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stated that tlie Isirva quits tlie case when about to pupate ; the following species of 

 the genus Coleophora : C. deaurateUa, C. Frltrhella, C. alcyonipennella, C. ochrea, 

 C. vibicel/a and C. sulicornice, of wliich the last named also quits the case to pupate ; 

 togcthei" with specimens of Oelechia lenehrella, which bears a close superficial 

 resemblance to C. alcyouipeiniella. Messrs. Harrison and Main, series of early 

 spring Geometers (akcn this jcar in Delamere and Epping Forests. Among them 

 was a specimen of Nyxxia hispidaria taken in the former place. Mr. West, of 

 Streatliam, pieces of amber containing Homopterous and Dipterous insects. Mr. R. 

 Adkin, specimens of Acherontia Atropos bred from larvae taken in Iluntingdonsliire, 

 and read notes on the forcing of the species, especially calling attention to the 

 internal appearance of the pupte which failed to emerge. A discussion ensued, and 

 various other methods of forcing were described. Mr. Montgomery, a larva of 

 Charaxes Jasius sent to him fi-om Cannes, with a Oordiusv/ovm which had extruded 

 from it. Mr. Bishoj) read a paper, " The Natural History of the Guildford 

 District." 



April Uth, 1901.— Tlic President in the Chair. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited a large number of specimens of Pieris napi bred from 

 one batch of ova. Half the specimens had emerged in June and early July, 

 while the remainder the following April and May. The former were very uniform, 

 the latter were very variable in the female specimens. He also showed a long series 

 of bred ^lelitcra aurinia from Penarth and Carlisle. Mr. Mc Arthur, bright and 

 well-marked specimens of Plntella annulatella from the Orkneys. Mr. Frendin, a 

 number of specimens of Lepidoptera and other insects taken during a short trip to 

 Canada in 1900, and read notes. Mr. Lucas, the species of Odonata taken by Mr. 

 Premlin at the same time, including species of the genera Si^mpetrnm, Libellnla, 

 Gompkus, JSseJiim and Agrion. — H. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : April 3rd, 1901. — Mr. Chakleij G. 

 Barrett, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Albert Piffard, of Felden, Boxmoor, Herts., and Mr. P. Lathy, of Lyndon 

 Villa, Sydney Road, Enfield, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. Goss read a letter from the Right Hon. Charles Ritchie, Secretary of State 

 for the Home Department, conveying the King's thanks for the loyal address of the 

 Society on the occasion of the lamented death of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria. 

 The Rev. A. E. Eaton sent for exhibition on behalf of Mr. Halford a ? sub-imago of a 

 species of Jiphemeridce of the genus Ephemera, received from Central Africa without 

 more precise indication of locality, the first report of the observation of the genus in 

 Africa. Mr. McLachlan remarked that Ephemera occurred in cold, Alpine or 

 temperate regions, and that this example probably inhabited the mountains at a 

 considerable altitude. Dr. Chapman exhibited c\xses oi Liiffia ferchauUella from 

 Cannes, and a spider found on the same rocks, the interest of the specimens being in 

 the fact that the spider when at rest has almost precisely the same form and coloration 

 as the cases of the moth. Mr. W. L. Distant communicated a paper entitled, " An 

 Enumeration of the Heteroptera {Rhynchoia) collected by Leonardo Fea in Burma 

 and its vicinity." — li. Goss and H. Rowland-Brown, Hon, iSecreiaries. 



