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its most regular attendants. He also commented on the scientific attain- 

 ments of the deceased, and his social qualities. Mr. Goss and Mr. 

 Merrifield also spoke of their long friendship with the deceased, and of the 

 respect and esteem which they entertained for his varied knowledge and 

 amiability of disposition. 



Mr. W. Borrer, jun., exhibited a wasp's nest which had been built in 

 such a way as to conceal the entrance thereto and to protect the whole nest 

 from observation. He believed the nest to be that of Vespa vulgaris 

 (cf. Proc. Ent. Soc. London, 1892, pp. xx and xxi). Mr. McLachlan and 

 Mr. Elaudford made some remarks on the subject. 



Mr. G. F. Hampson exhibited a specimen of Oaudaritis flavata, Moore, 

 from the Khari Hills, and called attention to the existence in the males of 

 this species, in the closely allied British species Cidaria dotata, Linn., and 

 also in two Japanese species (C. agues, Butl., and an undescribed species), of 

 an organ on the under side of the fore wing, which he suggested might be 

 for stridulation ; this organ consisting of a small scar of hyaline membrane 

 situated just below the middle of vein 2, which is much curved : this scar 

 is fringed with long hair, and has running down its middle a row of sharp 

 spines situated on the aborted remains of vein 1, and which is curved up 

 close to vein 2; the spines would naturally rub against part of the costa 

 of the hind wing, but no spines or unusual roughening seems to exist on 

 that or on any of the veins on the upper side of hind wing against which 

 they could strike ; below the scar is situated a large shallow fovea or pit in 

 the membrane, slightly developed in dotata and flavata, but much more 

 prominently in the two Japanese species, and, should the organ prove to be 

 for stridulation, would probably act as a sounding-board. Mr. Hampson 

 said that in the Japanese species C. Jixreni of Brem, exceedingly closely 

 allied to flavata, the males have no trace of this organ ; and he hoped 

 that entomologists who have an opportunity of observing dotata in life 

 would make some experiments on living specimens during the ensuing 

 summer ; probably confining males and females together would lead to 

 some results. The President, Prof. E. B. Poulton, Lord Walsingham, and 

 Mr. Hampson took part in the discussion which ensued. 



The Rev. T. A. Marshall communicated a paper entitled " A Monograph 

 of the British Braconidse, Part V"." 



Mons. Louis Peringuey communicated a paper entitled " Descriptions of 

 new Cicindelidae from Mashunaland." 



Prof. Poulton gave an account of his recent tour in the United States, 

 and commented on the entomological and other collections contained in the 

 American museums. Lord Walsingham, Mr. Hampson, and the President 

 also made some remarks on the subject. 



April 11th. — Henry John Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., President iu the chain 

 Mr. F. W. Jones, of 63, Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood, N.W., and 



