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a fore leg, or two legs on one side. Mr. Step mentioned that 

 he once had a snake which attacked a frog somewhat too 

 large for it to swallow. Four times the frog almost dis- 

 appeared, but each time when the snake rested before its 

 final effort, it was so exhausted that it had not sufficient 

 strength to prevent the escape of its prey. The frog was 

 given its liberty and was still alive, although the snake died, 

 no doubt from the overstrain. Several members spoke of the 

 remarkable scream produced by the frog when followed by a 

 snake ; and Mr. Weir said that a stick rustled in the grass 

 and leaves, would often cause them to scream. 



Mr. Weir recorded a remarkable instance of a change of 

 habit in a cat. It had become a vegetable feeder, and 

 absolutely refused all flesh food whatever. At its death it 

 was dissected by its owner, and its intestine was found to be 

 quite two inches longer than the normal length. Mr. 

 ^A^inkley said that a race of cats on Monkey Island in the 

 Thames were accustomed to swim daily to the mainland, even 

 across a considerable current. 



Mr. Frohawk noted that both the weasel {Putorius vulgaris) 

 and stoat {^PiUoriiis ermined) were to be found on Tooting 

 Common. 



MARCH 22ud, 1894. 

 E. Step, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Rev. J. E. Tarbat, The Common, Weybridge, was elected 

 a member. 



Mr. South exhibited a long series of Tmtiocampa gothica, 

 L., bred from ova obtained from Perthshire, which he had 

 received from Mr. Rose, of Barnsley. About half the 

 specimens were of the gothicina form, and all were of a deep 

 red shade and large in size. The gradations between the 

 type and the named var. were well shown, 



Mr. Adkin remarked that all the specimens had a peculiar 

 tint running along the costa of the forewings. Mr. South 

 also exhibited buds of Ariindo pJiragmites, L., from Hamp- 

 shire, which were infested by a large dipterous larva. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a long series o'i Hybernia leucopJicearia, 

 Schiff., taken this year in Surrey, among which were a con- 

 siderable number of melanic specimens. One of the latter 

 was intensely black, with a slightly lighter shade across the 

 primaries. There were also a considerable number of the 

 white banded form. 



Mr. Adkin also exhibited a series of this species, which 



