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African Saturnide formed no cocoons, the larve entering the earth to 
undergo the change to the pupal state. Mr. Trimen said he was able to 
confirm this statement. 
The Rev. W. W. Fowler exhibited a number of minute Acari, which 
had been doing injury to fruit trees near Lincoln. 
Mr. Poulton gave an account of the experiments recently made by him 
with the larve of several species of the genus Vanessa, for the purpose 
of ascertaining the relations of pupal colour to that of the surface on 
which the larval skin was thrown off, which had formed the subject of 
a paper read by him last month before the British Association. He also 
exhibited the frame constructed by him for the purpose of these experi- 
ments. The President and Messrs. Trimen, Waterhouse, White, Hall and 
others took part in the discussion which ensued. 
Mr. Slater exhibited a specimen of Prionus coriarius found in Devon- 
shire on fennel, and a specimen of Calandra palmarum found alive at 
Pembroke Dock. 
Mr. Enock exhibited Mymar pulchellus, and a specimen of Atypus 
piceus recently taken on Hampstead Heath. 
Mr. Elisha exhibited a series of Gelechia hippophaélla(Sch.), bred from 
larve collected at Deal on Hippophaé rhamnoides. 
Mr. Billups exhibited E'chthrus lancifer, Gr., a species of Ichneumonidae 
new to Britain, taken at Walmer on the 15th August last. He remarked 
that Brischke had bred members of this genus from Sesia spheciformis, 
8. formiceformis, and Leucania obsoleta; but that in this country the genus 
was little known, only one species (Hehthrus reluctator) being mentioned in 
Marshall’s list of British Ichneumonidae. = 
Mr. EK. A. Butler exhibited a male and female of Macrocoleus tanaceti 
from Bramley, near Guildford; living specimens of Chilacis typha, received 
from the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, of Guestling, Hastings; and a pair of Har- 
palus discoideus, obtained in August last on a heath near Chilworth, Surrey. 
Mr. A. J. Rose exhibited specimens of a mountain form of Lycena 
virgaurea, recently collected by him in Norway. 
Mr. Champion exhibited Teratocoris antennatus and Drymus pilicornis, 
taken near Sheerness. 
Mr. W. White exhibited specimens of Proctotrypes ater (Nees); he also 
exhibited a specimen of Chelonia caja with abnormal antenne, and read 
notes on the subject. 
Mr. Elisha read a paper “ On the life-history of Geometra smaragdaria.” 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse communicated a paper “On the Tea-bugs of 
India and Java.” 
During the meeting a telegram was received from Mr. Freeman, of 
Plymouth, announcing the recent capture, in Cornwall, of Anosia plexippus. 
—H. Goss, Secretary. 
