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during the Easter holidays, each clutch being dissimilar in shade 

 and markings, and showing variation from a whitish-blue spotted 

 faintly with brown, to a ferruginous tint speckled so deeply 

 that the ground colour was scarcely discernible ; the com- 

 moner forms of bluish tinge, streaked, blotched, and sprinkled 

 with light and reddish brown, were arranged side by side for 

 comparison. A single specimen (the only one obtained from 

 the nest) of exceedingly glossy surface, the ground colour of 

 bright greenish-blue, cowled at the larger end by a rich rusty- 

 brown verging on purple, the remainder of the egg being 

 quite plain, was especially noticeable. 



Mr. J. T. Carrington read a paper on " Spiders," 



MAYgfk, 1889. 

 T. R. BiLLUPS, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited Tephrosia binndiilaria, Bk., showing 

 a well-marked series of this single-brooded species from 

 Tilgate Forest, Sussex, particularly a beautifully-banded $ , 

 figured, Plate I., fig. 4. Also Tephrosia crepuscidaria, W.-V. 

 spring and summer broods, and called attention to the fact 

 that this was always a double-brooded insect — the spring 

 brood appearing in March and April, and the summer brood 

 in July ; whilst T. biundidaria had a single brood, appearing 

 at the end of May to mid June. Although these two insects 

 had a very strong general resemblance, he was convinced, 

 after repeatedly breeding both insects, that they were two 

 distinct species. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a fine series of Bembidium 

 testaceum, Duft, taken by himself at Chobham, Surrey, October, 

 1888. Also several living specimens of Carabus auratus,!^., 

 taken in the Borough Market, this being the seventh year in 

 succession that he had captured this species in the market. 

 Mr. Billups also exhibited a large quantity of a species of 

 Oribatidae, which he stated was causing an immense amount 

 of mischief to corn-chandlers by feeding on the oats crushed 

 for horses. 



Mr. Billups, on behalf of Mr. Enock, exhibited a spider new 

 to Britain, and stated that it was one of several captured by 

 Col. Le Grice, R.A., at Folkestone, in May last. They had 

 been submitted to the Rev. O. Pickard Cambridge, F.R.S., 



