SOCIETIES. 93 
Florence, ormerly Secretary of the Entomological Society of 
Italy, was elected a Foreign Member. Mr. Pascoe exhibited a 
curious larva, probably of a Papilio, from Paris; and a pupa-case 
of Anosia plexippus (Danais archippus), from the same locality. 
Mr. W. J. Williams exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. Bartlett, a 
gigantic hairy and spiny larva, perhaps allied to Gastropacha, 
from Madagascar. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse exhibited Rutela 
rufipennis, Doryphora haroldi, and some other undescribed species 
of Coleoptera from Columbia. Mr. Billups exhibited a specimen 
of Cholus forbes, a South American species, found alive in a 
horticultural sale-room in London. Mr. Eland Shaw referred to 
the exhibition, at the last meeting, of T'ettix australis from New 
South Wales, and called attention to the fact that the aquatic 
habits of certain species of the genus Jettix in India had been 
previously recorded by Leopold Fischer. Dr. Fritz Miiller 
communicated a paper on Fig Insects from the neighbourhood 
of the River Itajahy, South America; and Prof. Meldola exhibited, 
on behalf of Dr. Fritz Miiller, a number of specimens of the 
insects described in the paper. Mr. E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.Z.S., 
read “Further Notes upon Lepidopterous Larve and Pupe, 
including an account of the loss of weight in the freshly-formed 
pupa.” The paper included notes upon points in the ontogeny 
of Smerinthus larve, and a description and figure of the bifid and 
hairy caudal horn in the newly-hatched Smerinthus populi. The 
adult larva of Acherontia atropos was compared with that of 
Sphina ligustri, and the as yet unknown appearance of the 
former in earlier stages was predicted. Hitherto unnoticed eye- 
like marks were pointed out in the terrifying attitude of 
Cherocampa elpenor, and the terrifying attitude of Dicranura 
vinula was described, and its defensive fluid was shown to be 
strong formic acid. An eversible gland was described in Orgyia 
pudibunda, and the protection of Acronycta leporina was explained 
by its resemblance to a cocoon and the darkening of its hairs 
when full-fed. A valvular aperture in the cocoons of Chloephora 
prasinana, &¢c., was described, enabling the imagos to emerge. 
There were also notes upon Paniscus cephalotes, parasitic on the 
larva of D. vinula, and tables showing the immense loss of weight 
in the newly-exposed lepidopterous pupz due to evaporation 
from the moist skin. Mr. Poulton also exhibited larve of 
Paniscus cephalotes. A discussion followed the reading of this 
