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" Such authors as deign to mention the subject appear to regard 

 the pupa as subterranean, but in this case they were certain!)' not so. 

 Of the 22 compact little cocoons that were spun ten were among the 

 rubbish tijat had collected on the surface of the earth at the bottom 

 of the cage, seven were formed on the sides of the cage, just at or 

 above the surface of the earth, and all these had particles of earth 

 liberally worked into them; two were constructed on the sides of 

 the cage, from three to four inches above r.he earth, and the remain- 

 ing three on the stems of the food plant. In confineujent larvfe do 

 not always follow their natural habits in regard to the positions 

 selected for pupation, but the foregoing appears to suggest that in 

 this species the natural position would be among rubbish on or near 

 the surface of the ground, as is the case with many nearly related 

 species. 



" Between June 16th and 18th, 21 perfect imagines came forth, 

 all of them richly coloured, heavily marked msects, m that respect 

 contrasting favourably with series bred from the similarly chalky 

 districts of Folkestone and a former Eastbourne brood." 



Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited a number of species of butterflies 

 from W. Java, among them being a finely marked form of Pajiilio 

 meinnoii g and several species of brilliantly marked Vieris and 

 Elyiiniias. 



Mr. R. Adkin, the Society's Delegate to the Conference of 

 the Delegates of the Corresponding Societies of the British Associa- 

 tion, read the following Report: — 



" I attended the meeting of the British Association at Cardiff 

 from 23rd to 28th of August, and the meetings of the Delegates of 

 Corresponding Societies, as your delegate, on the 2oth and 27th. 

 The President of the Conference, IMr. T. Sheppard, gave an address 

 on 'The Evolution of Topographical and Geological Maps,' and 

 illustrated his remarks by the exhibit of a large number of rare and 

 early dated maps. A ' Dit^cussion on the Status of Local Societies 

 — The Means of Developing their Objects, of getting New Members, 

 of Making Announcements and Publishing Papers,' was introduced 

 by Mr. William Whitaker, and many of the delegates present took 

 part, but without, so far as 1 was able to gather from their remarks, 

 elucidating anything very fresh or helpful. 



'*' Section D., Zoology, presided over by Prof. J. Stanley 

 Gardiner, and with Dr. F. A. Dixey as Vice-President, had a very 

 full programme, and discussed various subjects that will be of interest 

 to many of our members, and as I hope to present the official report 



