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with the Homoptera, Mr. Distant concluded that he had discovered a species 
of Flata new at least to Britain, until he came to set out the specimen. 
He further remarked that the recently loosely-used term “ mimicry” could 
not be applied here, as the moth could hardly be considered to mimic a 
Flata which did not occur in our fauna. 
Mr. A. G. Butler remarked on the great similarity sometimes existing 
between lepidopterous and homopterous insects; he had lately described a 
Lithosiid allied to Nudaria from New Holland, which he certainly thought 
at first was an Homopteron; the resemblance was so striking that he had 
named the genus Homopsyche ; the hairs along the costa were very striking, 
and he quite believed this was a case of mimicry. Quite lately he had 
found a second specimen in the Museum collection which had been put 
away in the supplementary cabinet as not a lepidopterous insect. 
Mr. E. A. Fitch called attention to the great resemblance that Cilia 
spinula bore to the excrement of a bird, when at rest on the upper side of 
a leaf, as was its common practice. 
Mr. G. C. Champion said when collecting in Central America he was 
frequently deceived as to the orders to which certain insects belonged, and 
was often surprised at their great resemblance to other natural objects. 
Mr. F. P. Pascoe, in connection with the above, exhibited a large and 
pretty Chalcid (which Mr. Fitch determined as one of the Cleonymide@), which 
he had lately captured at St. Helier’s, quite thinking it was an Hemipteron ; 
when running it had its wings overlapping in true bug fashion. 
Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited specimens of the two following Tenthredinide, 
new to Britain, which had been determined by Mr. Cameron :—Blenno- 
campa alternipes, Kl., captured at Loughton last May, and Camponiscus 
apicalis, Brischke, captured at Weybridge last May. ‘The latter species 
was only described last year, and is probably exceedingly rare. Also 
specimens of a hymenopterous insect taken from the burrows of Halictus 
morio at Chertsey on July 21st last. 
Mr. Fitch said this latter insect was a Chelogynus (probably C. lap- 
ponicus, Thoms.), one of the Dryinide; he could not account for its 
presence in the bee burrows, but he called attention to the remarkable 
anterior raptorial claws, and exhibited Curtis’s figure (Brit. Ent. fol. 206). 
Miss E. A. Ormerod exhibited a piece of leather perforated by Gistride, 
the punctures being more than one to the square inch. She also 
called attention to what is known of the life-history of our bot-flies, and 
especially of the warble-fly (Hypoderma bovis, DeG.), and laid considerable 
stress on the practical necessity of attempting to lessen the amount of 
injury occurring both to the cattle themselves and to the great loss from 
warbled hides. Apparently what is required is to know the exact time 
when the egg is laid in or on the cattle, and how early in life is the maggot 
come-at-able under the bullock’s hide,-then probably methods of precaution 
