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SEPTEMBER 12th, 1907. 



Mr. R. South exhibited bred specimens of Lithosia caniola, 

 the larvae of which had been fed upon lettuce. This 

 food they strongly preferred when in a decaying condition. 

 In his experience all the Lithosias he had reared would eat 

 lettuce when in a similar condition. Even Gnopliria quadra 

 agreed in this habit. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a few bred specimens of Ennomos 

 (Eugonia) autumnaria, including two very beautiful dark 

 fuscous forms. One of the parents was the unique form bred 

 by him last year. The larvae had, however, been very dis- 

 appointing, most of them dying from one cause or another 

 before completing their metamorphoses. Mr. Newman also 

 showed some varieties of Vanessa (Aglais) urticce, including 

 a form approaching var. ichnusa, one with black hind-wings, 

 and another with rayed hind-wings. 



Mr. Goulton exhibited the living larvae oiBanhia argcntula, 

 reared from ova ; also a series of Anticlca badiata, bred from 

 beaten larvae, some showing the transverse band strongly 

 contrasted in depth of colour from the remaining area of the 

 wing, while others were more generally uniform in their 

 ground-colour. 



Mr. Harrison exhibited a series of ^4. badiata from Wicken, 

 together with living larvae. 



Mr. Sich exhibited three imagines and two ova of Trifuv- 

 cula iniuuindclla, Zeller, from Surrey, and contributed the 

 following note : — " This small moth, closely allied to the 

 Nepticulids, has been rather common this season. It fre- 

 quents the broom, flying round the bushes or running up 

 and down the twigs with great activity, between 6 and 7 p.m. 

 The females lay their eggs in the furrows of the broom-bark. 

 The ova are yellowish green, and the shell very shiny and 

 finely punctured. The larva bores through the base of the 

 ovum and underneath the bark of the broom. The ovum 

 may easily be separated from that of Ccmiostoma sparti- 

 foliclla, Hb., by its blister-like shape, while that of the 

 Cemiostoma, which is laid in the same situation, is of the 

 lozenge type." 



Mr. F. Noad Clark exhibited the grass of Parnassus (Par- 

 nassia palustris). The specimens were sent from Durham, 

 gathered on the river bank. The five fan-shaped staminodes 

 are very curious structures and lie alternately between the 



