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AUGUST \\th, 1890. 

 W. H. TUGWELL, Esq., Ph.C, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. H. Street was elected a member. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited Glypta rubicwida, Bridg., a 

 species of Ichneumonidcs, new to science, bred by Mr. Elisha 

 from a IdiXVdioi Argyrolopia niaritimana, Gn., and described by- 

 Mr, Bridgman in the Entomologisf s MontJdy Magazine for 

 August. Mr. Billups also exhibited a spider's nest, of the 

 family Epeiridce, from which he had bred Hemiteles fulvipes, 

 Gr. ; the nest was taken by Mr. R. Adkin, at Leigh, Essex. 

 A cluster of cocoons, formed by Apanteles spurius, Wsm., 

 attached to a sprig of heather, and from which the living 

 insects were emerging in some numbers; Mr. Adkin had 

 found these cocoons at Oxshott, Surrey. Also a specimen of 

 the wild rose Bedeguar gall, and its maker, Rhodites rosce, 

 L., with one of its parasites, Calliniome bedeguaris, L. 



Mr, Cockerell exhibited larva of Erioca^npa cerasi, Pack., 

 feeding on leaves of pear, received from Banstead, where they 

 were doing considerable damage. Mr. Cockerell said the 

 species was common in America, as well as in this country. 

 Hellebore was recommended as a remedy. 



Mr. B. W. Adkin exhibited a spray of oak leaves, almost 

 entirely covered with the galls of Neiiroterus fimiipennis, 

 Hartg. 



Mr. R. South said that he had been taking A rgj/nnis aglaia, 

 L., rather commonly at Durham, and had noticed a female of 

 the species depositing ova, and, after a close and careful 

 search, he found three eggs, each of them on a decayed or 

 dead leaf of grass. They were perfectly white when found, 

 but within twelve hours of finding they had turned to the 

 colour of the dead grass leaf Of course it was well known 

 that the larvae fed on the different species of Viola, upon 

 which he expected to find the ova. Mr. Weir mentioned that 

 he had once seen a female oi Argynnis paphia, L., deposit her 

 Qg'g on the trunk of a tree. Mr. Tugwell said no doubt there 

 were Violas in the neighbourhood ; and Mr. South, in reply, 

 said that the eggs were laid among the foodplant, but not 

 attached to it, and were affixed to the decayed grass stems, 

 which a few hours afterwards the eggs resembled in colour. 



Mr. Wellman exhibited Emmelesia unifasciata, Haw., bred 

 from larvae obtained at West Norwood in 1888, the species 

 having been two years in pupa. 



Mr. South showed specimens of Hypsipetes sordidata, Fb., 

 one being strongly banded with red, and having a reddish 



