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16th to 22nd; a living example of Drepana falcula bred that 

 day from ova laid by a Rannoch female, one of many which 

 had been emerging during the week. The larvae of this last 

 species pupated in June, and in August six or eight imagines 

 came out, but in mid-October they were emerging freely. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited a photograph of a pear, on the stem 

 of which was a ring of the ova of Malacosoma neustvia. He 

 stated that the pear was picked up under a tree, and that in 

 consequence of the shrinking of the stalk, the ring of ova 

 had become detached and could be slipped up and down. 



Mr. R. South exhibited, on behalf of Rev. W. Claxton, a 

 specimen of Vanessa (Aglais) uvticce, in which nearly the whole 

 of the ground colour of the fore wings was whitish. The 

 normal fulvous was reduced to a cloud between the base of 

 the wing and the first black costal spot ; beneath the lower 

 end of the third black costal spot and the outer marginal 

 series there was a tinge of the fulvous colour, and the same 

 was noticed, but in a lesser degree, along the inner margin. 

 The costal portion of the fulvous band on the hind wings was 

 also whitish. In all other respects the specimen was quite 

 normal. 



He also exhibited a specimen of Cerastis (Glee a) ligula 

 (spadicea) with three antennae, received from Mr. H. C. 

 Hayward, of Repton, Burton-on-Trent, who took it at sugar 

 on October 8th last. The odd point about this example is 

 that on the left side there are two antennae instead of one. 

 These are of equal length, but both are shorter than the 

 antenna on the right side, which is quite normal in every 

 respect. The extra antenna is set on the head a little above 

 the proper one. 



Mr. MacArthur exhibited (1) a specimen of the "bird- 

 eating " spider, Mygale avicularia, from South America ; (2) 

 shells of Cyclostoma elegans, and Helix lapicida from Dart- 

 moor ; and (3) an unusually large specimen of the sawfly, 

 Sirex gigas, from Mis Tor, on Dartmoor. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited a photograph to show the difference 

 in the leaves of the tulip-tree, the lower portion of the tree 

 having developed angulated, spiny foliage, while the upper 

 part had entire leaves, much after the same manner as in 

 the holly. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a short series of Enpithecia rectan- 

 gulata from Welling, Kent, all the specimens taken being 

 dark ; and a nice series of Hyria muricata from Wanborough. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited short series of Apiou 

 astragalis and A . sanguined, the latter a species hitherto looked 



