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wintering cases suited to the colour of the dead seed-heads and 

 stems of the Golden-rod, all covei-ed by the pappus hairs 

 attached around the " neck " of the cases. The ova were 

 pointed out as being "upright," and although they were not 

 attached by their base yet they were thrust base downwards 

 among the pappus hairs to which they adhered by their sides. 

 The micropyle was upward. 



Mr. Turner also showed " nests " of the gregarious hyber- 

 nating larvae of Porthesia chrysorrhcaa from Wakering marshes, 

 Essex, and stated that on several parts of the coast this species 

 had now become very abundant again, plenty of nests being 

 everywhere apparent. One of last year's nests was exhibited 

 to show that not only were the larvae gregarious during their 

 feeding period, but that they spun up for pupation in com- 

 pany. These nests were to be found on blackthorn and 

 hawthorn, and occasionally on wild rose. 



From the same marshes Mi\ Turner exhibited the dead 

 flowei'-stems of Statice liiiionium collected on Nov. 1st, con- 

 taining the full-fed hybernating larvae of Coleophora limoniella. 

 The position of each larva was indicated by the abandoned case 

 of the feeding period attached at the ** door " of the gallery. 

 Later in the year these cases, which are loosely attached, fall 

 off, and the only indication remaining is a very delicate silken 

 diaphragm which the imago ruptures at emergence. Two, 

 three, and four larvse were often found in one stem and at 

 from one to five or six inches from the ground surface. 

 Imagines and larval cases in situ among the flowers were also 

 exhibited. 



Earb Earwig and cells of Wasp. — Mr. W. J. Lucas 

 exhibited an example of Lahidura riparia, Pall. (Shore Earwig), 

 a large male taken near Bournemouth, Aug. 10, 1908, and 

 kept alive since that date. It was fed chiefly on fish, but 

 about Sept. 27 it ate a smaller companion that had been liv- 

 ing with it for some time. This species dates as British from 

 1808; but till a few years ago only some half-dozen captm-es 

 were known. Then in 1900 Major Robertson found one $ 

 near a lamp in Pokesdown. Next his daughters found out 

 their mode of concealment during the day on the shore, and 

 from that time there has been no difiiculty in securing speci- 



