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Mr. E. TV. H. Row related his experiments with these insects, 

 and stated tliat tlu' jiiniping began when the cocoons were exposed 

 to sunshine, and appeared to be caused by an instinct to escape 

 the light. 



Mr. J. C. MouLTON had brought with him from ]5orneo, living 

 exain])les — now seen for the first time in this country — of the 

 remarkable Trilobite-like coleopterous larva), well known in the 

 Oriental tropics. Mr. C. J. Gahan (visitor) referred to the 

 previous knowledge of these larvae, which belonged, he considered, 

 to the Lycidse, and spoke of the probability of their never passing 

 into an imago stage. The discussion was continued by Mr. H. 

 N. Eidley, Mr. S. G. Paine, Mr. J. C. Moultou, and the 

 President. 



Mr. S. T. DuKN introduced his paper on the revision of the 

 genus Millettia. 



Dr. Otto Staff, Sec.L.S., read a paper by Mr. Carl 

 Christensei^^, communicated by Prof. J. Statelet (Gtaediner, on 

 the Ferns of the Seychelles and Aldabra. The lantern- slides to 

 illustrate this paper had not arrived, and their exhibition was 

 postponed. 



Prof. Gardiner also communicated Mr. C. Warburton's paper 

 on the Acarina of the Percy Sladen Expedition, which Mas read in 

 title, as was also Canon Norman's investigation of Synagoga 

 mira. 



Capt. C. F. U. Meek's paper entitled " Correlation of Somatic 

 Characters," was placed before the meeting, with the Author's 

 own statement of his conclusions. 



