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sparrows did not touch them. Dr. Chapman remarked that 

 sparrows and finches no doubt attacked the buds in spring 

 for the sake of the dehcate tissue, and did a vast amount of 

 damage ; but it had never been proved that the tomtits 

 injured the buds. They doubtless attacked the galls for 

 the grubs which they contained. 



Mr. Hall exhibited two fruits of the banana, which, 

 although they had separate stems, had anastomosed together 

 almost their whole length. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited a bred series of Cidaria sagittata, and 

 said that larvae still appeared to be obtainable in the fen 

 districts by those who knew how and when to look for 

 them. 



Mr, Turner exhibited a bred specimen of Eugonia (Vanessa) 

 polychloros horn Horsham. It was much darker than typical 

 examples, having scarcely a trace of blue in the hind border ; 

 the fulvous area generally darker, with many black scales 

 scattered over it ; the black markings seemed slightly more 

 intense. It was comparable to some of Mr. Merrifield's 

 specimens produced in his temperature experiments. 



Mr. Kaye exhibited a Syntomid moth from Venezuela, 

 Macrceneme ladis, and a species of wasp which it mimicked. 

 The development of hairs on the long posterior legs of the 

 moth, to correspond with the swollen tibia of the wasp, was 

 most remarkable. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited specimens of the Hemip- 

 teron, Ploiaria vagabunda, from Reigate. 



Mr. Tutt read a paper entitled " Scientific Aspects of 

 Entomology" (page 33). 



OCTOBER 27M, 1898. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Ashdown exhibited the following species of Coleoptera 

 of the Longicorn group, all of which he kindly added to the 

 Society's collections : 



Clytiis arietis, C. inysticus, RJiagiinn bifasciatuvi, R. inqui- 

 sitor, Toxotiis uieridianus, Molorchns minor, Anoplodera 

 sexguttata, Strangalia arniata, S . nielaniira, S. nigra, Leptura 

 livida, Granimoptera analis, G. tabacicolor, G. ruficornis , G. 

 prceusta, Agapanthia lineatocollis, Saperda populnea, Phytcecia 

 cylindrica, Tetrops prceusta, and Leiopus nebulosus. 



Mr. Montgomery exhibited a specimen of the third brood 



