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Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited series of Cleoceris viminalis, 

 Fb., and Xanthia fulvago, L., both bred from Derbyshire 

 larvae. Mr. South remarked that the series of X. fulvago, 

 were very fine ; one or two of them looked like dark forms 

 of X.flavago, Fb., and were probably an instance of hybridism 

 between the two species. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited the following Coleoptera, 

 viz. : Meligethes exilis, Sturm., from Tenby ; Anthicus schaumi, 

 Wol., from Weymouth, and Hydrobius perrisi, Fair., Mycetu- 

 porns nanus, Grav., and Omalium rugulipenne, Rye, from 

 Hartlepool ; also three species from West Africa belonging to 

 the family Cetoniidce: CeratorJiina morganii, White, C.grallii, 

 Buq., and C. horniinanii, Bates. 



MARCH 4th, 1886. 



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



Mr. Frohawk exhibited a long and varied series of the 

 imago of Melitcea aurinia, Rott., coloured drawings of the 

 larva and pupa, and also specimens of an ichneumon bred from 

 the pupae. Mr. Frohawk said he had received a quantity of 

 the larvae of this species from Church Stretton, in Shropshire, 

 and had been very successful in rearing large numbers of 

 the imago, the larvae feeding on honeysuckle. Mr. Billups 

 remarked that the species of ichneumon exhibited was 

 Apanteles glomeratus, Gr., and parasitic on a large number of 

 butterflies. 



Mr. Tugwell again exhibited specimens of the supposed new 

 Crambus, for which Mr. Tutt had suggested the name cantiellus. 

 Mr. Tugwell said, that when he last exhibited this moth, he 

 had not seen the Blackheath form of C. contaminellus, Hb., 

 but he had since had an opportunity of seeing this form, and 

 felt so convinced that it was the same form as the Deal insect 

 that he saw Mr. Stainton upon the subject, with the result 

 that there was no doubt the Blackheath contaminellus was 

 identical with the new Crambus ! Herrich-Schaffer, in his 





