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supposed new Cramhus, for which Mr. Tutt had suggested the name of cantiellus^ 

 and said that he had now seen the Blackheath form of C. contaminellus, Hb., 

 and felt convinced it was identical with the insect from Deal. Herrich-Schaffer 

 figured the Lancashire form of contaminellus very minutely under this name, whilst 

 Hiibner, under the same name, figured most correctly the Deal insect. Now, there 

 were evidently two different representations either of two forms of the same insect, 

 or, probably, of two distinct insects, both having been named contaminellus, but the 

 question must remain an open one, until the insect had been bred. There were 

 exhibits in other branches of Natural History : Mr. Step exhibiting a case of bird's- 

 eggs from Leith Hill, and Mr. Cook several mounted specimens of birds from 

 Hampshire. — H. W. Baekeb and W. A. Peaece, Hon. Sees. 



Entomological Society of Lo^'DO]s^, March 3rd, 1886 : E. McLachlan, 

 Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following Fellows were elected, viz. : — Mr. J. M. C. Johnston, of Denmark 

 Hill, S.E., and Cav. Piero Bargagli, of Florence. 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited a Lepidopterous larva from Para, with peculiar cephalic 

 processes — probably that of a Papilio ; also the puparium of the Brazilian race of' 

 Anosia Plexippus {Danais ArcMppus) from the same locality. 



Mr. Williams exhibited for Mr. Bartlett a gigantic (7 inches) Lepidopterous 

 larva received from Madagascar ; in general characters it resembled the larva of i 

 Gastropacha. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse exhibited certain Columbian Coleoptera, some apparent]y 

 new. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a rhyncophorous beetle, found alive in a well-known 

 horticultural sale room in London ; Mr. Pascoe stated that it was Cholus Forhesii, , 

 and South American. 



Mr. Eland Shaw alluded to Mr. Olliff's notes on the aquatic habits of Tettix • 

 australis, read at the last meeting, and showed that, from old records (which he 

 cited), such habits had been recorded for Indian species of the same genus. 



Prof. Meldola communicated, on behalf of Dr. Fritz Miiller, notes by the latter 

 on the economy and synonymy of " Fig Insects," especially with regard to a paper 

 published by Her Grustav Mayr (" Feigen-insecten ") in 1885, the materials for 

 which had been furnished by Dr. Miiller from the district of the Itajahy in South 

 Brazil. Dr. Miiller sent illustrative specimens in alcohol ; the object of the notes 

 and exhibition was to show that in South Brazil several of these insects presented 

 trimorphic conditions, and that the synonymy was thereby naturally affected. 



Mr. Poulton read a continuation of his remarks on Lepidopterous larvae and 

 pupa;. This paper was illustrated by diagrams and magic-lanthorn slides. It con- 

 cerned the ontogeny of certain SphingidcB, the protective markings and attitudes of 

 SphingidcB and Dicranuridce, and of Acronycta leporina. An important part of the 

 paper consisted of the results of observations on the enormous loss in weight (by 

 evaporation) sustained by newly-formed Lepidopterous pupce. A discussion fol- 

 lowed, in which many Fellows took part. 



