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lydiiis and 0. socrates from the Malays, with Parnassius 

 imperator and P. horsleyaniLs from Thibet. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a long-bred series of Sesia 

 {Macroglossa) stellatarum, and contributed the following 

 notes : 



"' July 14th. — An unusually large patch of the yellow bed- 

 straw {Galinin veviiui) was noticed at Bromley, Kent, situated 

 in the middle of a meadow of very long grass. The stems 

 of the bed-straw were conspicuously tall and fully exposed to 

 the glare of the sun, A moderate-sized bunch of the flowers 

 was picked, brought home, and placed in water. 



"July 15th. — One young larva was observed, apparently 

 just hatched, but no others were to be found. A search was 

 not made for ova, unfortunately. 



"July 20th. — It was found that other larvae had appeared 

 on the bunch, and that in all eight were present. A second 

 visit was made to the patch of bed-straw at Bromley, and as 

 the result of a thorough search no less that forty-two larvae 

 were secured, of all sizes, from some just hatched to others 

 about half- fed. Nearly all were taken from the patch men- 

 tioned ; only two or three larvae were discovered on the' 

 smaller patches. For the first few days the larvae were fed 

 in cages (larger) and bottles (smaller) and placed in an open 

 verandah facing N.E., getting the early morning sun. 

 After that they were all put into a greenhouse having the 

 full heat of the sun, but with the cages slightly shaded by 

 paper placed on the top and overlapping. They fed up very 

 rapidly; in fact, to get them food was a difficulty, as they 

 consumed very little but the flowers, and dropped or detached 

 about as much as they ate. 



"July 25th. — Several larvae assumed a beautiful dark 

 purple tint and ceased feeding. They wandered about for a 

 short time, but soon burrowed just below the surface of the 

 rubbish and spun a very flimsy cocoon, in which they changed 

 to pupae. The cocoon was only just sufficient to prevent 

 the rubbish from collapsing on to the pupa, 



" August 3rd.- — All but two or three larvae had finished 

 pupating. 



" August 8th.- — The remaining two or three had gone 

 down. The pupae were all removed from their cocoons and 

 placed on blotting-paper on dr}' sand in a fresh cage. 



" August 24th. — One pupa began to darken, the wing- 

 cases first, beginning with the outer margin. The wing- 

 cases were as a rule of a deep black-brown before the rest of 

 the pupa began to darken. 



