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recorded as British in 1921, a pest of pears abroad. — Mr. Stanley 

 Blenkarn, Coleoptera: (1) British species of Bembidium, (2) larger 

 ground-beetles, (3) many species of water-beetles, (4) British Ghryso- 

 melidae. — Mr. Tonge, living larvae of Sphinx ligustri, showing, wide 

 variation in the size and intensity of colour of the oblique stripes 

 on the sides. — The Society, the Ashdown Collection of British 

 Chrysomelidae. — The President, a specimen of the fungus Mutinies 

 caninus, the lesser stinkhorn. 



September 28th, 1922, Mr. E. J. Bunnett, M.A..F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. — Col. Eattray exhibited a large number of lantern-slides 

 of birds' nests in India, and gave a lecture on the exhibit. — Mr. 

 Edwards, the fungus Pleurotus revolutus from a felled poplar at 

 Blackheath. — Mr. Sperring, specimens of the dark Lincolnshire race 

 of Brenthis euphrosyne, and, on behalf of Mr. Coppeard, a dark- 

 suffused aberration of the same species, an Aphantopus hyperanthus 

 with a partial double row of eye-spots on the E. hind wing, an 

 Epinephele jurtina with additional spots on the fore wings and 

 another partially xanthic. — Capt. Crocker, aberrations of Agriades 

 coridon from Eoyston, ab. obsoleta, ab. striata, ab. roystonensis, 

 ab. semisyngrapha extended and approaching ab. syngrapha, females 

 streaked with $ colour, brown-suffused females, ab. marginalis <$ s, 

 ab. caerulea, asymmetrical specimens, etc. — Capt. N. D. Eiley, for 

 Mr. Hirst, Fabre's Banded Epeira (Argiope bruennichi), new to 

 the British fauna, from Eye, Sussex, and the Gorse Bed Spider 

 Tetranychus lintearius from Devonshire. — Mr. B. S. Williams, 

 species of Pentatomids from Harpenden district including Podeps 

 inuncta, Selurns bicolor, etc. — Mr. Coulson, an abnormal cocoon of 

 Saturnia pavonia in the shape of a dish, and aberrations of Coeno- 

 nympha pamphilus. — Mr. Mera, living larvae of Golias croceus (edusa) 

 from ova laid by a female taken during the Field Meeting at 

 Eastbourne, and a series of Triphaena fimbria bred from Epping 

 Forest, generally dark in coloration compared with an old (1880) 

 light specimen from Ipswich typical of the then specimens. — 

 Mr. Enefer, Gallimorpha quadripunctaria (hera) from Clarens, 

 Switzerland, and Erebia pronoe from Miirren in August. — Hy. J. 

 Turner, Hon. Editor of Proceedings. 



London Natural History Society. — October 17 th, 1922, 

 Winchester House, B.C.— Mr. E. B. Bishop, President, in the Chair. 

 — Among the exhibits were galls of Dryophanta folii, D. divisa 

 (with flies emerging), D. disticha, Andricus fecundator, A. collaris, 

 A. globuli, A. trilineatus (with flies), A. tflandulae, all on Quercus 

 pedunculata or Q. sessiflora ; Andricus testaceipes on Q. cerris, 

 Diastrophus rubi on Bubus sp., Perrisia Dittrichi on Silaus pratensis, 

 P. rosarum on Bosa eglanteria, P. acercrispans var. rubella on Acer 

 campestre, Perrisia sp. on Solidago virgaurea, Lasioptera populnea 

 on Populus tremula, Gontarinia sp. on Silene maritima, Bhodites 

 eglanteriae on Bosa spinosissima, Eriophyes galii on Galium tricorne, 

 Eriophyes sp. aborting flower-buds of Bumex acetosella, Eriophyes 

 padi on Prumis padus, and E. geranii on leaves of Geranium molle, 

 while the rootstock was attacked by Tylenchus devastatrix.—Y^ex 

 read, " London Fresh-water Fishes," by Mr. P. W. Horn.— H. J. 

 Burkill, Minuting Secretary. 



