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‘< Tn the ‘Annales de la Société Entomologique de France,’ 
*« iii, 211 (1834), under the name of Coccus prunastri, Boyer 
‘“de Fonscolombe briefly described the ¢ scales only, but 
‘« Signoret, in 1872 (op. cit., Hssai sur les Cochenilles, p. 258), 
“‘ fully redescribed both the 9 scale and the enclosed insect, 
‘and also noticed the g scales, but they, he says, were too 
‘‘ immature for him to study. The perfect insect has not 
‘‘ hitherto been seen, or at least its appearance has not been 
‘recorded. There are also some mature @? scales of a pre- 
‘vious year, which were sent detached from the shoots. 
‘« The species is common on blackthorn in France and Ger- 
‘‘ many, and should surely be found in Britain.” 
Lord Walsingham exhibited a series of Cacoecia podana, 
Scop., reared from larve feeding on Lapageria and palms in 
Messrs. Veitch’s conservatories in King’s Road, Chelsea, 
including some very dark (melanic) varieties. The Honble. 
Walter Rothschild stated that he had taken the species on 
lime. Mr. Hampson and Mr. Tutt also made some remarks 
on the habits of the species. 
Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a long series of Selenia lunaria, 
bred from one batch of eggs, which included both the spring 
and summer forms; and also two unforced specimens, which 
emerged in November. He remarked that the variation be- 
tween the two emergences, viz., spring and summer, is con- 
siderable, and also the range of variation inter se, especially 
in the spring form ; but it is very remarkable that the summer 
form has one or two representatives among the specimens of the 
spring emergence. The division of the sexes in the time of 
appearance was also peculiar. Mr. Fenn stated that in August, 
1898, 19 individuals were bred, 18 9, 1 ¢. Two ¢ examples 
appeared in November, and the spring brood began to come 
out in April. The first 20 bred were all females, but among 
the 40 which subsequently emerged, the sexes were evenly 
distributed. He said that the parent female was taken at 
Bexley in May, 18938. 
Mr. F. Lovell Keays exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Arthur 
Lovell Keays, a variety of L. alewis (female), having the 
marginal ocelli on the hind wings entirely without the usual 
orange-coloured lunules. The specimen was captured at 
