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verbasci. Mr. West, of Greenwich, larvae and cases of Coleophora 

 palliatella and C. currucipennella, the former found on oak at 

 West Wickham and the latter on oak, sallow, and aspen. There 

 were also a number of other interesting exhibits, among which 

 were eggs of the Night-jar [CaiJrhnulgus europceus), from Leith 

 Hill, Surrey. 



July lUh. — The President in the chair. Dr. Kendall 

 exhibited Acidalia ruhiginata, A. marginepunctata, Eupithecia 

 coronata, E. plumb eolata, Lithostege griseata, Agrophila trabealis, 

 Spilodes verticalis, &c., all taken at Thetford. Mr. E. Joy, 

 Erastria venustula, from Epping Forest. Mr. Wellman, Dicranura 

 furcula and Eupithecia togata, from Perth. Mr. Jager, Dicranura 

 bifida, &c. Mr. J. T. Williams, Heliothis dipsacea, Hydrelia 

 uncida, &c., from Suffolk. Mr, Tugwell, four varieties of the 

 larvae of Cucidlia chaviomilla ranging from white to pink, Sesia 

 spliegiformis, and three specimens of Dicranura bicuspis, and two 

 pupa-cases, one on the bark and the other on a twig of birch. 

 Mr, Hall, Spilosoma mendica bred from ova. Mr. R. Adkin, 

 Notodonta trepida (bred). Mr. Edwards, a variety of Abraxas 

 grossidariata, the usual white ground-colour being powdered over, 

 giving it a deep gray appearance, the orange markings in the 

 superior wings being very distinct. Mr. Baron also exhibited a 

 variety of A. grossulariata. Mr. South, some interesting forms 

 of Lyccsna icarus from the Isle of Wight, and called attention to 

 a male with black spots on the hind wings, which he had only 

 seen before in specimens from Sligo, Ireland. Mr. Billups, 

 Xylocopa violacea and X. latipes ; also Taiscolia hoeviorrhoidalis, 

 and read notes on his exhibit. Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited 

 specimens of Pieris oleracea, from Hudson's Bay, and P. napi, 

 and contributed some interesting remarks. Mr. Williams 

 mentioned an instance of a species of wasp that had been 

 observed to bring caterpillars into a room and put them in the 

 opening of a reel of cotton fixed on a sewing-machine, the wasp 

 afterwards closing the aperture. Mr. Billups observed that it 

 was a well-known habit of the wasps to store caterpillars in 

 openings which they closed up with mortar. Mr. Billups called 

 attention to the fact, that in the neighbourhood of Essex 

 Marshes the cabbages were utterly destroyed by the larvae of 

 Pieris brassica, which this season was very abundant. — H. W. 

 BARiiER, Hon. Sec. 



