OQ2 ;Pccember, 1895. 



Council had that eTening passed a resolution to the effect tliat the Secretary should 

 write a letter of condolence to the French Entomological Society on the death of 

 their distinguished President. Colonel Swinhoe also spoke as to the kindness and 

 generosity of the deceased, which lie iiad personally experienced. The Secretary 

 read a letter from Mr. Waterlionse, calling attention to a prospectus of a 

 Monograph by Mr. Ernest G-rcen on the Coccidce of Ceylon. A copy of the 

 prospectus and specimen plates were shown, and Lord Walsingham and Mr. 

 McLachlan commented on the importance of the proposed work and the beauty of 

 the plates. Mr. Ernest Green, who was present, made some remarks in 

 acknowledgment. Mr. Stevens exhibited two larvse, supposed to be those of a 

 species of Anobium, which had been damaging oil paintings in his possession ; also 

 two specimens of a luminous species of Pyrophorus, which he had received alive 

 from the West Indies. Mr. Adkin exhibited a portion of a collection of 

 Lepidoptera made in Hoy, Orkney, in 1895, including the following species, viz., 

 AgroUs vestigialis, A. tritici, and A. cursoria, not previously recorded from 

 Orkney ; Nemeophila plantac/inis, having the usual yellow ground-colour of the 

 hind- wings replaced by red in many of the females ; Hep talus humuli, males of the 

 ordinary white form : Triphcsna comes, all very dark ; Noctua festiva, showing 

 forms of variation ranging between the pale southern and the dark conflua forms ; 

 Epunda lutulenta, some almost uniformly black, others pale grey with dark markings ; 

 TeBtiiocampa gothica, including var. gothicina ; Hadena adusta, one almost black, 

 others much variegated ; Tliera juniperata, having the central fascia and apical 

 streak very dark brown ; and llysipetes sordidata, varying from blackisli-brown to 

 pale green. Mr. Barrett, Mr. McLachlan, and the Chairman made some remai-ks on 

 the collection. Mr. Tutt exhibited a series of Emydia crihrum, var. Candida, which 

 he had bred from eggs obtained from a specimen caught by Mr. Merrifield in May, 

 1895, in Northern Italy. He stated that being unable to obtain CaUuna vulgaris, 

 the ordinary food-plant, lie had tried the larvse with Knot Grass {Polygonum 

 aviculare), and had no difficulty in rearing them. The Rev. Canon Fowler 

 exhibited, on behalf of Professor Poulton, living specimens of Diapheromera 

 femorata bred from eggs received from Professor E. B. Titchener, of Cornell 

 University, New York. He stated that the young larvse had emerged from the eggs 

 in July and August last and fed on lime. Several pairs had arrived at maturity 

 and were feeding in cases in the Oxford Museum. The Rev. J. H. Hocking 

 exhibited a specimen of Xylina Zinckenii, taken by him at sugar at Copdock, near 

 Ipswich, on the 30th September last. He also exhibited two specimens of Xanthia 

 ocellaris from the same locality. Mr. Barrett referred to the few recorded captures 

 of X. Zinckenii in this country. Mr. R. W. Lloyd exhibited male and female of 

 Amara alpina from Garvel, Perthshire. Colonel Swinhoe stated that he had, 

 during the past summer, captured four specimens of Pieris Daplidice at Deal. He 

 said they were worn and had probably been blown over from France. Mr. Tutt 

 remarked that he had collected at Deal for many years but had never met with Pieris 

 Daplidice. Mr. Tutt read a paper, communicated by Professor A. Radcliffe Grotej 

 entitled, " Notes on the genus Cidaria." Dr. T. A. Chapman read a paper, entitled, 

 "Notes on Pupae; Orneodes, Epermenia, Chrysocorys, and Pierophorus." Lord 

 Walsingham, Mr. Blandford, and Mr. Tutt took part in the discussion which 

 ensued. — H. Goss and W. W. Fowler, Hon. Secretaries. 



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