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butterflies were seen flying out to sea against a slight breeze. 

 Many of them, apparently exhausted by a long flight, 

 alighted on the deck of the ship, and large numbers perished 

 in the sea. 



Lord Walsingham exhibited a coloured drawing of a 

 variety of Acherontia atropos, which had been sent to him by 

 Mons. Henri de la Cuisine, of Dijon. He also exhibited 

 specimens of an entomogenous fungus, appai-ently belonging 

 to the genus Torrubia, growing on pupae (received from Sir 

 Charles Forbes), which had been collected in Mexico by 

 Mr. H. B. James. Mr. M'Lachlan expressed an opinion, in 

 which Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse and Mr. G. C. Champion con- 

 curred, that the pup® were those of a species of Cicada. 

 Mr. F. D. Godman said that at the meeting of the Society on 

 the 3rd October, 1888, he had exhibited a larva of a Cicada 

 with a similar fungoid growth. The specimen was sub- 

 sequently produced, and the fungus proved to be identical 

 with that on the pupae shown by Lord Walsingham. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited male specimens of Spilosoma 

 mendica, Clk., bred from ova obtained from a female of the 

 Irish form which had been impregnated by a male of the 

 English form. These specimens were of a dusky white 

 colour, and were intermediate between the English and Irish 

 forms. 



Mr. F. Merrifield showed samples of a material known as 

 " cork-carpet," and explained its advantages as a lining for 

 cabinets and store-boxes. Dr. Sharp fully endorsed the 

 opinion expressed by Mr. Merrifield. 



Mr. R. W. Lloyd exhibited specimens of Anisotoma Triepkei, 

 Schmidt, and Megacronus inclinans, Er., collected last August 

 at Loch Alvie by Aviemore. 



Mr. Hamilton H. Druce exhibited several very beautiful 

 species of butterflies, belonging to the genus Hypochrysops, 

 from the Solomon Islands and Australia. 



Papers, dec, read. 

 Mr. Merrifield read a paper entitled, " On the conspicuous 

 changes in the markings and colouring of Lepidoptera caused 

 by subjecting the pupre to different temperature conditions," 



