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would suffice if the spraying were done frequently. He suggested 

 soft soap solution of 1 lb. to 10 gallons of water. Mr. Step said 

 that he had met with the same species abundantly on garden mint 

 in the open. 



Mr. T. L. Barnett exhibited a series of Hipjian-hia se)iiele. 

 including some unusually dark forms from Horsham, and several 

 of a very light banded form from the N. Downs; and said that the 

 heath form was usually dark. He also showed a nice dark 

 suffused Ariiynnia cydippe, a male Poh/oiiiniattis icanis wanting the 

 lower two spots of the submarginal row on the underside of the 

 forewing ; a dark liiunicia p/daeas and two Coeii<»ii/iiip/ia paxipltdus, 

 one very marked in depth of colour and the other unusually pale. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited the following items sent to him 

 from Sao Paulo, Brazil, by Mr. F. Lindeman. 



1. A cocoon of Rotlischildia anrota from which had emerged, 

 three hours after it was received by post, a large female. The moth 

 should have emerged earlier in the year, but had lain over the 

 winter (southern). A male of the same species emerged the 

 following day, but from an autumn (southern) larva. They had not 

 paired, and probably would not do so, as the female had already laid 

 a number of eggs ; these were of a chalky whiteness. The cocoon 

 was spun between the leaves of a Citrus and hung by a strong silken 

 pedicel from a twig. A female was exhibited for illustration. 



2. A chrysalis of the S. Brazilian form of Fapilio thoas ; and 

 called attention to the remarkable likeness it bore to a rotten and 

 crumbling stick while still preserving the general Papilionine 

 shape. Unfortunately, like most of the contents of the parcel, it 

 had been crushed in the post and was dead. 



3. A pupa of Eadi's mai/nifica ; and pointed out the rough file- 

 like outer surface. The " teeth " were placed in patches on face, 

 head and thorax, along the vein coverings of the wings and on both 

 margins of all the abdominal segments. This also had come to 

 grief in the post. Several cocoons of Hypcn-Iiiria had shared the 

 same fate, but a cocoon of another species of RotlixcliihUa had 

 dropped out of the crushed parcel and was found in the postman's 

 bag a day or two later, apparently uninjured. 



Mr. A. W. Dennis exhibited Jminifi eff'tisiis var. spiralis, from 

 the Chelsea physic garden, of which some of the stems grow spirally, 

 with both left-handed and right-handed twist ; also the rare Scirpus 

 "^oschoenus from the N. Devon coast. 



Mr. C. L. Withycombe exhibited a female of Ascalaphus 



