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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



The President, on behalf of the Rev. H. S. Gorham, exhibited the following 

 Coleoptera, lately taken in the New Forest : — Anoplodera sexgutfata, Fab., 

 wholly black variety ; Grammoptera analis, Fab, ; Colydium elongatum, Fab. ; 

 and a specimen of Tachinus elongatus, Gyll., with brownish-red elytra. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Orsodacna humeralis, Latr. (lineola 

 Panz. var.) taken by him at Norwood ; he also exhibited a specimen of the 

 same beetle taken by him fifty years ago in Coombe Wood ; during the inter- 

 val he had never seen it alive. 



Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited, on behalf of Mr. N. F. Dobree, of Beverley, 

 a series of about thirty specimens of a Taniocampa he had received from 

 Hampshire, which had previously been referred to as a red form of T. gracilis. 

 Mr. Dobree was inclined to think they were not that species, but T. stabilis. 



Mr. A. C. Horner exhibited the following species of Coleoptera from the 

 neighbourhood of Tonbridge : — Compsocltilus palpalis, Esp. (5) ; Acrognathus 

 mandibularis, Gyll. (4) ; Homalota atrata, Mann., II. vilis, Er., and II. 

 difficilis, Bris. ; Calodera rubens, Er. ; and Oxytelus fulvipes, Er. He also 

 exhibited a Rhizophagus from Sherwood Forest, which appeared to belong to 

 a new species ; and several specimens of Holopedina polypori, Forst., also from 

 Sherwood Forest, where he had found in company with, and probably para- 

 sitic on, Cis vestitus. 



Mr. Elisha exhibited two larvae of Zelleria hepariella, Stn. 



Mr. Stainton remarked that as the greater part of the larvae of Zelleria 

 were attached to the Oleacese, it seemed strange that certain species had re- 

 cently been found on Saxifrage. 



Mr. Slater read a paper on " The presence of Tannin in certain Insects, 

 and its influence on their colours." He mentioned the facts that tannin was 

 certainly present in the tissues of the leaf, wood, and bark-eating species, but 

 not in the tissues of the carnivorous beetles, and that black colour on the 

 elytra of certain beetles appeared to be produced by the action of iron on 

 tannin. A discussion ensued, in which Prof. Meldola, Mr. Poulton, Dr. 

 Sharp, and others took part. — W. W. Fowler, Hon. Sec. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



June 2%rd, 1887. — Mr. Huckett, Yice-Presidcnt, in the chair. Mr. 

 Hanes exhibited a fine specimen of S. ligustri ; Mr. Harper bred specimen of 

 D. irregularis ; Mr. Huckett living specimens of 8. ocellatus, C. elpenor, A, 

 grossulariata, M, rubiginata ; Mr. Clark, specimens of C. plantaginus and 

 A. grossulariata, bred that day. 



June 30^. — Mr. Huckett, Vice-President, in the chair. There was a 



