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species in its old locality, but without success. He also 

 showed the life-history of C. laricclla, consisting of (i) a 

 bundle of larch needles showing depredations of the larvae ; 

 {2) cases in sitii on the needles ; (3) cases in their position, 

 at the bases of the needles, for changing skin and pupation ; 

 (4) the small hybernating case in the axil of the needle 

 twig ; (5) the case to show its angle of attachment to the 

 needle ; (6) cases to show the new additions which the 

 growing larvae have to insert in the case to make it large 

 enough for them ; (7) cases to show the reversed position of 

 the case and mouth-opening after this addition ; and (8) a 

 pupa. 



Mr. Joy exhibited a series of Lyccvna [Polyonunatits) bcUavgiis 

 bred from ova deposited by a female specimen obtained at 

 Folkestone. They emerged in September and were unusually 

 small even for a second brood. The larvae were fed upon 

 growing plants, but were very shy feeders ; they were not 

 cannibals. It was suggested that if fed separately they might 

 have attained a more usual size. Mr. Main said that some 

 Lyccena argiadcs he had bred from South France ova com- 

 prised both full-sized and small examples. 



Mr. Carr exhibited the unusual sized cocoon of Lasiocauipa 

 quercils, which he had previously shown. As no moth had 

 emerged from it he had opened it and inside found a crippled 

 imago, together with a batch of ova and a distorted pupa, 

 both, of course, dead. Mr. Harrison reported having found 

 three larvae of Eriogaster lanesiris spun up in a common 

 cocoon and Mr. Montgomery had had as man}- as five larvae 

 of Malacosoma neustria in one cocoon. Neither had found 

 any imago emerge from these compound cocoons. Dr. Chap- 

 man suggested that it would be well-nigh impossible for an 

 imago to come out, as it could not bring its power into full 

 play to force open the cocoon. No one had met with such 

 cocoons in nature. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited four species of grass- 

 hopper from Boxhill — Stenobothrus parallclus, S. elegans, 

 Gomphocenis rufus, and G. maculatus. 



The remainder of the evening was devoted to an exhibition 

 of lantern slides prepared by the members. 



Mr. Goulton exhibited slides of the larva of Goneptcryx 

 rhamn\ in various positions during the act of pupation, and 

 also of the larva and pupa in siin. 



Mr. West, of Streatham, exhibited a very nice series of 

 slides of corals. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited — ( i) several slides showing the develop- 



