, Fab., Blennocampa atevvima, 

 Klug., B. altevnipes, Klug,, and Allantns- mavginelliis, Pz., 

 and read the following notes : — 



" Cheivopachus quadvum, Fab., a species of Chalcididous 

 Hymenoptera, taken at Hayling Island, July last. This 

 beautiful species is most probably parasitic on wood- 



