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Royal Society,’ Vol. xiii. No. 61; by the Society. ‘Journal of the Proceedings of the 
Linnean Society, Vol. vii. No. 28; by the Society. ‘Notes on Sphzrularia Bombi,’ 
by Jubn Lubbock, Esq., F.R.S., Pres. Ethn. Suc.; by the Author. ‘ Sitzuggsherichte 
der KOnigl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Munchen,’ 1863, II. Heft iv. ; 
by the Academy.’ ‘The Journal of Entomology, No. 8; by the Proprietors. *The 
Journal of the Society of Arts’ for April; by the Society. ‘The Reader’ for April; 
by the Editor. ‘The Zoologist’ for May; by the Editor. ‘ Stettiner Entomologische 
Zeitung,’ 1864, Nos. 4—6 ; by the Society. ‘ Descriptions of New Genera and Species 
of Phytophaga, by J. S. Baly; by the Author. 
Exhibitions, &c. 
Mr. Dunning (on bebalf of Mr. R. S. Scholfield, who was present as a visitor) 
exhibited a specimen of Hydrilla palustris, captured by Mr. Scholfield in Quy Fen, 
Cambridgeshire; the specimen was a male, and was disturbed from grass on the after- 
noon of the 29th of May, 1862. This Noctua was introduced into the British List on 
the authority of an example in the possession of Mr. Allis, taken some years ago near 
York; but the species was not included (or rather was given as a “ Reputed British 
Species”) in Mr. Doubleday’s ‘ Synonymie List of British Lepiduptera’ (ed. 1859). 
Captain Cox exhibited various coloured drawings of Lepidopterous larve ; and the 
original of his “ larva-index ” or “ larva-dictionary,” the plan of which was described 
by him at a recent Meeting of the Society. (See ‘Journal of Proceedings’ for 1863, 
p- 186.) 
Captain Cox also exhibited a number of Lepidopterous larve which had taken 
possession and were consuming the contents of a large bin of bran; in the previous 
year he had found Aglossa pinguinalis extremely abundant in his stables and out- 
houses, and hence thought it probable that the larve were of that species; it was, 
however, remarkable that the larve of so fat and greasy a moth should be nourished 
on so dry a substance as bran. Mr. Dunning thought the larva were more probably 
those of Pyralis farinalis; and Mr. Newman suggested Ilithyia sociella. 
Prof. Westwood exhibited nine species of Charaxes (three of which were unique 
specimens) from the Zambesi, whence they had been sent by the Rev. H. Rowley; 
each specimen was placed in a separate envelope, a considerable number might thus 
be placed in a box, and the whole had travelled in this manner without sustaining 
material injury. 
Mr. A. R. Wallace exhibited various species of Papilio, Eronia and Pieris, with 
. the intention of showing the effect of locality in producing change of form in insects. 
Numerous species inhabiting the island of Celebes were produced, and in each case in 
juxta-position therewith was its nearest ally from the adjoining islands. The Celebes 
insects, in every instance exhibited, had the costa of the anterior wings much more 
strongly arched than was the case with their congeners with which they were 
compared. Mr. Wallace remarked that changes in colour which were due to locality 
had been frequently noticed, but of instances of a change of form only few had been 
recorded; Mr. Bates, however, had mentioned some as having come under his obser- 
vation in South America. In the Eastern Archipelago, he (Mr. W.) had found that 
the butterflies inhabiting the islands which formed the eastern half were generally 
larger than those in the western half; and, especially in the Papilionide, that Celebes 
and Amboyna produced the largest specimens. Some species which in India were 
found with a large tail appended to their hind wings, possessed only a small tail in the 
