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conditions under which they had been bred. Mr. Barrett in 

 reply stated that none of the varieties exhibited had been 

 obtained by breeding under artificial conditions for the pur- 

 poses of experiment, but they were natural varieties, possibly 

 due to the influence of the climate or soil, or to the latitude 

 of the localities where they were caught or bred. Mr. Porritt 

 added that Mr. Capper had made a special collection of the 

 Yorkshire forms of Arctia hdn-icipeda. 



Mr. J. J. Walker, E.N., exhibited a specimen of Procas 

 annillatufi, taken on Durland Hill, near Chatham, during the 

 present month. 



Herr Jacoby exhibited a specimen of Loxoprosopus ceram- 

 buidi's, Guer., from Brazil. 



Mr. E. E. Green exhibited the eggs of some species of 

 Locustidfe extracted from the stem of a young Cinchona tree 

 at Punduloya, Ceylon. He said the species of the parent 

 insect was undetermined ; it was possibly either a Cymatomera 

 or a Cyrtophilhis, both of which possess large sabre-shaped 

 ovipositors. A slit half an inch deep and more than two inches 

 long had been cut into the hard wood, in which the eggs had 

 been symmetrically deposited, edge to edge, with the coloured 

 part inwards. The greater part of each egg was of fine 

 texture, and coloured green ; but at the extremity from 

 which the young insect would make its exit the egg shell 

 was soft, pliant, and beautifully reticulated. The row of 

 flattened green eggs lying side by side resemble an acacia 

 leaf, but as they are concealed within the stem the resem- 

 blance was apparently without motive. It seemed curious 

 that as the eggs were embedded they should be brightly 

 coloured. Mr. McLachlan and Dr. Sharp made some re- 

 marks on the subject. 



Papers, etc., read. 



Mr. Green read a short paper entitled "Notes on Di/scritina 

 longisetosa, Westw." He remarked that drawings of the 

 species had been exhibited by him at a recent meeting of the 

 Society. Dr. Sharp said Mr. Green seemed to think that the 

 insect was an earwig, but he could not accept it as belonging 



