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distinct species. Mr. Billups exliibited specimens of Bracon 

 hrcvicornis, Wesm., bred from larvas of Ephestia ki'/hniella. He 

 remarked that this rare species had only been recorded as bred on 

 two or tliree occasions— fi^^., by the Rev. T. A- Marshall, Mr. W. 

 F. Kirby, Herr Brischke, and .Mr. Sydney Webb. Mr. W. 

 Warren exhibited specimens of Antitliesia ustidana and A.fuli- 

 gana ; also bred series of the following species : — Eupacilia 

 Degreyana, Stigmonota ixdlifrontana, Caaecia decretuna, and 

 Gelechia ijeUella. Lord Walsingham exhibited specimens of 

 several species of the genus Cryptophasa belonging to the family 

 Cryptolechidce of the Tineina, some of the most remarkable being 

 males and females of Zitiia balteata, Walkei-, bred by ]Mr. Sidney 

 Olliif from pupae found in January last, at Newcastle, New South 

 Wales, in burrows in branches of a species of Acacia. Lord 

 Walsingham also exhibited a male of Zclotyphia stacyi, received 

 from Mr. Olliif. Mr. F. D. Godman exhibited a larva of a 

 Cicada, from Mexico, having a fungoid growth on the head. 

 Captain Elwes exhibited a large number of Butterflies, represent- 

 ing about 108 species, recently collected by himself and Mr. 

 Godman in California and Yellowstone Park. The collection 

 included many species of great interest, amongst others a species 

 described by Mr. W, H. Edwards as Erehia Hadenii, but which 

 he considered would prove to be a Cccnonymplia ; a very rare 

 species of Thecla ; and a remarkable series of species of the 

 genus Colias. Mr. H. Goss exhibited, for Mr. W. J. Cross, an 

 extraordinary melanic variety of Agrotls segetum, caught by the 

 latter near Ely in July last. Mr. W. L. Distant read a paper 

 entitled " An enumeration of the RJiynchota, i-eceived from Baron 

 von Miiller, and collected by Mr. Sayer in New Guinea during 

 Mr. Cuthbertson's expedition." Mr. Poulton read a jmper 

 entitled " Notes in 1887 upon Lepidopterous larvae, including a 

 complete account of the life-history of Spldnx convolvidi and 

 Aglia tau'\- and Mr. White exhibited specimens of preserved 

 larvse of S. convolvuli, A. tau, and other species referred to in 

 Mr. Poulton's paper. Mr. Jenner Weir, Mr. Kirby, Mr. White, 

 Dr. Sharp, and others took part in the discussion whicli ensued. — 

 H. Goss, IIoii. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and NAruRAi, History 

 Society.— 27i/i September, 1888. T. 11. Billups, F.E.S., Presi- 

 dent, in the chair. Mr. G. Elisha exhibited Eupithccia extcnsaria 



