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obtained on breaking up some tea-chests from China, with pieces 

 of the wood, showing the way the chests had been riddled by 

 these larvffi. Mr. Slater said the larva in question was probably 

 that of a species of Buprestidse. Mr. R. Adkin, specimens 

 of Cnephasia musculana, Er'wpsela fractifasciana, Phoxopteryx 

 comptana, Eupcecilia ciliella, taken at the Society's excursion to 

 Horsley on May 26th, and remarked that in his experience the 

 present season was even later than in 1887. The Secretary read 

 a communication from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, referring to a note 

 by Mr. Frohawk, in the ' Field' (J 887, p. 828), as to his having 

 taken a white-banded example of Sesia culiciformis at West 

 Wickham. Mr. Cockerell writes that he had hitherto always 

 classed the bands of the Sesiidse with the hind wings, &c., of 

 Arctia, ZygcBna, &c., as exhibiting a pigment common to all 

 which was dimorphic, the two forms being yellow and red ; some 

 species of Sesia have yellow and some red bands, and occasionally 

 a normally red-banded species would have the bands yellow, but 

 that it should vary to white was quite unexpected and unknown 

 to him ; he would, therefore, ask whether white-banded Sesia 

 were known to any of the members, and was the specimen 

 referred to by Mr. Frohawk known anything of? Messrs. Hall, 

 Tutt, Williams, and others said that in their experience they had 

 never met with any white-banded forms of this species ; and a 

 discussion ensued. Mr. Tutt read an article by Mr. Cockerell 

 from the ' Canadian Entomologist ' for May, " On the nature of 

 seasonal dimorphism in Rhopalocera" ; and discussion took place. 

 Mr. J. T. Williams mentioned that in the neighbourhood of Foots 

 Cray, Kent, the larvae of Bomhyx neustria were unusually 

 abundant; also that he had noticed a number of hybernated 

 specimens of Va7iessa cardui. Mr. Carrington and Mr. Tutt also 

 recorded the appearance of specimens of V. cardui, and referred 

 to the large number of hybernated Plusia gamma noticed in 

 dift'erent districts. On Saturday, June 23rcl, a large number of 

 members and their friends were conducted by Mr. Carrington 

 over St. George's Hills, as described in " Localities for Begin- 

 ners," No. X. (Entom. xix. 226), and by the Guildford Road to 

 the Hut Pond, returning to the ' Hand and Spear' Hotel, Wey- 

 bridge, to tea in the late evening. A most enjoyable afternoon 

 was spent, and several rare insects captured. — H. W. Barker, 

 Hon. Sec. 



