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ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTIOH 
1915 and 1916. 
TWO MEETINGS only were held during the year 1915, but as a result 
of a considerable accession of new members' in 1916, eight meetings 
were held. The Section now consists of 17 members. There were no papers 
but many rare and interesting exhibits and notes were made, of which the 
following were the most important. 
January 26th, 1915 — Mr. G. C. Griffiths, box of butterflies taken by Major 
Broughton in the Himalayas. Mr. C. Bartlett, six drawers of British 
Coleoptera. 
May 4th— Mr. G. C. Griffiths, Sesia andreniformis. Mr. H. Bolton sent 
a beetle of the Genus Ceratorrhina from W. Australia, there being only 
1 9 an d 3 cf otherwise known. Mr. C. Bartlett, Celerio galii bred from 
larvfe, N. Cornwall, hybrid Biston hirtaria x zonaria. 
January 11th, 1916— Mr. G. C. Griffiths, box of Catocalidre. 
February 17th — Miss Roper, the fungus Cordiceps militaris, parasitic on the 
pupa of a moth, Blackdown. February 2nd, 1916— Mr. A. E. Hudd, Diptera 
taken in January and February. Mr. G. B. Hony, box of Coleoptera from 
the Outer Hebrides. Mr. G. C. Griffiths, Loelia cmnosa. 
March 17th — Miss Roper, Galls caused by Diastrophus rubi on Pubus 
rusticanus and ccesius. Mr. H. J. Charbonnier lectured on British Diptera, 
illustrated by hand-coloured charts and specimens, and gave many very 
interesting notes on classification, collecting, habits, &c. 
April 14th— Miss Roper, the fungus Cordiceps entomorrhiza, parasitic on the 
larva of Hepialus humuli. Mr. C. T. Gimingham, 71 species of Somerset 
Coleoptera. Mr. G. C. Griffiths, a living 9 of Nyssia zonaria. 
May 16th — Miss Roper, Beetles. Mr. H. A. Francis, nest of Eumenes 
coarctator. 
October 20th— Miss Roper, Beetles. Dr. C. K. Rudge, Oak galls. Mr. 
G. C. Griffiths, Argynnis paphia var. covflnens. Mr. A. E. Hudd, Notes on 
"Scarabs, ancient and modern," with Egyptian examples. 
November 24th— Miss Roper, preserved larvae of British lepidoptera. Mr. 
G. C. Griffiths, specimens of the Genera Kallima and Parnassius. Mr. C. 
Bartlett, box of British Coleoptera, including Anomala frischii unicolorous 
blue green var. 
December 8th — Miss Roper, stem of yarrow with galls of Rhopalomyia 
millefolii. Mrs. Sandwith, Lucanus cervus . Mr. G. C. Griffiths, 
Lophostethas Demolitiii. Mr. H. L. Audcent, box of flies from Dunster, in- 
cluding Anthrax hottentola, Catabomba pyrastri and Volucella inanis. 
LIST OF MEMBERS. 
G. C. Griffiths, President. 
A. T. Davies. 
H. A. Francis. 
C. T. Gimingham. 
J. F. Knoweson. 
P. J. Mountney. 
J. NORTHMORE. 
Miss Roper. 
Dr. C. K. Rudge. 
Mrs. Sandwith. 
Dr. W. A. Smith. 
G. B. Hony. 
A. E. Hudd. 
W. B. I YENS. 
Col. T. JERMYN. 
CHARLES BARTLETT, Hon. Sec. 
