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  I 
  show 
  fail 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  rainbow, 
  they 
  at 
  least 
  prove 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  

   do 
  not 
  monopolize 
  all 
  the 
  pretty 
  colours." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Buckstone 
  exhibited 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  Hymenoptera, 
  

   Orthoptera, 
  and 
  Coleoptera, 
  taken 
  by 
  an 
  officer 
  shortly 
  after 
  the 
  

   Crimean 
  War, 
  when 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Talbot 
  exhibited 
  living 
  examples 
  -of 
  the 
  human 
  louse, 
  

   Fedicidiis 
  Jiiiwanus 
  {restiiiienti), 
  which 
  was 
  now 
  ascertained 
  to 
  

   carry 
  the 
  bacillus 
  of 
  trench 
  fever, 
  and 
  the 
  dreaded 
  mosquito, 
  

   Stcijonujia 
  colojms 
  [fasciata), 
  the 
  carrier 
  of 
  yellow 
  fever. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  latter 
  species 
  he 
  showed 
  the 
  ova 
  and 
  demonstrated 
  with 
  

   the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  microscope 
  the 
  hatching 
  of 
  them 
  under 
  the 
  

   influence 
  of 
  yeast. 
  He 
  also 
  showed 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  flea, 
  

   Pule.v 
  irritans, 
  and 
  pupal 
  and 
  larval 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  mos- 
  

   quito, 
  Anopheles 
  sp., 
  under 
  the 
  microscope. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  exhibited 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  exotic 
  Coleoptera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  West, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  exhibited 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Two 
  drawers 
  containing 
  the 
  type 
  collection 
  of 
  Odonata 
  

  

  (British). 
  

  

  2. 
  One 
  drawer 
  containing 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  collection 
  of 
  

  

  Heuiiptera. 
  

  

  3. 
  One 
  drawer 
  of 
  British 
  Hymenoptera. 
  

  

  4. 
  One 
  drawer 
  of 
  British 
  Diptera. 
  

  

  .5. 
  One 
  drawer 
  containing 
  the 
  type 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  Cara- 
  

  

  bidff 
  (Col.). 
  

   Mr. 
  Frohawk 
  exhibited 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  birds 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  blackbird 
  [Tiirdus 
  viertda), 
  varying 
  from 
  very 
  pale 
  cream 
  

  

  to 
  deeply 
  spotted. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  thrush 
  [Turdiis 
  miisiciis), 
  varying 
  from 
  quite 
  unspotted 
  to 
  

  

  those 
  with 
  large 
  blotches 
  of 
  lilac 
  and 
  rufous 
  brown. 
  He 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  he 
  once 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  nest 
  containing 
  eight 
  

   eggs. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  goatsucker 
  (Cajnimuhjiis 
  europaiis), 
  a 
  varied 
  selection, 
  one 
  

  

  specimen 
  having 
  large 
  dark 
  blotches, 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  was 
  the 
  

   size 
  of 
  a 
  farthing. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  lapwing 
  [Vanellus 
  vuhjaris), 
  15 
  examples, 
  all 
  different, 
  

  

  from 
  extremely 
  light 
  ground 
  colour 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  dots, 
  

   darker 
  ground 
  with 
  larger 
  spots, 
  markings 
  concentrated 
  at 
  

   larger 
  end, 
  some 
  with 
  varied 
  shades 
  of 
  chocolate 
  coloured 
  

   ground 
  to 
  deep 
  olive 
  ground 
  with 
  large 
  blotches, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  blotches 
  covered 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  