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some of tlioir eggs. Mr. SduI, a spidor'.s nest ironi thr Cape. This 

 Avas larger than a cricket ))all, composed of leaves and silk, and sus- 

 pended from a twig l>y several tlireads. He also exhibited the spiar of 

 ii cock, 13 years old. — A. U. Battlev and J. A. Sijues. Hon. Sees. 



Entomological Society of London. — December 7, 1892. — The 

 President announced tlie death, on the 2nd December, of Mr. Henry T. 

 Stainton, F.R.S., an ex-President of the Society. A vote of condolence 

 with !Mrs. Stainton was }3assed by the meeting. Mr. Frank Bouslvell, 

 of 11, Lansdowne Road, Stoneygate, Leicester; Mr. George C. Dennis, 

 of Tower Street, York ; Mr. Charles B. Headley, of Stoneygate Road, 

 Leicester; Mr. William Mansljridge, of Luther Place, Horsforth, near 

 Leeds ; and the Rev. George W. Taylor, of St. Barnabas, Victoria, 

 British Columbia, were elected Fellows of the Society. ]\[r. Jenner 

 Weir exhibited a species of Acrcea from Sierra Leone, Avliich Mr. Roland 

 Trimen, who had examined the specimen, considered to l)e a remarkable 

 variety of Telrhinla cni-edoa, Linn. It was a very close mimic of Liinnas 

 aldppxis, the usual Western African form of Limnas rhri/sijijins. The 

 .up})er wings of the si)ecimen were rufous and the lower wliite, as in the 

 model, and the resemblance in otlier respects Avas heightened by the 

 almost total suppression of the l)lack spots in the ilisc of the upper 

 wings, characteristic of the usual markings of T. enrrdon. ]\Ir. F. J. 

 Hanbury exhibited a very remarkaljle variety of Lyc(vua adonis, caught 

 in Kent this year, Avith only one large spot on the under side of each 

 upper Aving, and the spots on the loAver Avings entirely replaced by 

 suffused Avhite patches. He also exhilnted tAvo specimens of Noctua 

 xanthoijraplia of a remarkaldy pale brownish gTC}' colour, approaching a 

 dirty Avhite, oljtained in Essex in 1891 ; and a A^ariety of Acronycta 

 rumk-is, also taken in Essex, Avitli a l)eautiful dark hind margin to the 

 fore Avings. Mr. H. J. Ehves exhiluted a liA-ing specimen of a species 

 of Conoccphalns, a genus of Locnstidce, scA'cral sjiecies of Avhich, Mr. C. 0. 

 AVaterhouse and Mr. McLachlan stated, liad been found aliA-e in hothouses 

 in this country. ])r. T. A. Cliapman exhil)ited immature specimens of 

 Tceniocampa (jracllis, T. (jothira, T. popnleti, T. iiniiida, T. instabilts and T. 

 Icuroijrapha, Avhich had ])een taken out of their cocoons in the autumn, 

 Avith the (jbject of shoAving the then state of deA-elopment of the images. 

 Mr. F. W. FrohaAvk exhibited a liA^ing specimen of the larA^a of Cnrtero- 

 ■cephalm paloemon (Hespevia paaiscns), hybernating on a species of grass 

 Avdiich he believed to be Bromus (isper. The Rca'. Canon Fowler and 

 Mr. H. Goss exjiressed their interest at seeing the larA^a of this local 

 species, the imagos of Avhich they had respectiA'ely collected in certain 

 Avoods in Lincolnshire and Nortliampti nishire. Mr. G<iss stated that the 

 food-plants of the species Avere supjiosed to be PJitntago major and 

 Ciinosunis cristatns, but tliat the larA'a might possibly feed on Bromus 

 asper. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhil)ited a long series of remarkable melanic 

 and other Aarieties of Boaniiia repaudntn, lired liy Mr. A. E. Hall, from 

 larA-aj collected near Sheffield. Air. W. Farren exliil»ite(l, and com- 

 mented on, four A'arieties of Fapillo muclKiou from Wicken Fen ; also a series 

 of tAvo or three species of Xeptinihr })inned (in pith Avith the " Minuten 

 Nadeln," for tlie purpose of slioAviug these pins. C'anon FoAvler exhi- 

 bited specimens of XyleboriiH pcrfofdiix, Woll., Avhich had l)een deA'asta- 

 ting the sugar-canes in the West Indies. Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse stated 

 that the larA'ai had done great damage to beer-casks in India. Mr. 

 E. B. Poulton shoAvcd, by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern, a number 



