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remarked how extremely abundant he had found this species 

 in the larval stage this year. 



Mr. Turner exhibited the larvae of C. vcrbasci and C. 

 scrophularice, sent him from Gavarnie by Dr. Chapman, where 

 they were feeding abundantly on the Water Betony. He 

 pointed out the elongated markings on the segments and the 

 bright yellow dorsal line as distinctive markings of the 

 second species. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited two specimens of Eupithecia 

 dodoneata taken at rest on a fence on the cliff overlooking the 

 sea at Eastbourne in May last. He said that E. dodoneata 

 was very generally regarded as being closely connected with 

 oak trees, the larva feeding on them, and the imago resting 

 almost exclusively on their branches. To his certain know- 

 ledge there were no oak trees within fully two miles of the 

 spot where these moths were taken, and it became a question 

 whence these specimens could have come. It had been 

 stated that the species could be reared on the flowers of the 

 evergreen oak, and on examining the neighbourhood he found 

 there was an old garden within some 200 or 300 yards of the 

 fence on which the moths v/ere taken, where a number of 

 old trees of this species were growing, and he had little 

 doubt that the insect had found a suitable breeding place in 

 them. 



He also exhibited a series of Eupithecia oblongata (cen- 

 tauYcatd) reared from larvse that he had collected from the 

 flower-heads of Centaurca nigra on the downs near Eastbourne 

 in September last. The individuals of the series showed 

 some amount of variation, especially in the intensity of the 

 grey costal patch, and of the dark shading towards the outer 

 margin. 



Mr. Alfred Sich exhibited the larval cases of Coleophora 

 albicosta, Hw., in situ on furze from Surrey. The case is 

 not made of the seed-pod, as sometimes stated, but of the 

 calyx of the flower. 



He also exhibited larvse of Pararge mcera, L., bred from the 

 egg, and now in the third instar. They feed well on Poa 

 annua, but only appear to eat in the early morning and in 

 the evening. The ova were sent from Bohemia by Herr 

 Gillmer. 



Dr. Chapman remarked on the pupa of this species, that 

 in form and appearance it was more like a Vanessid pupa 

 than that of a Satyrid. 



