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Mr. A. Sich exhibited a specimen of Hcliothis pcltigcra, 

 bred by him from an ovum sent him by Mr. Eustace Bankes, 

 and also a drawing of the larva. It was fed on white clover, 

 and from ova to imago only forty-three days elapsed. 



Mr. West (of Ashtead), read a paper on "Zoophytes," 

 and illustrated his remarks by a long series of beautiful slides 

 of their structural details and of the numerous species (see 



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Mr. Kaye exhibited a specimen of Dvaconia rusina, taken 

 by Mr. Guppy in the Island of Trinidad. It was found low 

 down on a cocoa-tree, near the ground, and bore an extra- 

 ordinary resemblance to a withered leaf whose margins had 

 been irregularly injured, and the surface appeared to be not 

 only partially decayed and changed in colour, but eaten 

 away in patches by the larva of some insect. He stated 

 that it had only once previously been met with. 



Mr. Jager exhibited. (1) a fine series of dark green and of 

 light yellow forms of Bryophila muralis, from Starcross, this 

 year ; (2) examples of Hcliothis peltigcra, bred from larvae 

 taken in South Devon ; (3) examples of A grot is vcstigialis, 

 taken at sugar at Starcross, on September 6th, in which the 

 light markings were unusually clean and well defined ; and 

 (4) specimens of Lapliygma cxigua, taken at the same place 

 and time. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited three species of the smaller Fungi, 

 Marasmius ramealis, found on twigs and stems of bramble ; 

 Polyporus adiposus, on ground near stumps of trees ; and 

 Leocarpus fragilis. 



Mr. R. South exhibited two nearly full-grown larvae of 

 Caradrina (Lapliygma) cxigua. They hatched on September 

 14th, from ova deposited on September 8th. Some larvae 

 from the same batch of ova had already pupated (October 

 nth), whilst a few were still only half-grown. For the first 

 week or so the larvae had existed on plantain and dandelion 

 — preferring the latter — but when groundsel was added they 

 fed on that plant alone. The eggs had been given to him 

 by Mr. Percy Richards, who captured the female on 

 Kingston Hill. Mr. Richards had this year captured about 

 twenty examples of the species since July 27th, when he 

 took the first one as it flew around the electric light. He 



