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cases, which had emerged from one of the large cases ( = cocoons) 

 which he previously exhibited from Lugano. He also showed the 

 recently hatched larvae of the fireflv, Lunula italica. 



Mr. K. G. Blair exhibited living beetles of two species which he 

 had bred from larvfe found near Lugano. 



1. Crioceris lilii. Scop., =inerdiiii'ra, P. 



Head and underside black ; larvfe feeding on lilies. 



2. C. merdi(fera, L., =hninnea, F. 



Head and underside (in part) red ; larvse feeding on black 

 bryony. (See ante p. 96.) 



Mr. Priske exhibited living larvae and pup^e of Melasowa jw/mli. 



Mr. Morford exhibited the large saturniid moths Philosamia 

 cynthia and Antheiuca perneiji from North America and India 

 respectively. 



Mr. Step, on behalf of Mr. West (Greenwich), exhibited a large 

 mass of aberrant, probably gall, growths on crack-willow, consist- 

 ing of an abundance of small twigs. Several members said that 

 they had met with similar growths in various parts of Kent. 



AUGUST Idth, 1914. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited the large saturniids Anthenea 

 papJtia from India, Automeris illustris and Citheronia uianni/ica from 

 Brazil, Lamia argulifera and L. proiiietliea from the United States ; 

 the sphingids Psilo(jramma menephron from India, and Oxyai)ihidux 

 substrigiUs from Burmah, and Erihomorpha fitly urita from India, 

 with other species. 



Mr. L. Newman exhibited a pair of Xeiiria reticulata {sapo)iari(e) 

 from the coast of co. Cork, which were distinctly pink in general 

 coloration ; and stated that all examples of the species from the 

 locality were of that tint. He also showed living pupae of Selenia 

 lunaria, and stated that those which would remain as pupae during 

 the ensuing winter, usually assumed a chocolate coloration, while 

 those which would emerge in the present season as a partial second 

 brood, are bright green. 



Mr. A. E. Gibbs showed a large case-bearing larva of a psychid, 

 which he obtained from British Honduras, and which fed on sea- 

 grape (Cocoloba) and sweet lemon {Citrui^ limetta). Mr. Step 

 suggested that the species was (Eceticiis kirhyi. 



Mr. Curwen exhibited a number of species of the genus Apatura, 

 taken by him recently in the woods of Samoussy, south of Laon, 



