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  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  a 
  hermaphrodite 
  Alcis 
  coiisortaria, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   right 
  side 
  was 
  female. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  many 
  rare 
  Hymenoptera, 
  taken 
  at 
  Southend 
  ; 
  

   and 
  a 
  living 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  the 
  parasitic 
  Anlhophorabia 
  retusa, 
  now 
  eleven 
  

   days 
  old, 
  although 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  stated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Newport, 
  that 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  live 
  more 
  than 
  

   eighteen 
  hours. 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  should 
  make 
  a 
  further 
  communication 
  respect- 
  

   ing 
  this 
  insect 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ingpen 
  sent 
  for 
  exhibition 
  leaves 
  of 
  Chrysanthemums, 
  greatly 
  infested 
  with 
  

   Dipterous 
  mining 
  larvae, 
  which 
  first 
  disfigured 
  and 
  eventually 
  destroyed 
  them 
  ; 
  but 
  

   never 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  as 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  season. 
  These 
  larvae 
  were 
  a 
  second 
  

   brood, 
  the 
  former 
  having 
  ceased 
  their 
  devastations 
  two 
  months 
  ago. 
  They 
  are 
  proba- 
  

   bly 
  the 
  larva; 
  of 
  Tephritis 
  Onttpordiuis 
  and 
  Aitemisiae, 
  on 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Westvvood, 
  in 
  Loudon's 
  ' 
  Gardener's 
  Magazine 
  ' 
  for 
  1839. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  Xylocopa 
  from 
  Port 
  Natal, 
  with 
  its 
  

   nest, 
  consisting 
  of 
  several 
  chambers 
  formed 
  in 
  a 
  reed 
  : 
  also 
  a 
  mud 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  

   Pelopasus, 
  which 
  contained 
  five 
  living 
  pupae 
  when 
  he 
  received 
  it, 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  all 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  only 
  para'^itic 
  Crypti. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  insects, 
  of 
  several 
  Orders, 
  just 
  received 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Bates, 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon, 
  including 
  many 
  small 
  Coleo- 
  

   ptera, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  probably 
  new. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hemmings 
  sent 
  for 
  exhibition 
  Asopia 
  nemoralis. 
  Scop., 
  taken 
  June 
  26th, 
  at 
  

   Holm 
  Bush, 
  near 
  Henfield, 
  Sussex, 
  and 
  Choreutes 
  vibrana. 
  Hub., 
  taken 
  September 
  

   nth, 
  near 
  Hurst, 
  Sussex 
  ; 
  both 
  being 
  new 
  British 
  species: 
  also 
  Phihalapteryx 
  gem- 
  

   maria, 
  taken 
  at 
  Hurst, 
  September 
  llth, 
  and 
  Coleophora 
  binotapennella, 
  — 
  a 
  fine 
  speci- 
  

   men, 
  showing 
  the 
  characteristic 
  markings, 
  — 
  taken 
  at 
  Brighton 
  in 
  August. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Gelechia 
  instabilella, 
  bred 
  from 
  Chenopodium 
  

   maritimum, 
  gathered 
  at 
  Brighton 
  in 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  by 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Lea, 
  Esq., 
  communicated 
  in 
  a 
  

   letter 
  from 
  A. 
  R. 
  Hogan, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  " 
  Parasitic 
  ( 
  F) 
  Moth 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Pupa 
  of 
  Lasiocampa 
  Trifolii. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  the 
  early 
  summer 
  of 
  1848, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  caterpillar 
  of 
  Lasiocampa 
  Trifolii 
  in 
  the 
  vici- 
  

   nity 
  of 
  Oxford, 
  which 
  throve 
  satisfactorily, 
  and 
  in 
  due 
  time 
  entered 
  the 
  pupa 
  state, 
  

   having 
  formed 
  its 
  cocoon 
  in 
  the 
  regular 
  compact 
  oval 
  form 
  peculiar 
  to 
  it. 
  Instead, 
  

   however, 
  of 
  the 
  imago 
  appearing, 
  as 
  it 
  should 
  have 
  done, 
  in 
  July 
  or 
  August, 
  it 
  conti- 
  

   nued 
  in 
  the 
  pupa 
  state 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  summer, 
  autumn, 
  and 
  winter 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  

   also 
  through 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  of 
  1849. 
  I 
  then 
  thought 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  dead, 
  and 
  

   opened 
  the 
  cocoon 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  fact, 
  when 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  not 
  only 
  alive, 
  but 
  quite 
  lively, 
  

   and 
  apparently 
  in 
  perfect 
  health. 
  Having 
  carefully 
  closed 
  the 
  cocoon, 
  I 
  replaced 
  it 
  

   in 
  the 
  box 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  preserving 
  it, 
  and 
  looked 
  at 
  it 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  

   autumn 
  and 
  early 
  winter 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  always 
  finding 
  it 
  alive 
  and 
  lively, 
  and 
  very 
  

   carefully 
  closing 
  the 
  cocoon 
  and 
  box 
  after 
  each 
  examination, 
  so 
  that 
  no 
  mischief 
  should 
  

   happen 
  to 
  it. 
  In 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  1850, 
  the 
  pupa 
  ceased 
  to 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  life 
  when 
  

   examined 
  and 
  handhid, 
  but 
  not 
  knowing 
  what 
  to 
  make 
  of 
  it, 
  I 
  took 
  redoubled 
  care 
  of 
  

   it, 
  and 
  kept 
  it 
  by 
  me 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  autumn 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  ; 
  but 
  towards 
  

   Christmas, 
  being 
  persuaded 
  that 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  really 
  dead, 
  I 
  at 
  last 
  resolved 
  to 
  open 
  it, 
  

   which 
  I 
  did; 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  thing 
  that 
  I 
  saw 
  on 
  making 
  an 
  opening 
  in 
  the 
  puparium, 
  

   was 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  eyes 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  moth, 
  moving 
  about 
  rapidly, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  lively 
  

  

  