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Mr. Westwood had found an allied species at Walton : the insect exhibited by 

 Mr. Newman appeared to him to be identical with, or very closely allied to 

 C. Festucas, described by M. Boyer de Fonscolombe in the 'Annales de la Societe 

 Entomologique de France,' 1854, pi. 3, f. 9. 



Mr. Westwood stated he had received some curious masses of eggs, found on 

 yew trees in Sir Walter Trevelyan's woods, in Northumberland : the masses were of 

 the size of a large bean, and the eggs were arranged in transverse rows in gelatinous 

 matter; some of these had hatched, and produced larva; of a Phryganea. He 

 observed that Kolenati, in his ' Genera et Species Trichopterorum,' makes no allusion 

 to the deposition of the eggs of any species of Phryganea on the leaves of trees or out 

 of the water; and Professor Pictet, in his ' Recherches pour servir a I'Histoire et a 

 I'Anatomie des Phryganides,' merely observes, " Quelques auteurs en ont vu hors de 

 Teau, sur les feuilles des planles mais je n'ai jamais trouve dans cette position." The 

 only author who appears to have made any observations upon the subject is De Geer, 

 who has represented the masses of eggs and young larvge of Phryganea grandis upon 

 a leaf, and which appear to be identical with those which he had received. De Geer's 

 observation has, however, been overlooked by most subsequent systematic writers upon 

 these insects ; Pictet, indeed, entirely omits Phryganea grandis, from not being a 

 Swiss species, whilst Kolenati asd Stephens, both of whom quote De Geer, omit all 

 notice of this curious fact. Mr. Curtis, indeed, notices De Geer's observations of the 

 deposition of the double masses of jelly inclosing the eggs of P. grandis upon sallow- 

 leaves which hung over a stream, but adds an observation of Mr. Hyndman, of 

 Belfast, in which the female P. grandis was seen to descend down the stem of an 

 aquatic plant to the depth of a foot beneath the surface of the water, for the purpose of 

 depositing its eggs ; possibly the eggs now communicated may be those of a distinct 

 species, as its habit of depositing its eggs out of water seems uniform : the masses of 

 eggs were found not only on yew trees, but also on firs, as well as on the water dock. 

 Mr. Westwood added that several years ago he had received precisely similar masses 

 of eggs, found on the leaves of a tree at the same place. 



Mr. Walker said that he had observed the common species of Limnephilus was 

 especially partial to yew trees : the eggs in question might be of that species. 



The President remarked on the vast quantities of Phryganeae he had seen at 

 Windermere during ihe recent hot weather. 



The Rev. J. Greene sent for exhibition some varieties of Lepidoptera, including a 

 singular orange-coloured specimen of Cleora Lichenaria. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited living larvs of Macroglossa stellatarum, taken near Deal; 

 also living larvaj of Agrolis Ashworihii, about three weeks old, bred from eggs 

 received from Wales. 



Mr. Duttou exhibited a curious variety of Argynnis Adippe, taken in July last 

 near Brockenhurst ; also some rare Lepidoptera from the Isle of Wight, including 

 Heliothis armigera, Agrotis lunigera, Xylophasia sublustris, &c. 



Mr. Moore exhibited a box of Coleoptera and Hemiptera lately taken at Southend. 



Mr. Walker observed that he had recently found Aphodius rufipes flying to a light 

 at night ; it was, he believed, the only night-flying species of the genus. 



Mr. Douglas had also found A. fossor attracted by a light. 



