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■upon the island of Upolu. The spirit specimen was an immature 

 female. It fell a victim to the cannibalism of the living example. 



Mr. Sloane exhibited a collection of Cicindelids in illustration 

 of his paper; and he gave a summary of the views of Dr. W. Horn 

 on the geographical distribution of the Cicindelidce, as enunciated 

 in his important contribution to Wytsman's "Genera Insectorum" 

 (1908). 



Dr. Stokes showed some caddis-worms and their cases; the 

 former are apt to be a nuisance in cement-lined water-channels, 

 because of their propensity for collecting grains of sand, to be 

 utilised in the construction of their cases, should the cement 

 become suflSciently softened. 



