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received from Mr. L. W. Newman ; (6) D. coryli, received 

 from Mr. L. W. Newman ; (7) T. stabilis, received from Mr. 

 H. Main; (8) .Y. lithoriza [areola), received from Mr. H. 

 Main ; (9) B. noiha, received from Mr. L. W. Newman ; (10) 

 S. illnnaria (colour orange-red), received from Mr. L. W. 

 Newman; (11) T. binndulavia (colour light green), received 

 from Mr. L. W. Newman ; (12) B. cindaria (colour light 

 green), received from Mr. L. W. Newman. 



Mr. Turner exhibited the following larvae and cases of the 

 genus Coleophora, C. pyrrhiilipennella, on heather, from the 

 New Forest, taken by Mr. Main, and from Shirley, taken 

 by Mr. West (Greenwich) ; C. alcyonipenncUa, from near 

 Ranmore Common, on Centaurea nigra ; C. solitariella on 

 Stellaria holostea, from Chiswick, taken by Mr. Sich, and 

 from Lewisham ; C. heinerobiella, on hawthorn, from Chiswick, 

 taken by Mr. Sich ; C. albitarsclla, on marjoram, from 

 Dorsetshire, sent by Mr. Bankes ; C. olivaceella, one case 

 only, on Stellaria holostea, from Lewisham ; and C. lineolea, 

 on Ballota nigra, from Lewisham. 



Mr. Main exhibited a very large species of " silver-fish," 

 which came over in a cargo of sugar from Java, together 

 with a spider from the same place. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a nice series of finelj'-marked 

 A gratis cinerea from the neighbourhood of Brighton. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited Plnsia iiioneta, from Welling, Kent. 



Mr. Manger exhibited a specimen of the crab Grapsiis 

 macitlatas from the West Indies. It was stated to be a very 

 active species, jumping on the faces of the races, and to be 

 distributed in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited a photograph of a pupa oi Enchlo'c 

 cardamines, and stated that the pupae of larvae which pupated 

 on the zinc top of the breeding-cage were of a decidedly zinc 

 colour, those on the green stems of the food-plant took on 

 the green colour of the seed pods, while those on the drab- 

 coloured food were of a drab colour. 



Mr. Sich exhibited a small snail, Hyalina crystallina, from 

 the County of London, gathered at Hammersmith the same 



Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited a twin flower head of Narcissus 

 poeticus. It was a case of fasciation of the flower stems, and 

 not, as was more usual, a duplication of the flower. 



Mr. Lucas gave a very interesting address, wath lantern 

 illustrations, entitled " Notes on British Orthoptera," and 

 asked specially for particulars of the occurrence of the various 

 species (see p. 21). 



