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This larva was very like that of Epipyrops auomala, Westw., 

 a species of Arctiidte which is attached to Fulgora candelaria 

 in a similar way, figured on Plate VII of our Ti-ansactions 

 for the year 1876. 



He also showed numerous specimens of both sexes of an 

 undescribed species of Apioiaerus ( Family Reduviidte) found by 

 himself in Chiriqui. In the female of this insect, the last 

 oonnexival segment of the abdomen has a long bright red 

 foliaceous appendage on each side, movable at the will of the 

 insect, these appendages in the male being shorter and 

 connate, forming a broad plate round the apex of the 

 abdomen. The females, which have the ventral segments 

 closely pilose and the hind tibire furnished with a short dense 

 brash of hairs on the upper edge, have the power of exuding 

 a viscous liquid from the ventral surface (possibly from the 

 hairs), and perhaps from the tibia? also, by which they are 

 enabled to hold their prey while in the act of sucking it. 

 Mr. Champion said he had observed the Apiomerus attacking 

 soft freshly emerged Longicornes nearly as large as itself. 

 The males have a shorter brush on the hind tibiae, and the 

 ventral surface sparsely pilose. 



Ml. TuTT exhibited on behalf of the Rev. G. H. Kaynor 

 a large series of Spilosoma lubricipeda, Linn., inbred from 

 specimens that came originally from Louth, Market Rasen, 

 Panton and Holton Beckering, in Lincolnshire. The series 

 was mostly bred in 1898, from various pairings of 1897 

 imagines, also inbred, and showed a great range of variation 

 from examples with typical forewings and no markings on 

 the hindwings to examples having the forewings strongly 

 shaded with black and the hindwings entirely black except 

 for the pale nervures and a large pale blotch at the base of 

 the wings. There appeared to be a general tendency for the 

 normal dark markings of the forewings to become much 

 increased along the outer mai'gin, costa and inner margin, 

 leaving the central area clear ; but a few examples had the 

 nervures in the centre of the wing black in colour. The hind- 

 wings presented all the intermediate forms from those with 

 a ti"ansverse band made up of short united longitudinal 

 streaks to those that were entirely dark with pale nervures. 



