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obtained on the Rock of Gibraltar itself, and the remainder on the European 
side of the Straits, and about 160 species of moths. 
Dr. P. B. Mason exhibited a number of specimens of a South-European 
species of Ant—Crematogaster scutellaris, Oliv. He said that the specimens 
were all taken in the fernery of Mr. Baxter, of Burton-on-Trent, and had 
probably been imported with cork. 
Mr. O. E. Janson exhibited a pair of Neptunides stanleyi, a species 
of Cetoniide, recently received from Central Africa, and described by him 
in the February number of ‘The Entomologist’; also some varieties of 
N. polychrous, Thoms., from the Zanzibar district. 
Dr. N. Manders exhibited a number of Lepidoptera collected by himself 
in the Shan States, Upper Burmah; also a collection of Lepidoptera made 
by Captain Raikes in Karenni. 
Mr. M‘Lachlan exhibited over 400 specimens of Neuroptera, being a 
portion of the collection formed in Japan by Mr. H. J. 8S. Pryer. They 
represented nearly all groups (excepting Odonata, now in the hands of Baron 
De Selys). Some of the Ascalaphide, Panorpida, and especially Trichoptera, 
were of great beauty; notably amongst the latter was the curious moth-like 
genus Perissoneura, M‘Lach. 
Dr. Sharp exhibited the peculiar cocoons of an Indian moth, Rhodia 
newara, Moore; these were the cocoons possessing a drain at the bottom 
in order to allow water to escape, already described in the ‘ Proceedings of 
the Zoological Society’ for 1888, p. 120, where, however, their great 
resemblance to the pods of a plant had not been alluded to. 
Mr. Enock exhibited, and made remarks on, specimens of Cecidomyia 
destructor, bred from American wheat. 
Mr. W. Warren exhibited a bred specimen of Retinia posticana, Zett., 
from Newmarket; also specimens of Hupithecia jasioneata and Gelechia 
confinis, bred by Mr. Gardner, of Hartlepool. 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse exhibited and explained a number of diagrams 
illustrative of the external characters of the eyes of insects. A discussion 
ensued, in which Mr. M‘Lachlan, Mr. Verrall, Lord Walsingham, Mr. 
Jacoby, Mr. Kirby, and others took part. 
Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a paper entitled ‘ Descriptions of some 
new Lepidoptera-Heterocera in the collection of the Honble. Walter de 
Rothschild.” He also contributed a second paper entitled “ Synonymic Notes 
on the Moths of the earlier genera of Noctuites.” 
Dr. Sharp read a paper entitled “An Account of Prof. Plateau’s 
Experiments on the Vision of Insects.” Lord Walsingham, Mr. Jacoby, 
Mr. White, and Mr. Waterhouse took part in the discussion which ensued.— 
H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 
