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Mr. Champion exhibited twelve spcicics of tlie gonus Cetonia collected by Mr. J. 

 J. Walker at Besika Bay and other localities in the Mediterranean ; also a specimen 

 of Anthicus llmaculatits taken by Mr. J. T. Harris at New Brighton. 



Mr. May exhibited a Carabus intricatus which he was assured had been taken 

 at Fnlham. 



Mr. Goss exhibited specimens of TJreh'ia Medea in illustration of the dimorphic 

 condition of the ? in that species. (For details see present No.). 



Sir John Lubbock read a paper " on the colouring of British caterpillars," 

 especially concerning those of butterflies and the larger SpMngidce and Bomhyces, 

 principally with reference to the principles laid down by Darwin, Wallace, &c., to 

 the effect that dull-coloured, green, and smooth-skinned caterpillars are eaten by birds, 

 whereas, those that are spiny or hairy, or brightly coloured, are rejected. In the 

 course of tabulating the different caterpillars he found that whereas the green ones 

 ai-e not hairy, the majority of the brightly coloured are. A long discussion ensued, 

 in which the President, and Messrs. Weir, McLachlan, Meldola, Butler, Douglas, 

 Goss, Weale, &c., took part. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse read papers on a now Dragon-fly from Borneo, on a new 

 species of ChernetidcB from Spain, and on the Coleopterous family Lycidce. 



West-London Entomological Society : — 



St. Mark's Institute, George Street, 

 Grosvenor Square : February lUh, 1878. 



To the Editors of the JEntomoloyist's Monthly Magazine. 



Gentlemen, — The Members of the West-London Entomological Society have 

 seen with regret in your Magazine the remarks upon their last Exhibition, extracted 

 from the " Echo," December 8th, 1877. 



The usual invitations were forwarded to you, and it appears unfortunate no one 

 could have been present sufliciently informed upon the subject to fairly represent you 

 as an authority, which could not be expected from an unscientific quarter. 



To fill the wall-spaces in so large a room, it was thought necessary to invite ex- 

 hibitors of Natural History generally, and hence such subjects were introduced. 

 Mr. Burton contributing largely, Mr. Keilich, and others. 



It was admitted to have been the most successful Exhibition on record, and the 

 proof that in the two evenings more than 1600 visitors were present. 



With regard to the Butterfly Pictures which seem to have called forth the prin- 

 cipal remarks, they, although very artistic, were not intended to represent the science, 

 but merely as ornamental decorations, although, doubtless, many an entomologist in 

 his early days has' derived much pleasure in their pi'oduction, and been given an im- 

 petus to further researches in the study of Entomology. 



The Exhibition Committee are anxious that your readers should have some idea 

 of the magnitude of the Exhibition. 



In the first place the life-history of nearly 400 species were represented, inclu- 

 ding the following : Papilio Machaon, Melitcba Artemis and Cinxia, ranessa c-album, 

 Limenitis Sibylla, Aporia cratmgi, Sphinx convolvuli, Acherontia Atropos, Deile- 

 phila gala, Macroylossa bombylifurmis, Cymatophora (all except ocularis), Acronycta 

 (all except strigosa and myrica), Cticullia (all exccept scrophularia: and gnaphalii), 

 Diphthera Orion, Ileliolhis peltiger and dipsacea, Dicycla oo, Clostera anachoreta, 

 lEndromis versicolor, JTydrocampa nymphoialis, Bolys lerrcalis, I'ionea stramentalis, 

 IHphestia elutella, E. interpunctella, &c., &c. 



