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on behalf of Dr. Fritz Miller, a number of specimens of the insects 
described in the paper. 
Mr. EK. B. Poulton, M.A., F.Z.S., read “ Further Notes upon Lepi- 
dopterous Larve and Pupe, including an account of the loss of weight in 
the freshly-formed pupa.” The paper included notes upon points in the 
ontogeny of Smerinthus larvee, and a description and figure of the bifid and 
hairy caudal horn in the newly-hatched Smerinthus populi. ‘The adult 
larva of Acherontia atropos was compared with that of Sphinw ligustri, and 
the as yet unknown appearance of the former in earlier stages was predicted. 
Hitherto unnoticed eve-like marks were pointed out in the terrifying attitude 
of Cherocampa elpenor, and the terrifying attitude of Dicranura vinula was 
described, and its defensive fluid was shown to be strong formic acid. 
An eversible gland was described in Orgyia pudibunda, and the protection 
of Acronycta leporina was explained by its resemblance to a cocoon and 
the darkening of its hairs when full-fed. A valvular aperture in the 
cocoons of Chloephora prasinana, &c., was described, enabling the imagos 
to emerge. ‘There were also notes upon Paniseus cephalotes, parasitic 
on the tarva of D. vinula, and tables showing the immense loss of 
weight in newly-exposed lepidopterous pupze due to evaporation from the 
moist skin. Mr. Poulton also exhibited larve of Paniscus cephalotes. 
A discussion followed the reading of this paper, in which Messrs. Kirby, 
White, Slater, and Poulton took part.—H. Goss. 
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Edited by His 
Grace the Duke or Braurort, K.G. Vol. I. Hunting. 
By the Duke or Braurorr and Mowsray Morris. 
Vols. II. and III. Fishing. By Cuo~nmonpELEy PENNELL. 
8vo. London: Longmans & Co. 1885. 
THERE was a time when the reigning monarch in England, 
fearing lest the science of hunting should fall into decay, as it 
appeared likely to do for want of proper encouragement, entreated 
the French king to permit some of the leading sportsmen in 
France to pay a visit to the English Court in order to instruct 
the English in the technicalities of a sport in which at that 
period they were confessedly behind their Gallic neighbours; and 
James I., however deficient in qualities befitting a king, wa too 
good a sportsman to let any false pride stand in the way of 
