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Bemb. punctulatum. — 1\ lines. Rather 

 broad, brownish bronze.. First joint or 

 antennas and legs reddish, knees and tarsi 

 greenish. Thorax and head stongly punc- 

 tured. Common. 



Nebria complanata. — 8 to 9 J lines. Suffici- 

 ently distinct. 



Lebia chlorocephala. — 2 to 34 lines Do. 



Miscodera arctica. — 3 lines. Antennae and j 

 legs red. Elytra and thorax highly polished. 

 . Odacantha melanura. — 3 lines. Sufficiently 

 distinct. Fairly common. 



Demetrius monostigma. — 2 lines. Do. 



Anck. oblongus.—2i£ lines. Antennas and 

 legs yellowish. 



Trechus discus. — 2\ lines. 



Trechus micros. — 2 lines. Two impressions 

 on third striae. 



Dichirotrichus obsoletus. — 3^ lines. Suffi- 

 ciently distinct. Rather common. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY. 



The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this 

 Society was held on June 12th, Mr. T. 

 Huckett (President) in the chair. Mr. 

 Russell exhibited many species captured 

 this spring in the New Forest, including a 

 fine series of M. fuciformis. Mr. Southey 

 showed a very fine lot of P. bucephala, the 

 specimens being remarkable for their large 

 size ; they were reared from larva fed upon 

 birch. Several other interesting exhibits 

 were on the table. 



The election of officers for the ensuing 

 half-year then took place, and Mr. T. 

 Huckett was unanimously re-elected 

 President. Mr. E. Anderson was appointed 

 Secretary in place of Mr. Burry who was 

 compelled to resign on account of pressure 

 ofbusiness. 



A vote of thanks to the officers for their 

 services during the previous half-year, closed 

 the proceedings, 



At the ordinary meeting, held June 19th, 

 Mr. E. Cooper in the chair, some very fine 

 A. prunaria, were exhibited by Mr. W. 

 Harper, bred from females captured at 

 Raindene Wood, and being of a type pecu- 

 liar to that locality. A discussion took 

 place respecting the method of setting 

 Micro Lepidoptera without pinning them, 

 as announced by Mr. Coverdale in the 

 Entomologist. Several members stated that 

 the method was an old one, which they had 

 seen in operation ten or fifteen years ago, 

 and which was also used on the Continent, 



Ordinary meeting 3rd July, Mr. T. 

 Huckett (President) in the chair. Several 

 interesting exhibits were on the table, in- 

 cluding specimens of E. venustula taken at 

 Epping Forest, exhibited by Mr. Sheldron. 

 Mr. Huckett drew attention to the very 

 small size of the specimens of A . prunaria 

 taken in Epping Forest, and observed that 

 the species appeared to be degenerating in 

 that locality. 



Mr. J. A. Clark stated that several speci- 

 mens of L. cesculi had been brought to him, 

 this species seemingly being rather abundant 

 in the squares this year. 



Mr. W. Harper showed a fine lot of T. 

 amataxia, captured near the old church at 

 Chingford, and drew attention to the very 

 local nature of this species. The meeting 

 closed in the usual manner. 



Ordinary meeting 10th July, Mr. T. 

 Huckett occupied the chair, and exhibited 

 two beautiful varieties of C. dominula. Many 

 other exhibits were shown, amongst which 

 may be mentioned a specimen of 5. myopi- 

 formis, captured in Dalston, and a very 

 variable series of M. montanata, the latter 

 being exhibited by Mr. Anderson. " 



Good reports of Box Hill and other 

 localities near London were made, and the 

 general opinion appeared to be that the 

 the season was a great improvement on the 

 two previous ones,— E. Anderson, Sec- 

 retary, 



