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bred in June last from larvae taken in the Isle of Wight, in- 

 cluding light and dark varieties of the $ $ , one 3 with 

 extra light upper wings and one 3 with the lower wings almost 

 black. He also exhibited a series of Choerocampa elpenor bred 

 in June last from larvae taken at Brox bourne in July 1900, 

 including a variety of the 3 with purplish lower wings and 

 another with purple markings on the upper wings. 



The Rev. F. D. Morice exhibited specimens of Hedychrum 

 rutilans, Dhl., and Salius propinquus, Lep., taken at Lynd- 

 hurst by Miss Ethel Chawner, and both new to the British 

 list. He also exhibited two monstrosities, viz. — Allantus 

 arcuatus 3 (sawfly) having on the left side two perfect and 

 two other rudimentary wings, and Gorytes quinquecinctus 

 (fossor) with the abdominal segments extraordinarily twisted 

 out of their proper shape and places. 



Mr. E. Saunders said that the specimens of Salius appeared 

 to him identical with continental propinquus, which was not rare 

 in the south of Europe, where it was sometimes black, and some- 

 times red, towards the middle of the abdomen, but that he 

 thought it could not be a variety of any British species, as we 

 had no species with a rugose propodeum which could agree 

 with it. 



Paper 8. 



Mr. Arthur M. Lea communicated " A list of the Austra- 

 lian and Tasmanian Mordellidse, with descriptions of new 

 species." 



Mr. Edward Meyrick contributed " Descriptions of new 

 Lepidoptera from New Zealand." 



Mr. E. Saunders read a paper upon " Hymenoptera aculeata 

 collected in Algeria by the Rev. A. E. Eaton, M.A., and the 

 Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., Pt. 1, Heterogyna and Fossores to 

 the end of Pompilidse." 



November 6th, 1901. 



The Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



