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Didsbury, Manchester ; Mr. Thomas M. McGregor, of 30, North Methven Street, 

 Perth, N. B. ; Mr. Sidney Cronipton, of Salamanca, Santa Cruz, Teneriffe ; Mr. 

 Benjamin Hill Crabtrce, of Tlie Oaklands, Levenshulme, Manchester ; and Mr. Or. 

 A. K. Marshall, of Salisbury, Mashonaland, S. Africa. Mr. B. Q-. Nevinson 

 exhibited a long series of Hellothis peltigera. He stated that the specimens were 

 bred from larvae found on the Dorsetshire coast during July, 1894, feeding on the 

 Bowers of Ononis arvensis, which were extremely luxuriant. A few also were taken on 

 JSyoscyamus niger. He added, that all the larvae went down by the end of July. 

 The first emergence took place on August 20th, and they continued coming out at 

 the rate of about five a day, through the rest of that month and September ; only 

 five emerged in October, and the last one appeared on November 11th. Mr. 

 Nevinson said that not one larva was ichneuraoned. and only three or four imagines 

 wers crippled. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, Mr. Eustace Bankes, Mr. B. A. Bower, 

 the Rev. Seymour St. John, and Mr. H. Goss, made remarks on the habits and 

 distribution of the species in England. Mr. Bower exhibited a variable series of 

 Scoparia basistrigalis, Knaggs, showing light, intermediate and dark forms, taken 

 at Bexley, Kent, from 12th of June to 7th of July, 1891-94. He said the species 

 appeared to be poorly represented in collections, and when present was almost 

 invariably mis-named. Mr. Eustace Bankes commented on the rarity of the species, 

 and said the specimens exhibited formed the most interesting collection of it and 

 its varieties which he had ever seen. Lord Walsingham exhibited larvae of Pronuha 

 yuccasella, which he received more than four years ago from Colorado, and which 

 were still living. One specimen of the moth had emerged two years ago. Mr. Goss 

 exhibited for Mr. G. C. Bignell a pupa of a Tortrix, with the larval legs, and also a 

 specimen of a Sawfly, Emphytus cinctus, L., with eight legs. Mr. G. H. Yerrall 

 and Mr. McLachlan made some remarks on the latter species, and as to tlie insertion 

 of the fourth pair of legs. Professor Meldola exhibited a wooden bowl from W. 

 Africa, from which, after arrival in this country, a number of beetles {Dermestes 

 vulpinus) had emerged. Specimens of the latter were also exhibited. It was not 

 clear to the exhibitor whether the larvae had fed upon the wood, or had simply 

 excavated the cavities which were apparent in the interior of the bowl for the 

 purposes of pupating. Mr. McLachlan, Mr. J. J. Walker, Herr Jacoby and Lord 

 Walsingham made some remarks on the habits of Dermestes, and it was generally 

 considered that the larva of D. vulpimis excavated the wood for the purposes of 

 pupation, and not for food. Mr. Kirkaldy called attention to and exhibited 

 three volumes of an important new work by Dr. McCook, on "American 

 Spiders." Air. Champion read a paper, entitled, " On the Heteromerous Coleoptera 

 collected in Australia and Tasmania by Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., during the voyage 

 of H.M.S. ' Penguin,' with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II." Mr. 

 Walker and Mr. Gahan remarked on the distribution of some of the species described. 

 Mr. Roland Trimen contributed a paper, entitled, " On some new Species of Butter- 

 flies from Tropical and extra Tropical South Africa." Mr. G. A. James Rothney 

 contributed a paper, entitled, " Notes on Indian Ants," and sent for exhibition a 

 number of specimens in illustration of the paper, together with nests of certain 

 species. — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



