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is mostly in July, they work their way out, and fall to the 

 ground to pupate, the state of pupation lasting; some twenty- 

 five or thirty days ; the species is to be found in all parts of 

 the civilized world. It is a curious coincidence that Mr. 

 Bignell in this month's E.M.M. records the capture of this 

 species on the 9th June, on a moor between Yelveston and 

 Clearbrook ; our member Mr. Coryndon Matthews having 

 identified the species both for Mr. Bignell and myself. 

 Phytojuyza aqiiilegice, Hardy. This small species of Dipteron 

 was reared by myself from some mined leaves of Aquilegia 

 vulgaris, L. (the Common Columbine) growing in my own 

 garden, the leaves being picked last September and kept 

 until the following April, when the little fly began to emerge, 

 its pretty little parasite RJdzarcha (srolaris, Nees., not 

 emerging until nearly a month later." 



Mr. Billups also exhibited both sexes of the very handsome 

 PolyspJiincta varipes, Gr., which he had reared from a cluster 

 of cocoons presented to him by Mr. C. Fenn, and obtained 

 from the larvae of Odonestis potatoria. Also a cocoon of 

 Attacus cecropia, from New York State, given to him by Mr. 

 Turner on the 4th May last, from which he had reared 

 no less than forty-eight specimens of a species of Cryptus, 

 closely allied to our British species Cryptus digitatus, Gmel. ; 

 there were thirty-four females and fourteen males. Mr. Billups 

 called attention to the curious arrangement of cells formed by 

 this internal parasite in the cocoon of Attacus, the outer 

 circle consisting of twelve cells, the second of eight cells, 

 and the third or inner one of four, so there must have been 

 at least some forty-eight or fifty cells or internal puparia, 

 which certainly seems enormous considering the large size of 

 this handsome species of Ichneumon. 



Mr. H. A. Sauze exhibited among others the following 

 species of Coleoptera: — 



Clivina fossor, L., Callistus lunaius, F. (taken by Mr. C. Oldham), 

 SphcBridhnn scarabcsoides, L., Quediiis futtginosus, Gr., Necrophotics 

 vespillo, L., EndomycJms coccmetis, L., Halyzia 22-punctala, L., E later 

 baiteatns, L., Cterus formicarms, L., Pyrochroa serraticornis, Scop., 

 Molytes coroiiatus, Lat., Hylobius abietis, L., Cryptorhynchus tapathi, L., 

 Attelabrui curculionoides, L., Crioceris aspm'aoi, L. 



Mr. Perks exhibited specimens of Physa fontmalis, L., 

 from the Wandle, and called attention to a parasite which 

 affected this snail. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited the Autumn Squill {Scilla 

 autumnalis, L.), with bulb, showing root leaves, from 

 Blackheath. 



