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Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited the following mollusca : 

 Avion atev, var. glatica, Colbeau ; Avion ater, var. succinea, 

 Moq. ; Ario?i ater, var. vufa, L. ; Avion hovtensis> Fer. ; Avion 

 subfuscus, Drap. ; Avion bouvguignati, Mab., found by Mr. 

 George Roberts in his garden at Lofthouse near Wakefield ; 

 Scalavia pseudo scalavis, Broc. from Mogador, collected by 

 Mr. J. H. Ponsonby, which he stated might now be con- 

 sidered conclusively established as British, as six specimens 

 had been found in recent years from widely different localities, 

 viz., Scilly, North Devon, and Kent ; Miss Fair of Faversham 

 had collected the six specimens referred to. 



Also the following species found by Mr. T. R. Billups 

 among lettuces from St. Malo : — Avion atev, var. rufa, L. ; 

 Avion subfuscus, Drap., Limax avbovum, B-Ch. , Limax agvestis, 

 L., Limax agvestis, var. sylvatica, Moq. 



Mr. Kelsall exhibited an example of the Palmated Water 

 Newt (Lissotviton palmipes, Bell.) and stated it was the rarest 

 of the three newts found in Great Britain ; the females of 

 the species shown were much easier to catch than the males. 

 Mr. Billups said he once took a female specimen among 

 water cress at Wallington, Surrey. Mr. Weir remarked that 

 if the species were fished for with a worm it was possible to 

 get as many males as females. 



Mr. R. South exhibited the Snake's Head Lily or Fritillary 

 {Fvitillavia meleagvis, L.) found at Pinner, Middlesex. 



MAY 26th, 1887. 

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

 Mr. W. J. Holmes was elected a member. 



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

 viz., Cheivopachus quadvum, Fab., Blennocampa atevvima, 

 Klug., B. altevnipes, Klug., and Allantus mavginellus, Pz., 

 and read the following notes : — 



" Cheivopachus quadvum, Fab., a species of Chalcididous 

 Hymenoptera, taken at Hayling Island, July last. This 

 beautiful species is most probably parasitic on wood- 



