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by himself; some of the specimens being remarkable for variation in the form of the 

 wings as well as the colours. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a specimen of Saturnia Carpini, reared by Mr. Barlow, of 

 Cambridge, in which the usual ocellus on the upper wings was replaced by a yellow 

 dash ; and the President observed that at least one of the veins was deficient. 



He also exhibited some very remarkable varieties of Harpalyce suffumata, Cidaria 

 fluctuata, C. montanata, Boarmia rhomboidaria, and Spilosoma Menthrasti, all taken 

 near Leeds. 



Mr. Bedell exhibited the following Micro-Lepidoptera, all taken near Mickleham 

 on the 27th of July -. — Pempelia ornatella, Depressaria rotundella and D. Douglas- 

 ella, Gelechia neuropterella, Pterophorus baliodactylus and P. didactylus. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some splendid Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, received from 

 Messrs. Wallace and Bates, and collected by them at Ega and Guia, on the Amazon. 

 Among the Lepidoptera were several novelties, and a female of the butterfly of which 

 Mr. Hewitson had lately described the male in this Society's ' Transactions,' under 

 the name of Papilio Bolivar. Mr. Stevens also exhibited some fine Buprestidae from 

 Swan River. 



The President exhibited a living specimen of Cerambyx Heros, forwarded to him 

 from Pembroke dock-yard by Sir T. Pasley ; Phibalocera Quercana, reared from larva? 

 living under a silken web on leaves of pear-trees, to which they had done much da- 

 mage ; Plutella Cruciferarum, reared from leaves of turnips, on which in many coun- 

 ties they had appeared in immense numbers, and caused great devastation ; turnip- 

 leaves, containing living larvae, probably of the last-mentioned species, and others 

 which had been forwarded to him, accompanied by specimens of Crambus culmellus, 

 which were said to have caused the damage to the turnip-plants, but which was not 

 probable ; Meligethes aeneus, seen eating pollen of roses ; Balaniuus Brassicae, found 

 gnawing the petals of roses ; a monstrous claw of Astacus fluviatilis, with two horns 

 instead t)f one ; a nest of Chelostoma florisomne, with three cells, in a straw ; and a 

 species of Astyages from asparagus. He also distributed a number of Coleophora 

 Hemerobiella and C. nigricella, reared from leaves of pear-trees. 



Mr. Moore exhibited some Lepidoptera from Hastings, among which were Spha- 

 leroptera longana, Haw., and Bryophila glandifera. 



Mr. Smith exhibited two specimens of the rare Ctenicerus castaneus, captured by 

 the Rev. C. Kuper, in Monmouthshire. 



Mr. Smith also exhibited a great number of Hymenoptera, which he had recently 

 captured in the Isle of Wight ; among them the following were the most remarkable. 

 Mntilla Ephippium (male and female), Larra unicolor, Philanthus triangulum (hi- 

 therto exceedingly rare, but of which he took between 200 and 300), Andrena nigri- 

 ceps (Kirby), Panurgus calcaratus, Nomada varia (Kirby), Ccelioxys vectis (Curtis), 

 Megachile maritima, the very rare Osmia xanthomelana, an immense number of Fce- 

 nus asseclator, and one specimen of a Dasypoda, probably a new species. 



Mr. Smith stated that from the stem of dock exhibited by Mr. Douglas at the 

 March meeting, containing larvae then supposed to belong to Cemonus or Pemphre- 

 don, he had reared three specimens of Hylaeus, of which two (males) were H. planta- 

 ris, Smith (Traus. Ent. Soc. iv. 32), and one (female) was H. cornuta, Kirby, MSS. 

 Smith, (I. c.) ; thus leaving no doubt that these were but sexes of one species. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a quantity of insects, of all orders, part of a great mass 

 he had brought from below Gravesend on the preceding day, when from 7 to 8, p. m., 



