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it was impossible for the pupa of this insect to suspend itself. He 

 further drew attention to the way in which K. ianira was suspended 

 by means of the larval skin, and not directly by the cremastral attach- 

 ment, the cremaster of the pupa being fastened within the shed larval 

 skin, the latter being suspended from the spun silken anal pad. He 

 also exhibited Livixa pup.e of Thecla peunt, and drew attention to the 

 remarkable similarity that it bore to a bird's dropping, and to the fact 

 that it was well suspended, both by an anal pad and silken girth. Mr. 

 Sauze : various species, including lA'dra aurita, UaphuJia op/iioji.sis (the 

 Snake Fly) and Hippohtiscacquina (the Forest Fly) from the New Forest. 

 Mr. Tremayne recorded a male specimen of Euchlois caedamines in 

 THE heart of London. It had been observed flying the same afternoon 

 as the meeting, near the railway bridge at the end of Queen Victoria 

 Street. Attention was drawn to the defoliation of the oak (and 

 other) trees in various parts of the country, and it was elicited that 

 the larva.' of Hiihcnria drfoUaria, H. iiian/inaria and //. anrantiaria 

 were excessively abundant in many localities this year, although the 

 larvne of Tartri.r viriila)i(i, ( 'hi'imatobia hniiiiatd, PJu'i/alia pcdaria, and 

 even Astcrosrajiux sp/iin.r and Xi/.s.sia hispiilarid helped in the work of 

 devastation. 



North London Entomological Society. — May 14th, 1896. — 

 Exhibits : A discussion on rearing Spilosoma urtic.t: elicited the 

 fact that the pupa of this species required an unusual amount of 

 moisture. The Collecting Notes, contributed by members, included 

 the capture of Ihrpana hinaria, in Epping Forest, flying in the sun, 

 recorded by Mr. Harvey, and the observation that Clostcra ju't/ra had 

 been seen flying in the afternoon sunshine (at half-past four) , by Mr. 

 Prout. Mr. L. J. Tremayne opened a discussion on " Termites." 

 These, he said, were Neuroptera. They had been known to travellers 

 for a very long time, there being a possible reference to them in 

 Herodotus. But our information about them was still very incom- 

 plete, and discussion as to their modifications was still rife among 

 many. He gave a short account of some of the more prominent 

 habits of these creatures, referring principally to T. bellivosm, and 

 concluded with a reference to Drummond's theory, riz., that the 

 Termite replaced the earthworm in the tropics as a tiller of the soil. 

 On May 28th, members gave further notes of the collecting expedi- 

 tions they had carried out at Whitsuntide. Mr. Simes, on J\fay 23rd, 

 at looping Forest, had seen ('linjaophanus pJilncas, larva of ihhmestiH 

 jiDtatiiria, ova of Eurlddi' canlaiiiiiics, and imagines of Ihrpana binana 

 [/uniinla), IK cnltraria, FAiJiuUa pluinbaria, J'ajiai/ra pitraria, Xisnniades 

 taijcsnjud Si/n'c/itJius malnw, buthad noticed no Fritillaries. On May 24th, 

 at Thames Ditton, he had seen the ova of Eiicldoe carihuiiincs on 

 l-^fi/siiiiuiii aliian'a, Sif<ijiiibriniu. camiabiita, and ('anhoitiui' pratoixe, 

 and had also noticed Anaitix jiloijiata, I'aran/c jiicf/aera, and a speci- 

 men of E. canhuiunt'a ab. tunitis. On May 25th, at Ripley, he had 

 seen llrcnthis ciipliroi^iinc, (Jitpiibi nrniiunt, I'dli/di/niiatiis bcllanpis, 

 ]'. icaras, KuchcUa Jacobacac, ihuiidia ijhiphica, Jl. mi, Strcnia 

 rlatlirata, and larva) of L'ucullia vcrbasci, but no Ncnwobius lucina. 

 Mr. Prout gave an account of the collecting in Epping Forest. He 

 had taken the larviP of Astci-asi-djius s-jtldnx oft' buckthorn, and a 

 specimen of Dicranura furctda on a tree-trunk, about 8.80, and the 

 larvte of Trichiitra cratanji were again turning up commonly. 



