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larvae at any stage. Though I have not met with it, I should 

 suppose this form of larvae must be referred to in some of 

 our magazines, possibly some member of the Society may 

 know where." 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Odontopcra biden- 

 tata reared from Durham larvae, which showed a good deal 

 of variation in point of colour, the lightest being similar to 

 the usual southern forms, while the darkest were of a slatey- 

 brown shade, one individual having distinct whitish trans- 

 verse lines. 



Mr. Goulton exhibited several photographs of larvae in 

 their resting or feeding positions on their food-plant. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited the nest of the white ant (Termes 

 bellicosus) of Durban and a large species of wood-louse 

 (Glomeris) from the same locality. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited specimens of Mellinia circellaris 

 (ferruginea) of very dark coloration, Boarmia gemmaria var. 

 perfumaria, and a series of varied forms of Hybernia defoliaria 

 from uniformly mottled specimens to richly-banded forms ; 

 all were from West Kent. 



Mr. Dods exhibited a portion of the stem of the silk- 

 cotton tree, Eriodendron caribceum of Jamaica, in which the 

 fibro-vascular tissue had been fretted out into a mass of silky, 

 hair-like threads. It was said that this tree was remarkable 

 for the extreme development of buttress-roots to its trunk. 



Mr. Fremlin exhibited a specimen of the large and uncom- 

 mon species of sawfly, Sirex juvencus, taken near Maidstone. 



Mr. Main exhibited photographs of the starches of the 

 round smooth and of the wrinkled peas referred to in the 

 address on " Mendel's Law" by Mr. D. J. Scourfield, and 

 contributed the following note : 



" Recalling the remark made by Mr. Scourfield, that it 

 was easy to differentiate between the smooth and wrinkled 

 peas, I had got one or two of each sort from the lecturer. 

 Mr. H. F. B. Jenkins has made the photographs exhibited 

 of the starch from these. The difference was very striking, 

 the granules of the starch from the round peas being of the 

 usual leguminous type, elongated, with a well-marked longi- 

 tudinal hilum. Those from the wrinkled peas were composed 

 of several segments which were very easily separated into 

 what one might call daughter-granules. Under polarised 

 light, also, the difference was remarkable, the round pea 

 starch showing the characteristic black cross, while little or 

 no effect was seen in the other form. None of the authorities 

 I had consulted mentioned this difference in leguminous 



