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only partially following the female parent ; twenty-nine 

 were banded, thus in neither respect resembling the female 

 parent. 



" From a banded female, taken on July 20th, igoi, within a 

 couple of yards from the same spot, ova were also obtained, 

 and moths were also reared in the following June and July 

 to the number of fifty-two, of which sixteen only were banded, 

 and thus resembled the female parent ; thirty-six were non- 

 banded, and therefore did not follow the female parent. 



" In neither case was the male parent known, and it is quite 

 possible that some ova may have been deposited by the 

 parent females before they were captured ; but assuming 

 that to have been the case, it is worthy of note that in 

 both instances the moths that did follow the female 

 parents were neither the first nor the last of the brood to 

 appear, but were bred during the central part of the period 

 over which the emergences extended, and at the time when 

 the largest numbers were coming forth. I have on several 

 former occasions reared broods from both banded and plain 

 female parents, and whereas from 50 per cent, to 60 per cent, 

 of the offspring of the former have invariably followed the 

 known parent, I have never previously reared banded moths 

 from a non-banded parent. It is quite possible that in the 

 present case both females may have paired with males of the 

 opposite form ; but even assuming that to be so, the propor- 

 tion of the progeny following the female parent appears to 

 be less than usual." 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited two specimens oi Larcntia didy- 

 inata,hvQd from larvae fed on broom from Glenbeigh,Co. Kerry. 

 They were remarkable in having a very reduced central 

 black band, and in having all the markings very clearly 

 defined with the ground colour very pale. Broom is a most 

 unusual food-plant, Tencriiiiii, Anemone, and such like plants 

 forming the ordinary pabulum. 



. Mr. Edwards exhibited the skull of a rabbit having most 

 remarkable dentition, the result, no doubt, of an injury. 

 Several of the teeth had grown to an extraordinary length 

 and were most curiously curved. 



Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., the President of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London, gave a long address on " Recent 

 Researches in Protective Resemblance, Warning Colours, 

 and Mimicry in Insects," and illustrated his remarks with a 

 very large number of lantern-slides. There was a large 

 attendance of members and their friends. 



