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Macroglossa stellatarum. Sufficiently plentiful about Hartlebury and Astley, and 

 occasionally at Kidderminster. I have found them sometimes taken for hornets ! 

 Sesia fuciformis. Not found. 



bombyliformis. Do. 

 Sphecia apiformis. Do. 



bembeciformis. Do. It has, however, been taken near Dudley, which is in 



Worcestershire, but not quite within the district in question. 

 Trochilium vespiforme. Not found. 

 ,, chrysidiforme. Do. 



ichneumoniforme. Do. 

 cynipiforme. Very rare. 

 tipuliforme. Sufficiently common. 

 philanthiforme. Not found. 

 sphegifbrme. Do. 

 andrenseforme. Do. 

 formicasforme. Do. 

 culiciforme. One specimen. 

 ,, myopasforme. Not found. 



stomoxyforme. Do. 

 Ino statices. Do. 



Anthrocera filipendulae. Very abundant. In profusion on " the round hills" near 

 Astley, and on the Abberley and Woodbury hills ; also not uncommon 

 at Malvern. 



trifolii. Extremely abundanton " the round hills" and at Abberley, where 

 for some years I found it outnumbering the Filipendulae ; but, towards 

 the end of my period of hunting in those parts, it became rather less 

 common, though still sufficiently abundant. I found, also, almost 

 endless variation in colour and minor characteristics, many speci- 

 mens answering pretty accurately to the description given of Anthro- 

 cera loti and A. meliloti, and others shading off by almost impercep- 

 tible gradations from these to A. trifolii; so that, allowing A. loti 

 and A. meliloti to be distinct species, as they unquestionably are ad- 

 mitted to be, both these species must have been by no means rare in 

 this locality. I never took the larvas of any but the Filipendulae and 

 the Trifolii. Between 1842 and 1848, these hills absolutely swarmed 

 with these two species, and there were very many also answering to 

 the other two ; but, since 1848, I have not found so many of any of 

 the species, and A. filipendulas has attained a decided preponderance; 

 but I do not recollect any locality which produced a quarter as many 

 specimens, both typical and varieties, as these u round" and Abberley 

 hills. I have not hunted there, however, since 1852, and do not 

 know how far their character may have deteriorated since that time. 

 hippocrepidis. Not found. 



minos. Do. 



I have inserted this last species although it was not discovered in the kingdom 

 till some years after I had brought my Worcestershire investigation to a close ; still, 

 as it is now established as a British, though I cannot quite say an English, species, 

 I could not bring myself to ignore it altogether. It may be found yet in England, 

 and even, for aught I know, in Worcestershire ; so I hope its name may be allowed 

 to stand, without rendering me obnoxious to a charge of presumption for insert- 

 ing it. 



The Entomological Secretary, on the part of Mr. Richard Shield, associate 

 member, read the following paper 



ON REARING LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE PUPA STATE, TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON 

 THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LARVJE AND PUP-2E OF MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



The Rev. Joseph Greene, in his admirable paper on " Digging for Pupae," has 

 given ample instructions for the collection of the pupae of the Macrolepidoptera, so 

 that little is left for explanation upon that subject ; but there is one and that one 



