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Mr. E. B. Poulton exhibited a living larva of Smerinthus ocellatus in 

 the last stage, fourteen larvae of Boarmia roboraria and some cocoons of 

 Bumia cratagata. The object of the exhibition was to show the influence 

 of special food plants and surroundings on the colour of the larvae and 

 cocoons. 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a varied series of Titubma sanguinipennis, Lac, 

 from Central America. He stated that many of the varieties exhibited had 

 been described as distinct species. 



Mr. Billups exhibited specimens of Bracon brevicornis, Wesm., bred 

 from larvae of Ephestia Kuhniella. He remarked that this rare species had 

 only been recorded as bred on two or three occasions— viz., by the Rev. T. A. 

 Marshall, Mr. W. F. Kirby, Herr Brischke, and Mr. Sydney Webb. 



Mr. W. Warren exhibited specimens of Antithesia ustulana and A.fuli- 

 gana; also bred series of the following species:— Eupacilia Degreyana, 

 Stigmonota paUifrontana, Cacacia decretana, and Gelechia peliella. 



Lord Walsingham exhibited specimens of several species of the genus 

 Cryptophasa belonging to the family Cryptolechida of the Tineina, some of 

 the most remarkable being males and females of Zitua balteata, Walker, 

 bred by Mr. Sidney Olliff from pupae found in January last, at Newcastle, 

 New South Wales, in burrows in branches of a species of Acacia. Lord 

 Walsingham also exhibited a male of Zelotijphia stacyi, received from 

 Mr. Olliff. 



Mr. F. D. Godman exhibited a larva of a Cicada, from Mexico, having 

 a fungoid growth on the head. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes exhibited a large number of Butterflies, representing 

 about 180 species, recently collected by himself and Mr. Godman iu 

 California and Yellowstone Park. The collection included many species of 

 great interest, amongst others a species described by Mr. W. H. Edwards 

 as Erebia Hadenii, but which he considered would prove to be a Cmno- 

 nympha; a very rare species of Thecla; and a remarkable series of species 

 of the genus Colias. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited, for Mr. W. J. Cross, an extraordinary melanic 

 variety of Agrotis segetum, caught by the latter near Ely in July last. 



Mr. W. L. Distant read a paper entitled " An enumeration of the 

 Rhynchota, received from Baron von Muller, and collected by Mr. Sayer iu 

 New Guinea during Mr. Cuthbertson's expedition." 



Mr. Poulton read a paper entitled " Notes in 1887 upon Lepidopterous 

 larvaa, including a complete account of the life-history of Sphinx convolvuli 

 and Aglia tau"; and Mr. White exhibited specimens of preserved larva? of 

 S. convolvidi, A. tau, and other species referred to in Mr. Poulton s paper. — 

 H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



ZOOLOGIST. — NOV. 1888. 2 I. 



