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exhibited series of Coleopliora olivaceella, Stn., C. solitariella, Z., 

 and Laverna subbistriyelUi, Hw. The President remarked on 

 the beautiful condition and setting of the specimens. 



Mr. White exhibited a series of male and female specimens 

 of Oniyia thyalina, belonging to Mr. Leech, and obtained by 

 the late Mr. H. J. S. Pryer in Japan. Some of the females 

 had their wings fully developed, and some of them were semi- 

 apterous, as is usual with the females of this genus. Mr. 

 White remarked that he believed that in every known species 

 of On/i/ia, in Europe, N. America, and elsewhere, the female 

 is subapterous ; but in this species it appeared that some of 

 the females were subapterous, and some had the wings 

 developed amply, without there being any intermediate forms. 

 The specimens exhibited included three males and five females 

 — of which latter two were apterous and three fully winged. 

 Mr. White thought that it was most important that some 

 observer in Japan should make a point of rearing the species 

 from the egg to test the accuracy of the identification. 



Prof. Meldola asked whether Mr. Leech was sure there was 

 no mistake in the identity of the individuals ; the case was 

 the most remarkable of the kind he had ever heard of. 



Mr. R. South replied that Mr. Leech did not know for 

 certain, but the markings on the minute wings of the sub- 

 apterous specimens were so very similar to those of the 

 winged females as to suggest that, if duly developed, they 

 would be quite identical. He believed that someone in Japan 

 had promised to undertake to rear the species. 



Lord Walsingham exhibited specimens of preserved larvie 

 of Eiipithecia extensor ia, from Kmg's Lynn, Norfolk ; also a 

 preserved larva of Sinerinthus ocellatus and one of Sphinx 

 lujustri. The larva of the last-named species was a variety, 

 and the President remarked that it was the only one of this 

 species he had ever seen. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes said that, from communications which had 

 been made to him, it appeared that certain remarks of his at 

 the previous meeting, on the Zeller collection in the British 

 Museum, had been misunderstood. He had no intention of 

 accusing any one of removing labels from this collection, and 

 he regretted that be had not expressed himself more clearly. 



