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neighbourhood of Gibraltar during last April, and said that 

 he had found the district very unproductive, owing to the 

 great drought. Mr. J. J. Walker remarked that Mr. Elwes 

 had been very unfortunate, as during three spring seasons 

 his experience had been very different ; at the same time it 

 seemed to be agreed that Spain, as a whole, was not so rich in 

 Lepidoptera as in other orders of insects. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited on behalf of Mr. Hampson specimens 

 of the female of Oiketlcm cramcri, recently sent by Mr. 

 Dudgeon from Sikhim. The females in this species are so 

 maggot-like that it is difficult to recognize them as perfect 

 moths. There were also two pupa shells, one of which was 

 used as a receptacle for eggs, and in the other eggs had 

 hatched, so that it had the appearance of a pupa filled with 

 young larvas. 



Mr. R. W. Lloyd exhibited a specimen of Athous hcemor- 

 rhoidalis, from Savernake Forest, Wilts., with a curious mal- 

 formation of the right antenna. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited several branches of oaks from 

 the New Forest entirely denuded of foliage, and stated that 

 throughout large tracts of the Forest the oaks had been 

 stripped of their leaves in the same fashion by Lepido- 

 pterous larvae, especially Cheimatohia hrumata, Hyhernia 

 defoUaria, and Tortrix viridana. Certain trees, however, 

 though situated among the denuded trees, had quite 

 escaped. Dr. Sharp suggested that they belonged to a 

 diffei'ent species ; but Mr. Waterhouse said that he had 

 carefully examined them, and that this was not the 

 case. Mr. McLachlan said that the immunity of the 

 trees referred to was probably due to irregularity in coming 

 into leaf. The discussion was continued by Mr. Elwes, 

 Mr, Champion, Mr. Blandford, Mr. Jacoby, and others. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited living pupas of Enodia hyperanthus and 

 Ejnnephele ianira, and pointed out how different the pup£B of 

 these two species were in general appearance, structure, and 

 cremastral attachment from each other. He pointed out 

 that these two species had for a long time been erroneously 

 placed in the same genus, but that, in all stages, they were 

 widely separated, and that not only should they be placed in 



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