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evidently attached to oak. Mr. Boyd had coiifined a numhor of the insects with a 

 young oak phiiit, and was rewarded by the discovery of the larva and mine. The 

 latter is in the foot-stalk of the leaf, and this partly accounted for its having hitherto 

 escaped detection. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited a living apterous female of the terrestial Trichoptcrous 

 insect belonging to the genus Enoicyla (probably E. pusilla, Burm.), discovered in 

 this country by Mr. Fletcher, of Worcester; and gave some account of its singular 

 habits and structure. The perfect insects (the (? being provided with ample wings) 

 emerge in November, and the individual exhibited had been recently bred from cases 

 forwarded by ilr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Champion exhibited examples of the following Coleojytera, most of which have 

 been previously noticed in this Magazine, viz. : — Crypiophagus populi, found in the 

 biUTOws of Colletes Daviesiana near Farnhara ; Orchestes semirufus ?, from Woking ; 

 Epurcecb neglccta, from Dareiith Wood ; and Psammohius porcicollis, taken by Mr. 

 J. J. Walker at Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 



Mr. Phipson exhibited a Catocala nupta with a multitude of the ordinary insect- 

 infesting Acari congregated on a certain spot on one of the anterior-wings, instead 

 of being on the body, as is usual. 



The Rev. H. S. Gorham read "Descriptions of a new genus and some new 

 species of Endomycici." 



Mr. A. G. Butler read a " List of the Lepidoptera referable to the genus Hijpsa, 

 with descriptions of new species." 



Mr. E. Saunders read the second part of his " Synopsis of the British Ilemiptera- 

 Ileteroptera." 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse read " Descriptions of new genera and species of Hetero- 

 mera (llelopuhr.J , chieHy from Terra del Fuego." They formed part of the collections 

 made by Mr. Darwin on his exploring voyage, and were originally described by Mr. 

 Waterhouse, Sen., but the MS. was lost, and the insects had thus remained unnoticed 

 uj) to the present time. 



Part ii of the ' Transactions ' for 1875 was on the table. 



Haggeeston Extomolooical Society. — The Eighth Annual Exliibition of 

 this Society was held on Thursday and Friday, November 11th and 12tli, at their 

 Eooms in Brownlow Street, Dalston. Many rare insects were exhibited. Among 

 others a fine variety of C. glahraria by Mr. Harper, a dark variety of E. trilinearia 

 by Mr. Lovell, a striking variety of S. tilioe by Mr. Clark, tlirce black specimens of 

 B. abietaria by Mr. Pratt, varieties of P. cytisaria, 0. quercifolia, and N. plantaginis 

 by Mr. J. Moore, &c. Messrs. Biggs and Bryant exhibited a long series of S. con- 

 volviili, some of them very fine ; Mr. Pratt, //. asellus, L. pulveralis, C. gnaphalii, 

 and D. albimacula; Mr. W. II. Danby, C. gnaphalii and L. albipuncta ; Messrs. 

 J. W. and C. Macquccn, S. chrysidiformis and N. agathina; Mr. Whale, D. albi- 

 macula; Mr. Meek, A. nemoralis, &c. ; Mr. Packman, A. Iris ; and Mr. Machin, a new 

 species of the genus Eupoecilia ; also P. grevillana, L. servillana, C. nimbana, E. 

 curvistrigana, R. resinana, P. paludana, and a splendid series of P. upupana ; while 

 last, but not the least interesting, Mr. Iloey exhibited living larvic of H. derivalis 

 feeding on dead oak leaves, their natural food. — Uenuy Bautlett, Secretary. 



