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(3) Boannia geninmria, Brahm. — A long series of speci- 

 mens reared from ova deposited by a female of the perfumariay 

 Newman, form. The female parent was taken from a fence 

 in Woodcote Road, Wallington, July, igog. Larvae were 

 fed on sallow before hibernation, but during the winter and 

 afterwards ivy was the only pabulum. On March 27th, 

 igio, when removed to a more roomy cage, there were about 

 eighty larva; alive, and these ranged from half an inch to 

 one and a quarter inches in length. Pupation commenced 

 on May igth ; the first imago, a male, emerged on June 25th ; 

 the last, a female, on August loth. The total number of 

 moths that came up during the period of about six weeks was 

 sixty-three, of which onh' eighteen were of the male sex. 

 All the specimens are of ihe pcr/nniciria coloration, but some 

 of them are more or less thickly sprinkled with ochreous 

 scales. 



(4) Boarniia ahietaria, Hiibn.^ — A selection of specimens 

 reared from larva; beaten from Scots-pine in the New Forest. 

 Twenty-two imagines in all were reared from twenty-five 

 larva;. The majority of the larvae were only about half 

 grown when obtained, but these, and also those more mature, 

 completed their growth on birch and sallow. Five of the 

 larvae had the ground colour distinctly greenish, and the 

 markings black. 



(5) Pionea (Scopiila) lutealis, Hiibn. — A series from Bishop 

 Auckland, Durham, with specimens fr(jm southern counties 

 for comparison. The former are larger in size and more 

 strongly marked ; the general colour is whiter. 



Mr. Kaye exhibited a specimen of the Natal Sphingid 

 Theretva orpJicus, the larva of which is known to feed on a 

 species of orchid. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited the fungi, Stilbum cryt/irocephalum 

 on rabbits' dung, from Pett's Wood, and Porta vaporaria on 

 wood ; he also showed teratological examples of TriphcBua 

 proniiha and Dryas paphia, the former with the right fore-wing 

 dwarfed, and the latter with the left fore-wing aberrant in 

 shape and size. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a number of teratological 

 examples, including: 



Odunestis pciatoria, females. — Bred i8g2. The cage in 

 which the pupas were kept was infested by larvae of a 

 Tineid, which, perhaps, accounts for the irregular shape of 

 the wings. But it will be noted that although portions of 

 the margin of the wings appear to be missing, the fringes 

 are continued round those portions. 



