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Kirby exhibited a series of a very dark-coloured form of Apis reared by 

 Mr. John Hewett, of Sheffield, from bees imported from Tunis, which 

 he proposed to call " Punic Bees." They were larger than the black Apis 

 unicolor, Latr., of Mauritius and Bourbon, and were almost entirely black, 

 except in the legs, which were of a more or less reddish colour. Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett exhibited five melanic specimens of Aplecta nehulosa, reared by Mr. 

 Collins, of Warrington, from larvae collected in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, 

 and described by him, in the ' Proceedings of the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Natural History Society,' as A. nehulosa, var, robsoni, in honour of Mr. John 

 E. Robson, of Hartlepool. Mr. Barrett also exhibited a beautiful variety of 

 Argynnis aglaia, taken in Norfolk by Dr. F. D. Wheeler, and two specimens 

 (male and female) of Lyccena argiades, taken in A.ugust, 1885, on Bloxworth 

 Heath, Dorsetshire, by Mr. C. 0. Pickard-Cambridge and Mr. A. Pickard- 

 Cambridge respectively. Mr. H. St. John Donisthorpe exhibited a collection 

 of Coleoptera, comprising about thirty-six species, made in a London 

 granary in 1890 and 1891. The genera represented included Sphodrus, 

 PristonycJius, Calathus, Quedius, Creophilus, Oinalium. Trogosita, Silvanus, 

 Lathridius, Dermestes, Anthrenus, Corynetes, Ptinus, Niptus, Anobium, 

 Blaps, Tenebrio, Calandra, Bruchus, &c. Mr. A. B. Farn exhibited a series 

 of specimens of Eubolia lineolata, bred from eggs laid by a specimen taken 

 at Yarmouth. The series included several remarkable and beautiful 

 varieties, and the size of. the specimens was much above the average. 

 The Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited specimens of Argynnis ino, A. pales, and 

 A.frigga, from Norway. Mr. B. A. Bower exhibited, for Mr. J, Gardner, 

 specimens of Nephopteryx splendidella, H.-S., Botys lupulinalis, Clk., and 

 Bryotopha obscurella, Hein., taken at Hartlepool last June and August. 

 Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two very dark specimens of Peronea cristana, from 

 the New Forest. Colonel C, Swinhoe exhibited, and remarked on, types of 

 genera and species of moths belonging to the Tineina, all of which had been 

 described by the late Francis Walker, and placed by him amongst the 

 Liihosidae. Mr. H. Goss exhibited specimens of Callimorpha hera, taken in 

 August last by Major-Gen. Carden in S. Devon, and observed that the species 

 appeared to be becoming commoner in this country, as Gen. Carden had 

 caught seventeen specimens in five days. Mr. Goss said that the object of 

 the exhibition was to ascertain the opinion of the meeting as to the manner 

 in which this species had been introduced into this country. A long 

 discussion on this subject and on the geographical distribution of the 

 species ensued, in which Mr. G. T. Baker, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Barrett, 

 Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Verrall, Capt. Elwes, Mr. Fenn, 

 Mr. Jacoby, and others took part. Mr. C. J. Gahan contributed a paper 

 entitled, "On South American species of Diabrotica: an Appendix to 

 Part IL" Mr. M'Lachlan contributed a paper entitled, " Descriptions of 

 new species of holopthalmous Ascalaphidse." Mr. W. L. Distant commu- 

 nicated a paper entitled, " Descriptions of four new species of the genus 

 F.uJgora." Mr. F. Eiiock read a pnper entitled, "Additional notes and 

 observations on the life-history of Atypus piceus." Every detail in the life- 

 history of this spider was most elaborately illustrated by a large number of 

 photographs, made by Mr. Enock from his original drawings, and sliown 

 by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern. A discussion followed, in which 

 Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, Dr. Sharp, Mr. G. C. Champion, the Rev. A. E. 

 Eaton, Mr. P. Crowley, and others took part. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



