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of yl. lia-tnosa, caught on the occasion of the Society’s excursion to 
Westerham, the spots of one being of a light-brown colour. 
Phytophagous Coleoptera. —Mr. P. B. Jennings, a series, includ¬ 
ing a blue variety, of ]><>nacia rran.^ijicif, from the Lea Valley, found on 
the yellow and white water-lily ; also a living specimen of Donacia 
ihnitata, ? , from Wicken Fen, found in some numbers on the Arrow¬ 
head, and several fAna pnjiidi, principally on the sallows at same 
locality, andc? and ? ChriiHoinda ;iraiiiinix. 
Bot.anic'al exhibit. —Mr. C. Oldham, a spike of Verhasciiiii hint- 
tariu, 81 inches long, the root of Avhich originally came from Norfolk, 
and has since been cultivated. 
Hyjienoptera from New Forest. —Mr. Sauze, a specimen of the 
long-horned bee, I'Aiccra hnuticoDUK, $ , and a queen hornet, 1 es}ia 
crahni, caught in June. 
Field observations. —Mr. Jennings reported that he had observed 
( 'hri/sis ojancct in the Lea Valley. Mr. Hill noticed Tluimdicii.'i Uneola 
round muddy puddles at Leigh on the previous day, and allusion was 
made to dim's hrassinw following the water-carts and alighting for a 
drink. Mr. Bate spoke of the swiftness on the wing of Tnjphacna 
iuHtliina which was appearing at Dulwich, and said Hcjiiahts sj/lratins 
was out already, wliich he considered early. Mr. Nicholson the previous 
day took about 40 larvfo of I’ajiilio macitaon, at Wicken, their sizes 
varying from ^in. to l^in. in length. A fewlarvie of Satutma jiaroitia 
were taken on meadow-sweet. TriijiJiarna intcrjccta and ('idana testata 
were on the wing. 
August 16th, 1898.— Cidaria saoittata at Wicken. —Mr. J. A. 
Clark, a series of d. saoittata bred from larvie, taken at Wicken. 
Holiday collecting at Margate.^ —Dr. J. S. Sequeira, who had 
spent the first three weeks of July at ^largate, showed a box of cap¬ 
tures including banded forms of Caiiijitotiranniia hiluwata, Calliiiior/dKi 
doininida, taken at Wahner ; Arnnincta aceris, of which a long series 
was taken at sugar ; a single /Isthena lideata, Aridalui tnijcunnata, 
Aldanippi’ riratci, and J/. (jaluda : Kpionc apiviaria, Tsi'uriawtifulatii 
/sajxnuirincJ, ('upido )iiiniina ; and Cossiis litjniperda at sugar. 
Longicorn beetle in Kauri pine. —He also brought for exhibi¬ 
tion a heavy piece of Australian kauri pine, which, when split,disclosed 
an immature lifeless longicorn beetle, in a cell a little larger than 
itself, from the outside to which no communication was apparently 
discernible. 
Two pup.E IN ONE COCOON. —Ml’. C. Nicliolsoii, two pupic of 
Satiinii(( pantnia in one cocoon, from Weybridge. 
September 20th, 1898.— Diptera showing dissimilarity in the 
SEXES.—iMr. F. B. Jennings exhibited both sexes of the following: 
Scpedon sjdic;i,-i(s, found clinging to grass stems, (iraphomnia iiiacidata, 
Thrrcm plehda, Jlihio iiiarci, and Sarvophapa carnavia. 
Bare variety- of Oberea oculata. —INIr. Donisthoipe, three 
specimens of d. ocidctfa from the hens, one being a Yer} lare Yaiietj, 
having four black spots on the thorax instead of the usual pair. 
Beetle parasitic on wasps.— Also several specimens of Mctoecns 
paradn.nis, from Chiddingfold, with living larva' and pupa dug out of 
wasps’ nests, one imago emerging during the meeting. Larva in 
