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Apina callisto, a Noctuid belonging to the Trifinse group ; a 

 Lycaenid, Lyccenesthes inous ; Mecyna polygonalis, a Pyrale 

 which occurs in many parts of the world, and has occasion- 

 ally been met with in Britain ; and two Tineids Cryptolechia 

 alveola and Tinea clathrata ; three cases made of short pieces 

 of twigs, of a large species of Psychid, probably Qiceticus sp., 

 spun upon grass stems, from one of which had issued a 

 large number of a parasite belonging to the genus Bassus, of 

 the Chalcididce ; specimens of the " Paradise Fly," the very 

 beautiful males of a species of Coccus, of which the females 

 are large and conspicuous objects ; a series of males of the 

 Lamellicorn beetle Rhipidocera femorata, one of the Das- 

 cillidce, the antennae of which had very numerous, large, and 

 beautifully curved lamellae ; and a specimen of Helczus femo- 

 ratus, a species of T enebrionidce. in which the outer margins 

 of the elytra, and the margins of the thorax were enormously 

 extended laterally. Mr. Turner also exhibited a Gordius 

 worm, extracted from the abdomen of a specimen of Erebia 

 ligea, taken on the Rigi, Switzerland, on August 29th, and 

 measuring 5^ inches in length. Dr. Chapman called atten- 

 tion to the fact that some time ago a similar instance 

 was recorded, the species infested on that occasion being 

 E. euryale. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited the beautiful larva of Satumia pyri, 

 from Continental ova given to him by Dr. Chapman ; also 

 larvae of Dipterygia scabriuscula (pinastri) from ova laid by a 

 female taken in his garden at Reigate. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a larva of Dicranura bimspis taken 

 in Tilgate Forest, and pointed out the difference from that 

 of D. bifida, viz. the distinctive colour of the dorsal area and 

 the curiously indented margin in the former species. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a specimen of the large Mud Wasp, 

 Sceliphron Icztus (?) from West Australia, together with its 

 mud nest, which is placed in houses or other protected 

 situations. The same species or a closely allied one is a 

 native of India, where it makes enormous mud nests on 

 walls, tree trunks, etc. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a number of Lepidoptera, and 

 read the following note : — " For quite a number of years it 

 has been my custom to take advantage of the various cheap 

 excursions to the Continent, to have a ramble and a day 

 with the net in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, Calais, 

 Dunkirk, Antwerp, or elsewhere. Whichever the port, I 

 get out of it as fast as electric tram or my legs can take me, 

 and make a circuit of from a few to about twenty miles 



