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He remarked that Mons. EHgonot was especially distinguished by his 

 knowledge of the PhycidaB (a Monograph on which group he had 

 brought out in Eussiaj, for his amiable personal qualities, and the 

 readiness he showed to assist other workers in the identification of 

 species. In conclusion, Lord Walsingham said that the loss of Mous. 

 Kagonot would be greatly felt not only by the Entomological Society 

 of i>ance, but by entomologists all over the world, and that the 

 Council had that evening passed a resolution to the effect that the 

 Secretary should write a letter of condolence to the French Entomo- 

 logical Society on the death of their distinguished President. Colonel 

 Swinlioe also spoke as to the great loss sustained by the death of Mons. 

 Eagonot, and of the kindness and generosity of the deceased which he 

 had personally experienced. The Secretary read a letter from Mr. 

 Waterhouse, calling attention to the prospectus of a Monograph by 

 Mr. Ernest Green on the Coccidcne of Ceylon. A copy of the pro- 

 spectus and specimen plates were shown, and Lord "Walsingham and 

 Mr. McLachlan commented on the importance of the proposed work 

 and the beauty of the plates. Mr. Ernest Green, who was present, 

 made some remarks in acknowledgment. Mr. Stevens exhibited two 

 larvte, supposed to be those of a species of Anohium, which had been 

 damaging oil paintings in his possession ; also two specimens of a 

 luminous species of Fyrophorus, which he had received alive from the 

 West Indies. Mr. Adkin exhibited a portion of a collection of Lepi- 

 doptera made in Hoy, Orkney, in 1895, including the following species, 

 viz., Ayrotis vestiyialis, A. tritici, and A. cursoria, not previously 

 recorded from Orkney ; Nemeopldla plantaiiinis, having the usual yellow 

 ground-colour of the hind wings replaced by red in many of the 

 females ; Hepialiis hamuli, males of the ordinary white form, bearing 

 no resemblance to the Unst (Shetland) form, var. hethlandica; TriphoRna 

 comes, all very dark, all the fore wings almost black, the yellow of the 

 hind wings of many of the specimens much obscured by blackish 

 scales ; Noctua /estiva, showing forms of variation ranging between the 

 pale southern and the dark conjiua forms ; Epnnda lutulenta, some 

 almost uniformly black, others pale grey with dark markings ; Ttenio- 

 campa yothica, including var. gothicina ; Hadena aditsta, one almost 

 black, others much variegated ; Thera jimiperata, many having the 

 central fascia and apical streak very dark brown ; and hypsipetes 

 sordidata, varying from blackish-brown to pale green. Mr. Barrett, Mr. 

 McLachlan, and the Chairman made some remarks on the collection. 

 Mr. Tutt exhibited a series of Kmydia cribrum var. Candida, which he 

 had bred from eggs obtained from a specimen caught by Mr. Merrifield 

 in May, 1895, in Northern Italy. He stated that being unable to 

 obtain Calluna vulgaris, the ordinary food-plant, he had tried the larvae 

 with knot-grass {Polygonum aviculare), and had no difficulty in rearing 

 them. The Eev. Canon Fowler exhibited, on behalf of Professor 

 Poulton, living specimens of Diapheromera femorata bred from eggs 

 received from Professor E. B. Titchener, of Cornell University, New 

 York. He stated that the young larvae had emerged from the eggs in 

 July and August last and fed on lime. Several pairs had arrived at 

 maturity, and were feeding in cases in the Oxford Museum. The Eev. J. 

 H. Hocking exhibited a specimen of Xylina zinckenii {lambda), taken by 



