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November 16th. Annual Exhibition.— The Exhibition was 

 held at the Bridge House Hotel, and notwithstanding the dense 

 fog which prevailed was attended by about 1000 persons. There 

 were exhibits in all branches of Natural History, and during the 

 evening the Sciopticon Company gave two displays of photo- 

 micrographs by the Sciopticon lantern. Among the principal 

 entomological exhibits were those of Mr. R. McLachlan, European 

 Trichoptera, Ant-lions, Ascalaphus, Nemopteridae, &c., and 

 European Psocidse. Mr. S. L. Mosley, cases showing the life- 

 history of the Hessian Fly, Cecidomyia destructor, &c. ; Orthop- 

 tera by Mr. Eland Shaw and Dr. Sequeira ; Exotic Coleoptera 

 by Mr. F. Grut and Mr. Epps, the latter showing a box of the 

 West Indian and South American weevils which attack the cocoa- 

 bean {Theobroma cacao), British Coleoptera being represented by 

 Mr. T. R. Billups' collection, contained in sixteen drawers, and by 

 Mr. Cripps, Mr. G. A. Lewcock showing the Donacia and Longi- 

 cornia, Messrs. C. H. Morris and J. H. A. Jenner also exhibiting 

 in this order. Diptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera were also 

 shown by Messrs. Billups and Jenner. Mr. Bignell, an in- 

 teresting case of galls. In the Lepidoptera the exhibits were 

 more numerous, exotic species being exhibited by Messrs. J. 

 Jenner Weir, S. Edwards, E. Cooke, Frohawk, Dannatt, Malyon, 

 and the Zoological Society of London, the last-named with 

 specimens reared in the Insect House in the Society's Gardens. 

 Among the British Lepidoptera were the exhibits of Mr. Elisha, 

 twenty drawers containing his collection of Tortrices, Tinese and 

 Pterophori, a most interesting show. Mr. Adkin, a long series of 

 the white form of the male of Spilosoma niendica ; also Ephestia 

 kuhniella, with Hour affected by the larvae of this species. The 

 genus LyccBna was represented by the exhibits of Messrs. C. A. 

 Briggs, A. B. Earn, T. W. Hall. E. Sabine, R. South, S. Webb, and 

 others, Mr. A. H. Jones exhibiting two drawers of European 

 species. The whole formed a most interesting exhibit, and it is not 

 often that such a collection of forms and varieties of this genus 

 can be seen together. Mr. Sabine's box attracted much attention, 

 Mr. J. A. Clark, a most interesting case of Zeuzera pyrina (cesculi) 

 containing many good varieties ; also two drawers from his fine 

 collection. Mr. J. A. Cooper and Mr. S. Stevens showed their 

 collections of Rhopalocera, the latter gentleman's containing a 

 number of varieties and the specimen of Melitcea eos taken in 



