156 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



parasite which had emerged from the moth-eggs on hatching. His lordship 

 stated that the nest and contents had been forwarded to him by Col. J. H. 

 Bowker, of Durban, and that the hivvEC were found alive on its receipt in 

 England in August last. Tlie nest was placed in the insectarium of the 

 Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, under the care of Mr. Thompson, who 

 was so fortunate as to 1)8 al)le to rear some of the insects. Many of the 

 larvae remained within the nest, but others, in companies of twenty to 

 forty, occasionally marched out, moving in closely serried rank, much after 

 the manner of the larvte of the procession moth {Cnethocampa). From 

 December to February about 250 moths emerged, but, from the difficulty of 

 obtaining their natural food, all died, though a pair bred and the eggs were 

 hatched. The mature insect closely resembles the Anaphe panda, Hoisd., 

 though of the latter it would seem there are several well-marked local 

 races. The genus is found in West Africa as well as Natal ; but it appears 

 that in the several species the colour, size, shape, and material of the common 

 nest as well as the individual silky cocoons, markedly dilTer. Doubtless the 

 habits of these moths, when still more fully known in their native haunts, 

 will yet form a most interesting cliapter to the traveller. Of Anaphe four 

 species have hitherto been described, viz., A.venata, from Old Calabar ; 

 A.amhigua, from Angola; A. reticulata and A. panda, from Natal. To 

 these Lord Walsinghum adds A. Carted, from the Gold Coast, and 

 A. infracta, from tlie Caineroons. 



The Secretary read a paper " On the Closure of the Cyclostoraatous 

 Bryozoa," by Arthur W. Waters. While admitting that the group possesses 

 few characters available for purposes of scientific determination, he never- 

 theless points out thai the ovicells have greater importance than has hitherto 

 been accorded them ; also that the connecting pores are comparable with 

 the rosette plates of the Chilostomata, and that stress must be laid on the 

 size of the zooecial tube, and more particularly to the position and variation 

 of its closure. The author states that in the Cylostomata, which are the 

 simplest of the Bryozoa, he has now found a calcareous partition which 

 closes the tubular zooecium, and thus protects the colony. Whereas in the 

 Chilostomata (which are more highly differentiated, and not being tubular 

 could more easily be closed up), there is the horny speculum, which is 

 not a sign of death, but is movable, and protects the living polypide, and 

 through it the colony. — J. Muiuii. 



ZooLOGiCAr. Society of London. 



February 19, 1884. — Osbekt Salvin, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions whch had been made to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of January, and called special 



