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iUfincan.'i and a small series of A. trifici (varying much), from 
Sandown. 
Wax-eaters.— Mr. D. C. Bate, Ap/ionia aociella, Achroca (/risidlct 
and (xalleria iiieUdHella, all of which are destructive to bees’and wasps’ 
nests. They destroy the comb after it is deserted, and not in presence 
of the aculeate insects. 
Survival of pup.e after im.mersion in water.— Mr. A. Bacot 
narrated an experiment he had made with some pupse of Choerdvaiiipa 
(‘Ipenor, which he had kept in water for various periods ranging from 1 
to 32 hours, but all of which had subsequently revived with every 
appearance of perfect health. Mr. Tutt spoke of a somewhat similar 
experiment on the part of ]\Ir. Tunaley with Sincrinthiis papnli. Dr. 
Chapman said he had known earwigs recover after being swollen with 
water to such an extent that recovery seemed impossible. The 
President pointed out that many insects, amongst others the larva? of 
i’horodetiiiia niiiaraiidaria, must possess water-resisting powers in a very 
high degree, either in themselves or the silk with which they surround 
themselves, as the marshes on Avhich these live are so frequently 
swamped by the tide. 
Paper.— Mr. F. B. .Jennings read an “ Explanatory Paper on the 
order Hymenoptera.” 
Jan. 18th, 1898.— Aberrations of Lepidoptera.— Mr. G. R. Garland 
exhibited Odantupem bidvntata, from various localities, showing varia¬ 
tion ; Anarta iin/rtilli, from Oxshott, showing one Avith black tips on 
fore-Avings ; \'r)iilia viacidaria, from the NeAV Forest, being rather 
darker than usual ; CalUmnyplta Iwra, from South DeA’on. 
Rare Coleoptera. —]\Ir. H. Heasler, (’aladera lonhrosa, taken by 
SAveeping at Boxhill last August, the only British member of the 
genus likely to be taken this Avay, as the rest are found in marshy 
places on the ground ; I[oiiialota atimiaria, taken Avith aboA’e, a Avidely 
distributed but rare species ; Alcochara auccicola, taken in putrid fungus 
at WalthamstoAv, in NoA'ember; Tctratoma /ininonnii, taken in fungus 
groAving on a pollard oak at Walthamstow. 
SuRA'ivAL of pup.e .AFTER IMMERSION IN AVATER.— Ml’. Bacot had been 
continuing his experiments Avith ( 'hon-oranipa dpmur pupip, Avhich 
Avere still living after having been under Avater for eight days. 
Paper. —Mr. Tremayne read a pajAer on “ DarAvin.” 
Feb. 1st, 1898.— Rare Coleoptera. —Mr. Donisthorpe exhibited 
the folloAving Coleoptera selected from those collected during the year 
1897 :—FAaplinia iilifiiiioxKs, PaiKKiacux crii.v-inajor, Pti'nisfic/mx dimi- 
diatiis, Micyoijloxxa i/cntilix, Payniis nitididux, the fourth knoAvn British 
specimen, Antha.ria nitidida, from the NeAV Forest, Spnaptux fHifoymix, 
AntJiocniinix teyininatus, from the Fens, Aiudd'iini denticfdlv, Towo.via 
bi(/uttat(i, Mtiydtdla fasciata, hidnuniieya xanf/iiiniadlix, Haiioitx nodu- 
lostitff, Ohyyya ondata, one of thi’ee taken in the Fen district, MoloirJiux 
minoy, and Cyiiptnryjdialtis eoyi/li. 
V.ariation in Lepidoptera. —Mr. Tutt, on behalf of ]\Ir. Loaa’o, a 
specimen of JHantJtoccia Uitcapo, distinctly ochreous,* and a A'ariety of 
Mclonippe xoriata, haA'ing the central band reduced to a spot. Mr. 
Subsequently described in Kiitoin. Pecord, vol. x., p. 150, as var. lorvci, Tutt. 
