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SEPTEMBER ijth, 1885. 

 R. SOUTH, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited a female variety of Pararge megcera, 

 taken at Folkestone, in which the black spot near the apex 

 of the right fore wing is represented only by a dark dot, not 

 larger than the usual white centre, which in this case is wanting. 



Mr. Elisha exhibited Geometra smaragdaria, bred from 

 larvae taken in the Essex salt marshes. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a species of Lepisma, new to 

 science, which was found swarmingon some account books which 

 were kept in an iron safe at Messrs. Adkins' Tobacco Factory, 

 Aldgate. Mr. Billups said its nearest approach was Lepisma 

 subvittata, Guerin, which was described by Sir John Lubbock 

 in his Monograph of the Collembolla and Thy sanura, and which 

 was exceedingly common round the environs of Paris. 



OCTOBER ut, 1885. 

 R. SOUTH, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited specimens of Lyccsna 

 argiades, taken in Saxony, also L. trocJiilns, which he said 

 was the smallest known European butterfly. 



Mr. Cook exhibited a specimen of Sphinx convolvuli. 

 taken in an oil shop at Rotherhithe. 



Mr. Step exhibited colour sketches of Boletus scaber, 

 Agaricus {Amanita) vaginatus, and Agaricus [Clitopilus) 

 orcella ; three species of edible fungi, found a few days pre- 

 viously on Bookham Common, Surrey. Mr. Step stated that 

 he had found these in some abundance, growing in close 

 proximity to Agaricus rubescens, A. procerus, Boletus edit Its, 

 and other species. Questioned as to their edible qualities, he 

 replied that he could not endorse the encomiums of Badham 

 respecting the Boleti, but all the other species named he had 

 found excellent. Mr. J. Jenner Weir remarked that on the 

 Continent he had frequently seen various Boleti for sale in 

 the markets, and quantities of Cantharellus, which, according 

 to Mr. Step, had been abundant this season on Wimbledon 

 Common. 



