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(hcJu'sti's nisei. Each leaf showed a perfectly circular hole at the 

 end of the mine from which a portion of the leaf had been cut to 

 form a flat circular case, the pupa being secured between the two 

 surfaces of the leaf. The case when completed was separated and 

 fell to the ground. 



3. The beautiful open network cocoon of the Micro-lepidopteron, 

 Chrywcortjs festaliella, an anomalous species which systematists had 

 placed in various positions in the lists. It was attached to a rose leaf. 



4. The curious tubular larval cases of a Tineid formed on dog's 

 excrement. It had been sent from Aden to the late Dr. Buchanan 

 White. 



Mr. Bunnett exhibited (1) the flowers of a species of Aristolochia. 

 (2) A spike of the Marsh Orchid, Malaxin palitdnsa, which was pre- 

 served in a solution of 2^% of formalin. The structure was admir- 

 ably preserved, although it had been in the solution for the past six 

 years. (3) Larval cases and living imagines of Coleophora nvjricella 

 on hawthorn, and added a few details of larval habits, which he 

 hoped later on to more fully describe. 



Mr. F. B. Carr exhibited a pupa of Gnneptery.v rhaunii. Several 

 members noted that the larvfe of this species had been particularly 

 common this year. 



Mr. E. Adkin communicated the following " Notes on the 

 Season " : — 



" The season at Eastbourne has, so far, been disappointing. 

 Occasionally a few fine warm days gave promise of things to come, 

 but hardly had one realised their possibilities when it would turn 

 wet or cold again, or both. The very wet month of March, as a 

 matter of fact the wettest March on record, and the bitterly cold 

 weather of its closing days, seem to have left their mark on the 

 season, added to which my opportunities for observation have been 

 few, yet it may not be without interest, on an occasion when we are 

 invited to give our experiences of the season, to mention briefly 

 what has come under my notice in this locality. 



" Although the latter days of March had been so inclement, the 1st 

 of April was a very fine day and fairly warm, and 1 met with my 

 first butterflies of the season, some half dozen or more Ai/laia urticcB 

 being on the wing in a sheltered corner of the Downs. The 2nd 

 was even finer, and in my garden I saw several more A. nrticie and 

 a couple of Celastrina aiyioltis, Avhile a very lively Scxia [Macro- 

 (llossa stellatariim was seen on the sea front buzzing along the stones 

 of the parade walls. Then we had more cold weather, but on the 



