Tineida, and Pterophoridtz of South Africa. 239 



"Mr. Haliday made some remarks on two pairs of 

 antelope's horns, exhibited to the meeting by J. M. 

 Neligan, M.D. These horns belonging, one pair to 

 Oreas canna (pi. i., fig. 3), the other to Koltis cllipsi- 

 prymnus were brought home from the Gambia by 

 J. Fitzgibbon, Esq., M.D., who lately purchased them 

 from some natives in the market at Macarthy's Island, 

 being struck with their appearance, as they were 

 perforated by grubs enclosed in cases which projected 

 abundantly from the surface of the horns, although 

 these were taken from freshly-killed animals, the blood 

 not having dried up on them when brought to market." 



When first examined by Dr. Neligan, at Dublin, they 

 contained "larvae plump and fresh;" but when Mr. 

 Haliday first saw them they were " shrivelled up." 

 The largest is described as " nearly an inch long, with 

 the body of a pale colour, without distinguishable 

 markings ; the head, the terminal segment, the legs, 

 the ring of the prothoracic spiracles, and the booklets 

 of the prolegs, dark chestnut, tending to black on the 

 head." The structure is described as "not inconsistent 

 with the probability that it belonged to some of the 

 Tineidce." " The most remarkable point was the 

 evidence that the horns had been thus infested while 

 the animal was yet living which bore them." 



" The President showed some horns of the Gayal, 

 from University Museum, more extensively perforated 

 by a similar larva." 



It will be observed that on this occasion no specimens 

 of the perfect insect were obtained. 



On the 6th of November, 1878, Mr. Stainton 

 exhibited, at the meeting of this Society, specimens of 

 " a new horn-feeding Tinea (T. orientalis), reared from 

 horns from Singapore, allied to the well-known large 

 species from South Africa, of which the larvae fed in 

 the horns of living buffaloes and antelopes, and which 

 had been described by Zeller under the name of 

 Vastella, and subsequently by himself under the name 

 Gigantella" " Mr. Simmons, of Poplar, who found them 

 in his greenhouse, was quite at a loss to account for 

 their appearance, till Mr. Stainton suggested they were 

 horn-feeders, when he remembered a piece of horn 

 placed on a shelf and forgotten, but which, when 

 examined, showed evident traces of having been eaten, 

 and from which pupa-skins had been obtained." 



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