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subject. One by one the remnant of this old school is dying out, 

 and we, of the newer school, have many reasons to regret the decease 

 •of the last victim that death has claimed. 



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City of London Entomological, and Natural History Society. 

 — March IGth, 1897. — -T. crepuscularia (biundularia) not in Moray- 

 shire. — Mr. Tutt said that it had been stated, on the strength of 

 a specimen in Mr. Adkin's possession, and another in Mr. Home's, 

 that T. crepiiiicnlaria [buinfhiian'a) was found in the Altyre Woods in 

 Morayshire. He had examined Mr. Adkin's specimen, and so also 

 had Mr. South, and Mr. Adkin, Mr. South and himself were all 

 inclined to refer it to T. histortafa. He now exhibited Mr. Home's 

 specimen, captured on April 16th, 1892, on the trunk of a pine tree 

 in Altyre Wood. This, a male in fine condition, is identical with the 

 Perthshire race, which, as has been pointed out, is more nearly allied 

 to the Central European typical form of T. bistortata than any other 

 form occurring in Britain. Mr. Tutt further said that, although he 

 had not yet seen specimens of T. rrepusnilaria {biundularia) from 

 Scotland, he suspected that the southern counties, at least, would 

 produce the species. Mr. Adkin stated that Mr. Home's specimen 

 was a very fine one, and dark. His (Mr. A.) specimen had been sent 

 to him alive, and, having spent some hours in a chip box, had injured 

 itself considerably, but he had been fortunate in obtaining a few eggs, 

 which produced larvje in due course, and he expected the imagines 

 shortly now. On the larval nest of a gregarious Europterid moth. 

 — Mr. Tutt exhibited a nest of an Europterid, which he had received 

 from Dr. Chapman, who had cut it from a pine tree in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Cannes the previous week. He did not know which 

 species it was — one member suggested pit.i/orampa — as he was quite 

 ignorant of the larvfe of the members of the genus to which they 

 belonged. The larvje were busy feeding, some being outside the web 

 at the time the exhibition was being made. Mr. Tutt said that, when 

 not feeding, the larv;e retired within the web, and came out again to 

 feed. He also referred to the urticating properties the hairs of these 

 ■creatures were said to possess, but stated that, although he had 

 handled these larvfe, he had felt no ill effects. The eggs of T. bistor- 

 tata and T. crepuscularia (biundularia). — Mr. Tutt made some 

 remarks on eggs of T. histortata, eggs of T. crepuHculavia (biundularia) 

 and eggs of $ T. bistortata, that had been fertilised by a (? T. biun- 

 dularia. The first two sets showed considerable differences, which 

 were exhibited by drawings made under the microscope by Messrs. 

 Rowe and Baty. The eggs of T. biatortata, as exemplified by the batch 

 that had been examined, were long and cylindrical, with rounded ends. 

 Those of T. crepuscularia [biundularia) were of only about two-thirds to 

 half the cubical contents of those of T. bistortata, and, al though exhibiting 

 considerable variation, were of a somewhat oval form, or inclining to 

 the shape of a hen's egg. To the naked eye, there did not appear to 

 be much difterence in colour, both being of a pea-green, but those of 

 T. crepuscularia {biundularia) were of a somewhat yellower tint. 

 Under the microscope, however, the difference of colour became more 

 marked, that of T. bistortata appearing of a pearly-green hue, that of 



