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  only 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  specimen, 
  and 
  Coleophora 
  binotapennella 
  {F. 
  v. 
  R.), 
  Dup., 
  both 
  

   taken 
  by 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  at 
  Brighton 
  in 
  August, 
  having 
  been 
  previously 
  discovered 
  

   there 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hemmings 
  ; 
  the 
  fornaer 
  among 
  Statice 
  Armeria, 
  the 
  latter 
  among 
  Che- 
  

   nopodium 
  maritimum 
  and 
  Salicoruia 
  berbacea. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stainton 
  exhibited 
  some 
  larva; 
  of 
  Gracillaria 
  Phasiansepennella 
  in 
  the 
  curious 
  

   cases 
  formed 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Polygonum 
  Hydropiper, 
  received 
  from 
  Professor 
  

   Zeller, 
  of 
  Glogau. 
  These 
  cases 
  closely 
  resemble 
  the 
  truncated 
  cones 
  figured 
  by 
  Reau- 
  

   mur 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  sorrel, 
  which 
  figures 
  are 
  copied 
  in 
  Renuie's 
  ' 
  Insect 
  Architecture.' 
  

   He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  larvae 
  of 
  Cosmopteryx 
  Zeiglerella, 
  feeding 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  hop, 
  and 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  Elachista 
  testaceella, 
  feeding 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  Torilis 
  Anthriscus, 
  Sison 
  Aniomum, 
  

   and 
  other 
  Umbelliferous 
  plants, 
  observing 
  that 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  E. 
  lUigerella 
  probably 
  

   feed 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  UmbelliferEE. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waring 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Eudorea 
  phaeoleuca, 
  recently 
  captured 
  by 
  him 
  

   in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Portland. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  probably 
  identical 
  with 
  E. 
  Portlandica. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  an 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Candeze 
  of 
  Liege, 
  stating 
  that 
  

   he 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  commence 
  a 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Elateridae, 
  and 
  wished 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  

   correspondence 
  with 
  English 
  entomologists, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  exchange 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Belgian 
  and 
  French 
  species 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  other 
  countries. 
  

  

  Read 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  on 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Weaver 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Mr. 
  Weaver 
  writes 
  from 
  Loch 
  Rannoch, 
  September 
  1 
  st, 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  this 
  year 
  

   taken 
  several 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  Lasiocampa 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Palmer 
  in 
  1847, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  L. 
  Callunae 
  (Zool. 
  1665) 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  ever 
  convinced 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   distinct 
  from 
  L. 
  Querciis. 
  He 
  has 
  now 
  noticed 
  that 
  these 
  larvae 
  changed 
  their 
  last 
  

   skin 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  spun 
  tbeir 
  cocoons 
  to 
  assume 
  the 
  pupa 
  stale, 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  August 
  : 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  appear 
  as 
  perfect 
  insects 
  till 
  next 
  year. 
  He 
  has 
  in- 
  

   variably 
  found 
  that 
  this 
  moth 
  takes 
  two 
  years 
  to 
  go 
  through 
  its 
  changes, 
  whereas 
  L. 
  

   Quercus 
  is 
  perfected 
  in 
  one 
  year 
  ; 
  and 
  be 
  looks 
  upon 
  this 
  fact, 
  coupled 
  with 
  the 
  period 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  moult 
  of 
  the 
  larva, 
  as 
  the 
  strongest 
  proof 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  a 
  distinct 
  species." 
  

  

  Read 
  an 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  addressed 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edleston 
  of 
  Man- 
  

   chester, 
  in 
  which 
  that 
  gentleman 
  offers 
  specimens 
  of 
  Plusia 
  bractea 
  to 
  any 
  entomologist 
  

   who 
  may 
  apply 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  Read 
  also 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Douglas, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Scott, 
  

   of 
  Renfrew 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Before 
  receiving 
  your 
  letter 
  I 
  had 
  been 
  making 
  inquiries 
  respecting 
  Gelechia 
  

   cerealella, 
  and 
  find 
  that 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  cargo 
  of 
  grain 
  (barley) 
  was 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  granary 
  

   from 
  Alicante, 
  in 
  Spain, 
  but 
  that 
  since 
  this 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  British 
  barley 
  also 
  deposited 
  ; 
  

   it 
  might 
  happen 
  that 
  the 
  moths 
  were 
  first 
  reared 
  from 
  foreign 
  grain, 
  and 
  have 
  gone 
  on 
  

   accumulating 
  ever 
  since. 
  I 
  have 
  now 
  upwards 
  of 
  a 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  set, 
  and 
  ob- 
  

   serve 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  glasses 
  today, 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  in 
  copulA. 
  It 
  has 
  as 
  much 
  right 
  

   to 
  be 
  considered 
  British 
  as 
  the 
  beetle, 
  Calandra 
  grauaria.'' 
  

  

  The 
  quarterly 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  ' 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  table. 
  , 
  

  

  