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Mr. Bond exhibited Fumea reticellag 9, with cases, bred by Mr. Button ; also 
Acidalia strigaria, Hiib., Phycis obductella, F.v.R., likewise captured by Mr. Button ; 
new or rare British species. 
Mr. Miller exhibited the larvaof Ayosoma scabricorne from the trunk of an old 
lime tree in Basle, blown down in March, 1868. The larve occurred plentifully in 
these trees at the locality mentioned. 
Mr. F. Smith exhibited a portion of a wasps’ nest from Gloucestershire in- 
fested with the dipterous Phora flora; in some cases twelve or fourteen larve of the 
fly were in one cell, and out of two hundred or three hundred cells not more than 
a dozen had escaped. Mr. Verrall remarked that he had bred a Phora from the 
body of a perfect hornet. 
Prof. Westwood said he had recently bred Phleotribus olee in numbers from 
the trunk of an ash-tree from Halifax; the tree had, however, been imported from 
France, so that the insect could, at present, not be considered as naturalized 
among us. 
Mr. Butler read “ Descriptions of Diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperide,” and 
_ exhibited numerous examples in illustration thereof, chiefly from the collection of 
Mr. Druce. 
5th December, 1870. F. P. Pascor, Hsq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
G. H. Verrall, Esq., of Denmark Hill, formerly a Subscriber, was elected a 
Member. 
Mr. E. Saunders exhibited three new British species of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, 
viz., Salda arenicola, Plociomerus luridus, and Hadrodema pinastri (see p. 156) ; also 
several closely allied species of Strachia, in proof of his assertion that Messrs. 
Douglas and Scott in their work had confused the synonymy of several European 
species. 
Mr. Butler exhibited a dwarfed example of Vanessa urtice recently bred, 
being the solitary exception out of a brood of larva, which had produced perfect 
insects of the ordinary size. 
Mr. F. Smith exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Champion, specimens of Calodera 
rubens from Lewisham, and Baridius scolopaceus (see p. 107). 
Mr. Pascoe exhibited two remarkable Longicorn beetles captured by Capt. 
Lang in North India ; one having the facies of a South American species of Spheron, 
the other being a Ceramby# with the facies of Dorcadion. 
Mr. Miller exhibited photographs of galls of Cynipide on various species of 
North American oaks sent by Mr. Bassett; also of other species (Rhodites) on 
roses, from the same quarter. 
Mr. 8. S. Saunders exhibited a living specimen of a fine spider from Greece— 
Eresus ctenizoides. It was found at Syra beneath stones. 
Mr. F. Smith mentioned that when in Devon recently he had observed a species 
of Asilus (albiceps, Meigen) feeding upon grass-hoppers. 
The Rev. A. E. Eaton communicated “A Monograph on the Ephemeride,” part i. 
This is an elaborate and exhaustive work on this difficult family, the result of 
several years almost exclusive attention to the group. He enumerated about 178 
known species, some of which were not in a satisfactory state so far as regards a 
clear appreciation of their positions as given in the original descriptions. 
