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The dark-bordered and pale forms were in equal proportions, 

 .there being eighteen of each, one of the former having the 

 central pale portion of the fore-wings almost free from the 

 usual clouding ; and of the " black " form there was one 

 example only. 



Mr. Turner said that he had found the species somewhat 

 scarce in the London district this season, and no specimen 

 of the black form had been seen by him. 



Mr. Short exhibited a bred series of A crony eta my ricce, with 

 dipterous and hymenopterous parasites. The latter were 

 recognised by Mr. Billups as male and female specimens of 

 Ichneumon fuscipes. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited two living female specimens of Vespa 

 germanica taken in February. 



Mr. Perks exhibited two living specimens of Rhagium 

 inquisitor from Epping Forest. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited specimens of the resinous 

 habitations made by the larvae of Retinia resinclla, together 

 with examples of the pure resin of which they are mainly 

 constructed, and a kind of wax secreted by the larvse with 

 which they are lined. (" Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxxi, p. 251.) 



Mr. McArthur communicated the following observations 

 upon Coccyx cosmophorana and Retinia resinella : 



" In the Report of the Proceedings of this Society for 

 November, 1895, by a slight error I am made to say that 

 Coccyx cosmophorana did not occur at Rannoch. It is some 

 twenty years since I first made the acquaintance of this 

 species in that locality, and it has been recorded before and 

 since that time in greater or lesser numbers from the same 

 district. Retinia resinella is reported to have been captured 

 in Rannoch by Bouchard, but I think erroneously, as 

 Bouchard was known to have collected at Forres before 

 going to Rannoch. If Bouchard had captured R. resinella 

 at Rannoch, it seems very strange that so many energetic 

 collectors, who have since visited that locality, in some 

 cases year after year, should not have been able to find 

 R. resinella in any of its stages. I mention this, for I think 

 it will bear on the remarks I wish to make. 



" During the discussion I said that I had bred C. cosmo- 

 phorana from resinous nodules made by R. resinella, and that 

 the larvse of the former fed up on the frass made by the 

 larvse of the latter, and I believe I am quite correct in that 

 statement. Mr. Tutt has taken considerable trouble to 

 prove that I am in error, and according to the authors he 

 quotes in his article, at first sight it would appear that my 



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