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orbona and pronuba , in various stages ; he remarked that the larvae of 
T. orbona, when about to moult, strongly resembled T. iantliina. Rev. 
C. R. N. Burrows : a fine and variable series of Calamia lutosa from 
Rainham. Mr. Bate stated that he had bred a second brood of 
Abraxas grossulariata from nearly full-fed larvae found in his garden 
this autumn. A short discussion ensued. Mr. Bacot read a paper 
on “ Enclromis versicolor and its suggested affinities with the Sphingidae.” 
The following gentlemen were then nominated as Council for 1896 :— 
President, Mr. J. W. Tutt; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. J. A. Clark and 
F. J. Hanbury; Treasurer, Mr. J A. Clark ; Librarians, Messrs. T. 
Gurney and L. B. Prout; Curators, Capt. B. B. Thompson and Mr. A. 
F. Bayne; Secretaries, Messrs. C. Nicholson and L. J. Tremayne ; and 
five other members: Messrs Bacot, Bate, Burrows, Newbery and 
Oldham. Messrs. A. Bacot and H. H. May were appointed Auditors 
for 1895. 
December 3rd, 1895.—(Annual Meeting).—Exhibits:—Mr. Riches: 
a bred series of Sesia myopaeformis from larva found in the bark of an old 
apple tree; he stated that he had never found the larvae in the solid wood, 
but always in the bark, and that the imago emerges between 9 and 12 
a.m. during June. Mr. May : Hybernia clefoliaria and aurantiaria, from 
Epping Forest and Wimbledon Common. He said that he had found 
the males of both species very abundant in the former locality, but 
the females of aurantiaria w T ere scarce ; he had seen numbers of 
defoliaria females on the trees during the afternoon. He also exhibited 
a mole cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris), captured at light at Merton about 
1887. Mr. S. J. Bell : specimens of Metrocampa margaritaria and 
Hemithea strigatci, which had been killed with ammonia, but their 
colour did not appear to have been affected. Mr. Prout: a series of 
the Sandown form of Agrotis tritici (mostly var. aquilina), with two 
specimens sent from Vienna under that name, though not entirely 
agreeing with any known British form. Mr. Sauz6 : Melecta arrnata 
(females), a bee parasitic on the various species of Bombas ; Bombas 
harrisellus; a rare black variety of the male of Bombas hortorum : a male 
Myrniosa melanocephala, one of the Mutilliclae, or solitary ants; this 
species has an apterous female, and is found in the nests of the 
various species of Bombas. 
The gentlemen nominated at the last meeting as Council for 1896, 
were duly elected. 
SECRETARIES’ REPORT. 
Mr. Nicholson then read the following report of the secretaries for 
1895 : 
Mr. President and Gentlemen, 
The year 1895 will probably linger for some little time in the 
memories of the members of this Society, for the three following 
reasons, viz. : In this year the Society held its first Conversazione ; the 
Rules were thoroughly overhauled and revised ; and the Society, for 
the first time for many years, paid its expenses entirely out of 
its o;vn pocket, without accepting generosity at the hands of its 
worthy Treasurer, whose purse-strings have ever been found to be 
