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specimens of an Aleurodes, which was very common on the leaves of a 

 fuchsia in his dining-room. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited specimens of Telenomus phalcBuarum, 

 Nees, with the eggs of Pygcsra bucejyhala, from which they were bred ; and 

 a box of Hyraenoptera, mostly aculeate, which were taken at Chobham the 

 second week in last June. 



Rev. W. W. Fowler exhibited a beautiful specimen of Beilephila 

 livornica, Esp., taken two years ago at Laugharne, Caermarthenshire, but 

 which was certainly indigenous. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir said he possessed four specimens taken at Lewes, 

 and hoped very shortly to breed another from a pupa he found there under a 

 stone amongst Galium. 



Mr. T. H. Ralfe made some exhibits, and communicated notes as 



follows ; — 



Sesia asiliformis, Rt. 



" Description of larva. — Length, when full-fed, from 12-14 lines ; the 

 body tapering at both extremities, of a pale yellowish colour, which is more 

 decided from the Qnd to the 5th segment, and on the anal flap ; dorsal line 

 distinctly marked, spiracles brown ; the head smooth, pointed, and brown, 

 with darker markings on the face. 



" The pupal change takes place in the first week of May. 



" The males put in an appearance first, viz., June 7th to 12th ; none 

 after this date. The first female on June 12th ; last, July 3rd. 



" On April 18th an ichneumon was observed in the breeding-cage; this 

 was followed up by single specimens on the 19th, 20th, and 22nd. 



'* The larva of this Sesia, in captivity, lives in the roots, trunks, 

 branches, and stems of Populus nigra, forming long galleries or mines, and 

 feeding upon the internal pith of the wood. The egg is deposited in 

 crevices of the bark, and the young larva, when hatched, soon eats its way 

 into the interior. 



" Most authors describe the female, but figure the male ; always 

 described ' with three yellow belts or rings.' The male has four : one 

 female has a fourth indistinctly marked. 



" There are shown three larvae, three male and five female pupa-cases, 

 five male images, thirteen female images, and two ichneumons (Ephialtes 

 tuhercidatus ?)." 



CUCULLIA SCEOPHULARI^, Ksp. 



" A local form or variety of C. verbasci. Exhibited as being remarkable 

 for passing four years in pupa. The two images came out July Srd and 5th. 

 Living pupae are shown going on for the fifth year. Tho larvae were taken 

 from otf S. nodosa, growing near Chippendale, July, 1881." 



Also a male and two female specimens of an undetermined Acidalia, 

 bred from a female taken near Weymouth at the beginning of August, 



