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afforded a fair sample of his success in the other orders, 

 which would be found to have completely revolutionised our 

 knowledge of the entomological fauna of these islands. He 

 stated that Mr. Meyriek had recently informed him that the 

 Gi'ometriihc would be increased from six species to forty-four, 

 and that the genus Pla'/ltJuiv/sus showed an almost eq^ual 

 increase ; and that the working out of the specimens Avas 

 very difficult, owing to the variability of the species and to 

 their being closely allied. 



Mr. Malcolm Burr exhibited a specimen of a cockroach, 

 PijcnoceluH indicus, Fabr., taken in a house at Bognor, Sussex. 

 He said this was the first record of the occurrence of the 

 species in England. According to De Saussure, it was dis- 

 tributed throughout India, Ceylon, Mexico, and the United 

 States. 



Mr. P. Crowley exhibited a remarkable variety of Abnixas 

 ffrossidariata taken in a garden at Croydon last summer. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited some Micro-Lepidoptera from the 

 Dauphine Alps. Among them were several specimens of 

 PsecaiUd puddla, Eom., showing considerable difference in 

 the width of the black zigzag band crossing the centre of the 

 forcwings longitudinally. The species was taken at La Grave, 

 in a gully at the back of the village. A large number of 

 specimens was secured, chiefly resting on the trunks and 

 branches of two or three ash and willow trees growing on the 

 bank at the side of the gully. A few specimens, however, 

 were obtained drying their wings on the grass on the bank, 

 but Mr. Tutt stated that he failed to find pupa- cases. The 

 captures were all made on the mornings of August 7th and 8th. 

 In spite of the striking conspicuousness of the insect when set 

 out for the cabinet, it was by no means easy to detect at 

 first on the tree trunks, as it sat with its wings overlapping, in 

 the cracks and crannies of the bark. Mr. Tutt also exhibited 

 specimens of a " plume " which had been named Lei apt Hits 

 [Alucita) scarudacti/la. It v/as exceedingly abundant on the 

 Artemisia growing on the roadside just below La Grave. There 

 could be little doubt, he thought, from the habits of the insect, 

 that the Artemisia had been its food-plant. He also exhibited 

 specimens, from Lc Lautaret, of Sericoris rivulania, Gclechia 



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