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  trary, 
  was 
  gregarious 
  throughout 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  larval 
  life, 
  

   large 
  numbers, 
  probably 
  usually 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  brood 
  making 
  a 
  

   common 
  " 
  nest 
  " 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  winter. 
  This 
  " 
  nest 
  " 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   webby 
  arrangement, 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  examine, 
  but 
  it 
  also 
  has 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  having 
  an 
  outer 
  envelope. 
  In 
  spring 
  the 
  larvfe 
  may 
  

   often 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  suitable 
  days 
  sitting 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  nest" 
  

   sunning 
  themselves 
  before 
  recommencing 
  to 
  feed, 
  and 
  even, 
  after 
  

   scattering 
  over 
  the 
  food-plant 
  to 
  devour 
  its 
  small, 
  tender 
  leaves, 
  they 
  

   return 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  nest 
  " 
  again 
  and 
  again, 
  and 
  cast 
  their 
  skins 
  at 
  least 
  

   once 
  in 
  spring 
  within 
  the 
  outer 
  envelope, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  

   finally 
  forsake 
  the 
  " 
  nest 
  " 
  until 
  (probably) 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  larval 
  instar, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Adkin 
  also 
  exhibited 
  living 
  imagines 
  of 
  Scoparia 
  diibitalis, 
  

   and 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  peculiar 
  Dcpressaria-Vike 
  resting 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   very 
  white 
  specimens, 
  in 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  attitude 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   the 
  normal 
  coloration. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Main 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  exhibits 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Living 
  examples 
  of 
  Clinjfioiiiela 
  graminu 
  (Col.) 
  from 
  York, 
  

   found 
  on 
  Tanacetum 
  vidgare, 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  feeding 
  and 
  

   laying 
  ova 
  since 
  he 
  received 
  them 
  in 
  early 
  spring. 
  The 
  earlier 
  

   larvae 
  produced 
  had 
  moulted 
  three 
  times 
  and 
  had 
  now 
  (June) 
  

  

  • 
  pupated. 
  They 
  required 
  fresh 
  food 
  frequently, 
  and 
  although 
  

   imagines 
  at 
  first 
  only 
  oviposited 
  at 
  night, 
  now 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  at 
  

   any 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  twenty-four 
  hours, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  also 
  fed 
  at 
  all 
  

   times. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  were 
  shown 
  feeding 
  on 
  garden 
  mint, 
  to 
  

   which 
  they 
  readily 
  took. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  ova 
  of 
  Timarcha 
  riolaciu-mt/ra 
  (coriaria) 
  (Col.), 
  on 
  wood- 
  

   ruff 
  (^.'•7>t'7'»Za 
  odorata). 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  earlier 
  stages 
  of 
  Timarcha 
  tenehricom 
  (Col.) 
  in 
  an 
  observa- 
  

   ticm 
  cage, 
  [a) 
  a 
  full-fed 
  larva 
  awaiting 
  pupation, 
  (/;) 
  a 
  pupa 
  iij 
  its 
  

   pupation 
  chamber, 
  and 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  brilliant 
  coloration, 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  fluid 
  exuded 
  by 
  the 
  imago 
  when 
  irritated, 
  and 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  has 
  derived 
  its 
  vulgar 
  name 
  of 
  " 
  bloody-nose 
  beetle." 
  

  

  4. 
  Earlier 
  stages 
  of 
  Necrophortts 
  7nortiiori(ni 
  (Col.), 
  a 
  species 
  

   which 
  was 
  somewhat 
  common 
  in 
  Epping 
  Forest 
  in 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  

   carcases 
  of 
  small 
  dead 
  animals 
  ; 
  {a) 
  the 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  laid 
  in 
  

   the 
  earth 
  near 
  the 
  dead 
  mouse, 
  etc., 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  is 
  generally 
  stated 
  

   in 
  the 
  carcase 
  ; 
  {b) 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  in 
  its 
  pupal 
  cell, 
  

   full-fed, 
  ready 
  for 
  pupation. 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  larva 
  of 
  Pneiidoterjma 
  pridiiata, 
  on 
  petty- 
  whin 
  [(leimta 
  

   anglica), 
  to 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  showed, 
  both 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  form, 
  

   such 
  a 
  close 
  resemblance. 
  On 
  the 
  plant 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  