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a considerable number of pupse of the species in spun-up leaves of 

 honej'suckle, growing beneath an oak which was absolutely denuded 

 of its foliage by the larval attack. 



MAY 27th, 1915. 



]\Jr. Alfred Sieh exhibited ova of Tortrix viridana, laid in 

 pairs and covered with scales from the parent, in the rough bark of 

 oak. He also showed the cases and young larvae of a Solenobia, 

 possibly lichenella. Only females were observed. The cases were 

 three-sided. The pupa thrusts itself partly out of the case before 

 emergence. The female begins laying eggs immediately after 

 getting free from the pupa skin. The eggs are laid not in the pupa 

 shell, but in the case. The larvfe hatched in about four weeks 

 after the eggs were deposited. The cases were found at Barnes. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a number of Lepidoptera he had recently 

 received from Johannesburg, South Africa, including Hypolininas 

 wisippus, the female of which is almost indistmguishable from its 

 " model " Lintnas chnjaippris ; Precis sesa))iHs, a member of a genus 

 whose species are remarkable for their dimorphic and polymorphic 

 forms ; Colias electa, the South African representative of our British 

 Colias edusa, and its dimorphic white female var. aurivillius ; the 

 common " swallow-tail " of South Africa, Papiiio ileinodocus ; the 

 small forms of Pyranieis cardui, which are characteristic of the 

 southern race ; Hippotion celerio ; and the beautiful deep green 

 Sphingid Basiothia media. 



Mr. B. S. Williams exhibited a number of larvae of Xylophasia 

 scolopacina taken near Finchley, and a series of 'Idcopteryx 

 (Lobophora) polycomvuita from Yeovil, Somerset. 



Mr. Lachlan Gibb, on behalf of Mr. H. M. Simms, of Stourbridge, 

 a fine suffused aberration of Pyrameis huntera, a dwarf specimen of 

 the same species with the typical form for comparison, all from 

 Montreal, Canada, taken in 19.13 ; a specimen of Bithyn quercus ab. 

 belltis, in which a small orange patch is present in the disc of the 

 forewings, taken near Barmouth in August, 1910 ; and an 

 aberration of Pharetra (Acronicta) menyantliides, in which the 

 orbicular stigmata are absent, taken near Sheffield in June, 1912. 



Mr. Priske exhibited an example of the Coleopteron Morica 

 planata, a Tenebrionid from Gibraltar. 



Mr. E, J. Bunnett read a short paper entitled " The Maple 

 Aphis," and illustrated his notes by drawings and lantern-slides. 

 (See p. 21). 



