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  Micro-lepidopfceron, 
  Coleophora 
  rienistcE, 
  in 
  its 
  curiously 
  constructed 
  

   larval 
  case. 
  

  

  6. 
  A 
  bunch 
  of 
  the 
  ova 
  of 
  Dasychira 
  pudibunda 
  on 
  a 
  stem. 
  

  

  7. 
  A 
  puparium 
  of 
  the 
  Bot-fly, 
  Gastrophila 
  equi 
  (Dip.). 
  

  

  8. 
  Living 
  specimens 
  of 
  Podisns 
  Inridiis 
  (Hem.), 
  with 
  ova, 
  from 
  

   Northampton. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Dennis 
  exhibited 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Dicranura 
  vinula 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  aspen, 
  and 
  several 
  stereoscopic 
  slides 
  of 
  lichens. 
  

   Mr. 
  K. 
  G. 
  Blair 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  exhibits 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  On 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Campion 
  the 
  rare 
  British 
  beetle 
  

   Gnoriiniis 
  nobilis, 
  taken 
  at 
  Ealing 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  a 
  rose. 
  

  

  2. 
  Early 
  stages 
  of 
  Anoplwles 
  niaculipennis, 
  A. 
  biftircatus, 
  and 
  

   Culex 
  plpiens, 
  showing 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  Anopheles 
  

   the 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  

   while 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  Cidcx 
  the 
  water 
  position 
  was 
  at 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  angle 
  to 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  two 
  sexes 
  of 
  Ptilinus 
  pectinicomis 
  (Col.). 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  larvie 
  and 
  cocoons 
  of 
  Lenta 
  uielanopa 
  (Col.), 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   covered 
  with 
  debris 
  for 
  protection. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  two 
  sexes 
  of 
  the 
  wasp 
  Odtjnerua 
  ^pinipes 
  (Hym.) 
  and 
  the 
  

   contents 
  of 
  the 
  cells, 
  which 
  are 
  stored 
  with 
  paralysed 
  larvae 
  of. 
  

   Hypera 
  sp. 
  The 
  cells 
  were 
  constructed 
  in 
  a 
  wall 
  with 
  a 
  frail 
  depen- 
  

   dent 
  outer 
  tube, 
  made 
  of 
  pellets 
  of 
  earth 
  loosely 
  attached 
  to 
  each 
  

   other. 
  There 
  were 
  numerous 
  larvae 
  apportioned 
  to 
  each 
  cell, 
  each 
  

   of 
  which 
  had 
  one 
  egg 
  in 
  it. 
  Larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  the 
  wasp 
  were 
  also 
  

   shown. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bunnett 
  exhibited 
  a 
  flower 
  of 
  Anemone 
  nenwrosa 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   sepals 
  were 
  leaf-like, 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  palmate 
  newt, 
  Lnphinus 
  

   2)((hiiatus, 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  the 
  ova 
  of 
  the 
  cristate 
  newt, 
  Triton 
  cristatits, 
  

   and 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  lizard, 
  Zontoca 
  vivipara, 
  which 
  had 
  

   had 
  its 
  tail 
  broken 
  off 
  and 
  had 
  reproduced 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  Moore, 
  a 
  living 
  example 
  of 
  Aiiyiades 
  sylvanus 
  from 
  Wester- 
  

   ham, 
  and 
  the 
  seasonal 
  forms 
  of 
  Papilio 
  marcelling, 
  Cr. 
  [ajax, 
  auct.), 
  

   form 
  marcellua, 
  the 
  spring 
  form 
  with 
  broad 
  white 
  bands, 
  and 
  the 
  form 
  

   telavioniden, 
  the 
  later 
  spring 
  form, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  transition 
  to 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  form 
  lecontei, 
  E. 
  & 
  J. 
  [marcellns, 
  auct.). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hy. 
  J. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  a 
  crippled 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  dark 
  

   melanic 
  form 
  of 
  Alsophila 
  aiscularia 
  from 
  Mansfield, 
  and 
  Pyrantels 
  

   atalanta 
  from 
  West 
  Cornwall 
  and 
  South-West 
  Ireland, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   red 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  forewings 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  shade, 
  to 
  compare 
  with 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  England, 
  which 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  brilliant 
  red 
  

   band. 
  

  

  