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orchard here, among the apple trees. I have very little doubt that the larva will 

 be found to feed in shoots of apple, immediately after that of A. ciirvella. 



In the latter part of June, Laverna Raschkiella occurred very sparingly among 

 Epilobinm angustijolium in the woods. It was only to be found settled on the 

 leaves, and had a most singular habit of revolving in a circle, of which its head 

 formed the centre. The head was kept in one place, the hind legs moving the 

 hinder part of the insect in circles, or segments of circles,, backwards and forwards, 

 round it ; the wings being very slightly raised. I fear that I do not give an accu- 

 rate idea of this waltzing movement. It is the most singular I have seen in any 

 insect. Although apparently so engrossed in this amusement that it would allow 

 a very close inspection, it was almost impossible to box the insect on the leaf, or to 

 follow it with the eye as it escaped. 



In striking contrast to the habits of this species are those of Laverna lacteella, 

 which I took several times flying over hedges higher than my head, and aJong 

 wood-paths, but never saw about any species of Epilohium. — Chas. G. Barrett, 

 Haslemere, \htli December^ 1865. 



Entomologtcal SociKTY OF LoNDON. 2nd April, 1866.— Sir John Lubbock, 

 Bart, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



J. Watson, Esq., of Rose Hill, Bowdon, was elected a member. 



Mr. Wilson Saunders made the following exhibitions : — Firstly, a number of 

 pedunculated eggs (probably of a Chrysopa) attached to a piece of bark, and arranged 

 in rows in such a manner that between two longitudinally-placed eggs another was 

 situated at right-angles, and so on to the end of the series. Secondly, a larva (pro- 

 bably of a Lamellicorn beetle) from the anterior portion of which Sphoence proceeded 

 in the shape of ram's-horns. Thirdly, several larvae of one of the Locustidce collected 

 on a twig, and apparently inextricably entangled by each other's legs, in which 

 position they had died ; Mr. Saunders was utterly unable to imagine by what 

 means, or for what purpose, they had thus collected. All the specimens exhibited 

 wex'e fi'om Australia. 



Mr. Rogers sent for exhibition a spider's egg-bag, from which he had bred 

 several examples of Pimpla ociilatoria, which ichneumon was a parasite on the 

 spider. Mr. Smith and Mr. Desvignes stated that they had reared this parasite 

 from bramble-sticks ; probably these sticks had contained the nests of spiders. 



Mr. Weir exhibited a number of larva), apparently of Tenehrio, which had caused 

 considerable damage to the corks of port wine bottles ; he suggested that the wine 

 had perhaps been packed in bran instead of sawdust, and that the larvae had 

 quitted the bran to attack the corks. Mr. Saunders remarked that some time since 

 a quantity of manufactured corks warehoused in the docks had sustained great 

 damage from the attacks of Dermestes larvae, through the corks having been placed 

 in close proximity to a number of skins infested by these larvse. 



Mr. Smith exhibited an example of Bemhex olivacea, said to have been taken 

 many years since near Gloucester, by a Dr. Hicks, and given to Mr. Suuth by a 

 friend who had it from Dr. Hicks himself. Ho remarked that the species had been 

 figured as British by Donovan, under the name of B. octopunctata, but that there 

 had never been any satisfactory evidence of the occurrence of the insect in Britain, 

 and be was unable to tra<Jfe any further histbiwi of the example now exhibited. 



