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at this stage was so enormous, that the heredity must have an 
almost impregnable position.* 
ANT IN A PSEUDOBULB OF AN OrcHIS.—The PRESIDENT 
exhibited a living ant, a species of Camponotus, which had 
been found by Mr. Watson at Kew, in a pseudobulb of an 
orchis (probably a Bulbophyllum) from the Gold Coast. The 
bulb was much excavated, but it had no opening by which 
the ant could have entered. A second bulb was much less 
excavated, but was found to contain the larva of an ant. 
WASP AND ITS PREY.—The PrestpEnt also exhibited a large 
wasp (a Salius allied to dedjax) with a spider,a Mygale rather 
larger than itself, but which it had captured and was carrying 
off. These were from German E. Africa. 
ABERRANT TROPICAL SPECIES.—Lt.-Col. NevinLE MANDERS 
exhibited a melanic variety of Hestina nama, captured near 
Darjeeling ; and a monstrosity of Papilio krishna, in which 
the wings on the right side were much larger than those on 
the left. The specimen was taken by him at Senchal in 
Sikhim. 
HymENopTeRous PARASITE.—Mr. H. Marn exhibited the 
larva of a Hymenopterous parasite of Pygzxra bucephala, of 
great size comparatively to its host. 
Conversazione. 
The PRESIDENT announced that the Council had decided in 
favour of holding a Conversazione at some date next year to 
be fixed by a Committee of Fellows elected for the purpose of 
organization. He also invited Fellows to give in their names 
for the Guarantee Fund, and the SECRETARY gave some account 
of what it was hoped the Society would be able to do in the 
way of exhibits, etc. 
* Dr. CHAPMAN sends the following note after more carefully examining 
the specimen at leisure: ‘‘If the explanation hazarded be correct, one 
would expect that, from the point where two right segments coalesce 
dorsally with one of the left side, the following segments would not be 
distinct segments, as is universal in insects, but would present a continuous 
spiral. It strongly supports, therefore, the explanation I advanced, when 
I find that this is so. Such a spiral would be very curious and very 
obvious in a Lepidopterous pupa. Ido not know that such an one has 
ever been noticed. The enormous number of pup annually handled by 
Lepidopterists carelessly as regards such a point notwithstanding, gives 
some idea how rare this malformation must be.” 
