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Professor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., exhibited the male and 

 female imago, the preserved larva and the cocoon of an inter- 

 esting new Lasiocampid moth discovered near Durban by Mr. 

 E. L. Clark, F.E.S., who had sent the following note : — 



" In December last year I found what I at once recognised 

 as a rare caterpillar, while engaged on some work at Bellair, a 

 suburb of this town. There was a considerable quantity of 

 them, and I took over a score altogether. I distributed some 

 of the larvjB to other collectors, and at the same time pre- 

 served several. From the remainder I bred in the course of 

 last March, 8 $ and 1 S • The male was in very poor con- 

 dition, as it started to flutter its wings and wore the edges 

 into shreds before I knew that it had emerged. In fact, it 

 was the drumming of its wings that called my attention to it, 

 the noise being like a continual hum. No one here recognised 

 the moth, nor did Sir George F. Hampson to whom I sent 

 larvEe, pupte and imago. I then sent a specimen of each to 

 Prof. Chris. Aurivillius, who kindly described it as Glocia 

 clarki. I am happy to say that my few remaining pupae are 

 now emerging. Last week I bred 1 $ and 1 $ . This time 

 by good luck I saw the $ before he started to exercise bis 

 wings, and he is perfect. The fact that two broods have 

 emerged from a single batch of cocoons is interesting. The 

 larvae taken last December were evidently the outcome of the 

 late 1907 brood, as most of the Lasiocampidee. known to me 

 are very slow feeders. The tree they feed on {Dichrostachys 

 nutans, Bth.) seems very scarce round Durban, and I do not 

 yet know of one nearer than Bellair." 



Professor Poulton then read the following letter from Mr. 

 S. A. Neave, F.E.S., describing the habits of a mimetic species 



of Eupheedra : — 



Nr. Kasama, N.E. Rhodesia, May 13, 1908 



" I am now back again on the High Plateau, and find the 

 Fauna very interesting, on the whole similar to that of the 

 higher ground in Katanga. Mimacrsea marshalli and Pseud- 

 acrxa poggei both occur, but are rare. Perhaps I am a bit 

 late. One thing here which affects the fauna is the scarcity 

 of virgin forest. The natives here have been accustomed for 

 generations to destroy huge areas for cultivating their gardens. 



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