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race, every specimen having some trace of this pecuh'arity of 

 marking. 



Mr. S. Edwards exhibited twenty-nine species of Papiho, 

 including P. ascolius, Feld., P. (zdipus, Gray, P. marchandii, 

 Boisd., P. sarpedon, L., P. hippodamus, Feld., P. cloantJms, 

 Westw., P. agameninou, L. 



Mr. T, R. Billups exhibited, and made the following 

 remarks upon, the under-mentioned species of Coleoptera : — 



Living specimens of Cm'ahis aiirafics, L., found in the 

 Borough Market, in baskets of radishes from the south of 

 France ; this being the sixth year in succession that it has 

 been found in London. 



Cetonia floricola, Hbst., also living, found in a basket of 

 Paper White Narcissus, from Bordeaux. 



Blaps mortisaga, L., also from the Borough Market, being 

 found in a box of Jaffa oranges, from Jaffa or Joppa, in the 

 Holy Land. The Egyptian women are very fond of the 

 larvae of this curious beetle, which are roasted and eaten by 

 them, and considered a great delicacy. 



Mr. D. J. Rice exhibited the egg of the cuckoo {Ciicidns 

 canorus, L.) found in the nest of the hedge sparrow {Accentor 

 modidaris, L.), at Leith Hill, May 14 ; also eggs of Ring 

 Ouzel {Turdus torqtiattis, L.) and Wryneck {Jynx 

 torqidlla, L.) 



JUNE ()th, 1887. 



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



Mr. H. E. Barren was elected a member. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a number of living specimens 

 of Apanteles zygcenarum. Marsh, with their cocoons, which 

 were of a pale sulphur-yellow. They were bred from the 

 larvae of Melitea aurinia, Rott. This rare species was first 

 described by the Rev. T. A. Marshall, in his monograph of 

 British Braconidse, from two females and four males bred by 

 Mr. Bignell from Zygcena filipendulce, L. Mr. Billups also 

 called attention to three specimens of the hyper-parasite, 

 Herniteles fulvipes, Gr., which he had reared from the same 



