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batch of cocoons. The larvse of M. aurinia were from 

 Gloucester. 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited on behalf of Mr. Beau- 

 mont three fine varieties oi Abraxas grossulariata, L. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited, on behalf Mr. L. Gibb, a living 

 larva of Apatiira iris, L., recently beaten from Sallow near 

 Brockenhurst. 



Mr. A. W. Mera exhibited bred examples of Fidonia 

 linibaria, Fb., and Eupithecia venosaia, Fb., the latter having 

 been two years in pupa. 



Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited a number of larvae 

 found in flour in one of the London dock warehouses, to- 

 gether with some of the infected flour, and stated that there 

 was very little doubt that the larvse came from Trieste ; the 

 flour having been originally shipped from America to that 

 port, and thence to London. It was now so full of larvae that 

 it was perfectly useless. 



Mr. R. Adkin suggested that probably the species would 

 turn out to be Ephestia kiiJiniella, Zell., a warehouse pest 

 that had recently been recorded from Stoney Stratford, 

 Bucks. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a species of Diptera, Scato- 

 pJiaga hitaria, Fab., in the act of destroying its victim, 

 Lucilla ccesar, L. Lasioderma testaceiun, L., a very destructive 

 little Coleopteron, belonging to the family Ptinidcs, whose 

 larvae drill holes in furniture, old cabinets, and all sorts of 

 vegetable substances, if dry. This exhibit consisted of a 

 larva and three imagines taken from two cigars, a portion of 

 a consignment of 7,000 from Calcutta, the whole of which 

 were completely destroyed by the riddling of these little 

 pests. The ginger root from the East Indies, Mr. Billups 

 said, was particularly liable to the attacks of these insects ; 

 in fact, the importers calculate their loss annually at upwards 

 of ^3,000 on ginger from Cochin and Calicut alone. Also 

 a number of specimens of PelopJiila borealis, Pk., just received 

 from County Armagh, Ireland, and taken by the Rev. W. F. 

 Johnson. 



Mr. Billups drew attention to the fact that at the 



