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imply that they recognized him in general, or their molesting 

 bim on that occasion would not have been exceptional, or 

 worthy of note. It is clear that bees recognized the cele- 

 brated Wildman, to whom also Kirby and Spence make 

 allusion ; but I liave the direct authority of several bee- 

 masters to state that their bees distinguish them from any 

 other individual. — Edward Newman.'] 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological 

 Society, February 17, 1873. 



Acronycta Psi and Tridens. — Mr. F. Bond exhibited a 

 series of bred specimens of Acronycta tridens and A, Psi, 

 with preserved larvae of the two species. The specimens of 

 A. tridens had all been reared on the common pear. He 

 remarked that the dark specimens so often occurring in 

 A. Psi were never repeated in A. tridens; and that the latter 

 always exhibited a pinkish tint in fine fresh-bred specimens, 

 which, however, was very evanescent. 



Dipterous Larvce in Plilegm. — Prof. Westwood exhibited 

 two Dipterous larvae preserved in spirits, which were probably 

 those of Psila Rosae. These had been discharged by a female 

 in a clot of phlegm. He suggested, when they were sub- 

 mitted to him, that the person had probably been eating raw 

 carrots, which, upon enquiry, turned out to have been the 

 case. After they had been immersed in spirits for three or 

 four days he took them out for examination, when he was 

 surprised to find they were still alive. He also exhibited 

 drawings of a Dipterous larva (probably Merodon clavipes. 

 Fab.) infesting some bulbs sent to him from the Continent. 

 Also drawings of woody excrescences on stems of vine, 

 which had probably been formed by a beetle of the genus 

 Oliorhynchus. Mr. Miiller remarked that Mr, Riley had 

 recorded a similar habit in an American beetle allied to 

 Baridius. 



Anaiiis plagiata. — Mr. Briggs exhibited parallel series of 

 the large and small forms of Anaitis plagiata taken by him in 

 Tilgale Forest, in the month of June, stating that he had 

 found only the larger form last year, in the same place in 

 which he had found only the smaller form three years before. 

 It was commonly supposed that the smaller form was only a 

 second brood, but this did not appear to be the case. 



