( cix ) 



same movements are continued, until the complete crest of 

 globules is in position, when the labours of the little animal 

 are over, and it composes itself for pupation. The number of 

 pellets probably varies, but — in one cocoon — I have counted 

 more than foi-ty of these little objects. 



Peradeniya, Aug. 16, 1912. 



Prof. PouLTON said that it was extremely interesting 

 that Mr. Lamborn's original discovery of the structures in 

 the cocoons of the Hypsid moth Deilemera antinorii, Oberth., 

 had thus led to the further discovery of this still more 

 elaborate method of producing similar results. He pointed 

 out the curious optical effect whereby, when the cocoons were 

 looked down upon from above, the bubbles appeared to be 

 inside the silken wall although they were really resting on the 

 outside of it. 



Mr. Green's account differed in several important par- 

 ticulars from that given by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher and 

 quoted by Mr. E. Meyrick, F.R.S., in his "Exotic Micro- 

 lepidoptera," vol. i, pp. 21-22. Among other differences 

 Fletcher described the spheres as " apparently . . . found 

 in the mouth " of the larva. 



Mr. DuRBANT made a few observations with regard to the 

 allied genera Marmara and Epicephala (G racilariadae). The 

 life-history of Marinara salictella was discovered by Dr. 

 Brackenridge Clemens so long ago as 1859 or 1860, but the 

 genus had not been recognised until a few years since, when 

 it was re-discovered by Mr. August Busck. Five species of 

 Mai-mara are now known from the United States. It was in- 

 teresting to find a similar habit in the same family in Ceylon, 



The West African Agaristid moth Messaga monteironis, 

 Butler, a mimic of the Hesperid Pyrrhochalcia iphis, 

 Drury. — Mr. J, A. de Gaye, who was present as a visitor, 

 showed examples of the above-named model and mimic cap- 

 tured by him under the following circumstances. One speci- 

 men of Messaga monteironis, Butl., from the Ikoyi Plain, Lagos, 

 S. Nigeria, was caught at 6.20 p.m. on Jan. 30th, 1911, 

 hovering over the flowers of Anacardium occidentale. On the 

 same day and on the flowers of the same plant were caught 

 two males of Pyrrhochalcia iphis, Drury, whose larvae feed 



