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show their peculiar method of pupation ; and a collection of the 

 genus TriphcBua, including a series of T. comes, containing many 

 interesting varieties, especially from N. Britain. Mr. J. W. 

 Tutt, a number of drawers of species from his well-known and 

 large collection. Mr. Chittenden, some very fine varieties of 

 Noctua. Mr. Percy Bright, a grand series of Hepialus hiimuli 

 from N. Britain, containing many remarkable varieties, together 

 with other rare species and forms. 



In foreign Lepidoptera there were numerous and splendid ex- 

 hibits. Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited some very fine bred series of 

 Ehopalocera from South Europe, including Thais cerisyi with a 

 very dark female, T. polyxena and its var. cassandra, T. rumina 

 and its var. medesicaste, series of Euchloe belia and its var. ausonia, 

 series of E. tagis and its var. hellezina, and a very fine series of 

 LeiicojjJiasia duponcheli, with its summer form var. astiva, all in 

 the very finest condition. Mr. McArthur, a case of East Indian 

 Papilios. Mr. Henry J. Turner, African Papilios and Danainae. 

 Mr. Leech, a fine collection of Palaearctic Vanessidse and Argyn- 

 nidae ; also a selection of Palgearctic Bombyces, Noctuae, and 

 Geometrae, the series of many of the species comprising specimens 

 from England, and also from Japan and other places in Eastern 

 Asia. Mr. W. A. Pearce, about 150 species of Sphinges, Bom- 

 byces, Nocfcuae, and Geometers captured by himself in Pennsyl- 

 vania and Colorado. Mr. W. Mansbridge, many fine Rhopalocera 

 from the United States ; the seasonal forms of Colias earytheme, 

 the Papilios, and the protective resemblance of Ancsa andria to a 

 dead leaf being especial features. Mr. A. Hall, grand cases of 

 Palaearctic and Nearctic Argynnidae, South American Catagram- 

 minae and Oriental Nymphalidae. Mr. Stanley Edwards, a large 

 and valuable collection of Ornithoptera and Papilio from all 

 parts of the world. Mr. 0. Janson, Ornithoptera and Hepialidae. 

 Among the Coleoptera shown, Mr. W. West (Greenwich) sent 

 almost complete series of Cicendelidae, Carabidae, and Dytiscidae, 

 as well as very fine specimens of the genera Chrysomela and 

 Aphodius. Mr. B. G. Rye, cases containing representatives of 

 the families and genera of British Coleoptera. Mr. 0. Janson, 

 a case of the largest species of Coleoptera from various parts of 

 the world. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited his inimitable collection of Ants, 

 Bees, and Wasps, a fine set of British Hemiptera, and a large 

 number of life-histories of parasitical Diptera and Hymenoptera 

 with their lepidopterous hosts. Mr. A. Beaumont, a collection 

 of Diptera. Mr. J. T. Carrington, a number of plants having 

 insect-galls upon them. Mr. Auld, a hornets' nest. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards kindly lent a series of diagrams showing 

 the life-history of typical species of the various sections of Insecta 

 and Crustacea. 



In the Orthoptera, &c., Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited a collection 



