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synonymy, the relationship, and the chief structural pecu- 

 liarities of the families comprised in the superfamily (see 

 Tutt, " Brit. Lep.," ii, pp. 434, etc. etc.). 



APRIL 26th, 1900. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Rowden, of Kingston Hill, was elected a member. 



Mr. Buckstone exhibited specimens of TriphcBiia fimbria, 

 bred from ova by Mr. Lawrence. The larvae had fed exclu- 

 sively upon cabbage, which was noted as an unusual food for 

 the species. 



Mr. Turner exhibited the following Longicorn Coleoptera : 

 (i) Saperda populnea, from Carlisle, an insect attached to the 

 aspen, and of which only one other record was known of its 

 occurrence so far north ; (2) Rhaginui bifasciatuin, from the 

 New Forest ; (3) Clytus arictis, from Lewisham, a beetle 

 which mimics the wasps ; (4) C. uiysticus, beaten from old 

 whitethorn bushes in Brockley. He also exhibited living 

 larvae : (i) Callimorpha dominula, from Deal, where they were 

 not so common as two years ago ; (2) of Bombyx qucrcih, 

 from Deal, feeding on garden rose ; (3) oiPericallia syringaria 

 from Bexley. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited specimens of the " snake's head," 

 Fritillaria uieleagris, including a pure white variation, from 

 near Oxford. The latter appeared annually, but was most 

 sparing. 



Mr. Moore exhibited a Kaffir necklace made out of the 

 " eggs " of the white ant, Teiniws bellicosus. These so-called 

 eggs were really the encysted pupae of a species of Coccid of 

 subterranean habits belonging to the genus Margarodes. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Eiigonia fuscantaria 

 reared from Lewes ova. He said that his earlier attempts 

 at rearing the species from the egg had been singularly dis- 

 appointing ; the young larvat; were supplied with the very 

 freshest possible ash leaves, but absolutely refused to feed, 

 and consequentl}- all died. He then tried placing them on 

 the growing tree, and found that they at once began to feed. 

 Guided by this he had, in his more recent attempts, attached 

 the eggs to a small growing branch of an ash tree directly 

 they showed any signs of hatching, and enclosed the whole 

 in a fine muslin bag. On the larvae attaining a sufficient size 

 thev were transferred to a larger branch, and a bag of coarser 

 material used. Again, when approaching full growth they 



