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are figured eight of Godart's and two of Olivier's types ; the 

 former including a representation of the type of P. doxo. A 

 photograph of this specimen, now exhibited with specimens 

 of P. simana $ for comparison, I owe to the kindness of 

 Mr. Grimshaw. 



Protective Resemblance. — Mr. A. Bacot exhibited an 

 Acridiine Orthopteron from tlie Benguella Plateau, taken 

 by Dr Chas. H. Martin, F.Pt.S., which bore a very perfect 

 resemblance to the scorched grass stems, on one of which it 

 was resting, the grass in this region being burnt off each 

 season by the natives leaving charred tufts and stubble. Mr. 

 Bacot also exhibited specimens of the Dipteron Glossina 

 palpalis. var. wellmani, Austen, from Catumbella River. 



Gigantic Larvae. — Mr. Eltringham exhibited two speci- 

 mens of an unusually large Lasiocampid larva which had 

 been presented to the Hope Department by Mr. C A. Foster, 

 who took them in Sierra Leone. A similar larva had been 

 illustrated in the " Entomologist" for May 1886, though this 

 specimen was stated to have come from South Africa. It was 

 unfortunate that Mr. Foster only obtained the larvae on the 

 eve of his departure for England, so that he could not keep 

 them alive. They were covered, in addition to the hairs, 

 with long sharp spines, which made them very unpleasant to 

 handle. The spines were quite smooth but very sharply 

 pointed. Each larva was about seven inches in length. 

 Prof. Poulton suggested that the larvae might perhaps 

 be Gonometa suhfascia, Walk., or G. regia, Auriv. The 

 females of both these species had enormous bodies, and 

 although the moths looked small beside the caterpillars, 

 such apparent want of proportion was common among the 

 Lasiocampidae. 



Papers. 



Commander Walker communicated a paper by Rowland 

 E. Turner, F.E.S., on New Species of Fossorial Hymenoptera 

 from S. Africa, chiefly Elid'mae. 



Prof. Poulton read a paper by G. H. D. Carpenter, 

 B.A.,B.M., B.Ch., F.E.S.,on The Life-History of Pseudacraea 

 eurytus hobleyi, Neave, and in giving an account of Dr. 



