192 i January, 1887. 



Dr. Sharp showed a series of drawings of New Zealand Coleoptera, by Freiherr 

 von Schlereth, remarkable for their delicacy and accui-acy. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited specimens of Cidaria reticulata, recently bred by Mr. 

 H. Murray, of Carnforth, from larvae collected by him near Windermere, on 

 Impatiens noli-me-tangere. Mr. Adkin said that as the food-plant was so extremely 

 local, and, consequently, difficult for Mr. Murray to obtain, he had endeavoured to 

 get the larvae to feed on some other species of balsam, but had not succeeded in 

 doing so. Mr. E. B. Poulton observed that this statement tended to confirm the 

 remarks he made at a recent meeting of the Society, on the subject of the habits of 

 Lepidopterous larvae with reference to their food-plants. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a number of living specimens of Aleurodes vaporariorum, 

 Westw., obtained from a greenhouse at Snaresbrook, where they have caused great 

 havoc amongst tomato-plants {Lycopersicum esculentum). He remarked that the 

 species had been first figured and described by Prof. Westwood, in the " Grardener's 

 Chronicle," 1856, and that attention had been i-ecently called to it by Mr. Douglas 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. for December). Mr. J. Jenner Weir stated that plants in his green- 

 house had been attacked by the same species. 



Mr. Poulton exhibited the blood of a larva of Smerinthus tilice, and demon- 

 strated, by means of a micro-spectroscope, the probable existence of chlorophyll 

 therein. 



Mr. Gt. T. Porritt exhibited forms of Cidaria suffumata from Huddersfield, 

 including one very similar to that taken at Dover by Mr. Sydney Webb (Proc. Ent. 

 Soc, 1886, p. xxv), and one still more extreme, having only the basal mark and the 

 central stripe, with a slight streak at the tip, brown, the remainder of the wings 

 being perfectly white. He also exhibited a series of small bilberry-fed Hypsipetes 

 elutata from Huddersfield, showing green, red-brown, and black forms. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited forms of Camptogramma bilineata and Emmelesia 

 alhxdata from the Shetland Isles, and a curious variety of Chelonia Caja from 

 Norwich. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Administrator-Greneral of British Guiana, 

 on the subject of the ui'ticating properties possessed by the larvaj and pupae of cer- 

 tain species of Lepidoptera collected in Demerara. 



Mr. McLachlan read " A Note concerning certain XemopferidcB." 



Miss E. A. Ormerod communicated a paper " On the occurrence of the Hessian 

 Fly {Cecidomyia destructor) in Great Britain." It appeared from this paper that 

 there could be no longer any doubt as to the occurrence of the insect in this 

 country, specimens obtained in Hertfordshire having been submitted to, and identified 

 by Prof. Westwood, and by Mr. W. Saunders, of London, Ontario. Prof. Westwood 

 said the specimens agreed exactly with Austrian specimens in his possession. A 

 discussion followed the reading of this paper, in which the President, Mr. C. O. 

 Waterhouse, Mr. Theodore Wood and others took part. 



At the close of the Ordinary Meeting a Special Meeting was held for the pur- 

 pose of considering certain proposed alterations in the Bye-Laws. The proposed 

 alterations having been explained to the Meeting, were, after some discussion, agreed 

 to, and the proceedings terminated. — H. Goss, Secretary. 



