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did not differ from places so remote, either in marking or in 

 size. 



Mr. Henderson, with a view to illustrating the local varia- 

 tion of different species of lepidoptera, exhibited Satyrus 

 seviele, L., Cucullia verbasci, L., etc., from various localities. 

 Mr. Tutt, with reference to the last-named, said, those exhibited 

 showed a good deal of variation, and he thought it was 

 probable that varieties of C. verbasci were frequently offered 

 as C. scropJmlaricE, Esp., a species which did not seem to be 

 found in Britain at the present time. Mr. Tugwell expressed 

 an opinion that in many cases the supposed C. scrophidario- 

 were simply assumed to be that species because the larvae 

 were found feeding onthe ScropJmlaria instead of on Verbascum, 

 the usual food-plant of C. verbasci. Mr. Carrington said it 

 was now a well-known fact that the larvae of C. verbasci fed 

 on both the plants named by Mr. Tugwell. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a specimen of the genus 

 Aspidiniorpha from Upper Burmah, belonging to the group 

 Phytophaga (Plant-eating Beetles), and read the following 

 note : — 



" This beautiful specimen was brought from Upper Burmah, 

 amongst the roots of an Orchid {Dendrobium brymeriajtuin), 

 and belongs to the family Cassididse (or Tortoise Beetles), a 

 very extensive family of Beetles, with highly developed 

 elytra. In this country we have but one genus of Cassidae, 

 numbering some thirteen species, while the exotic species are 

 very numerous ; our own species are not very remarkable for 

 their beauty, being mostly a dull pale green, which renders 

 them almost invisible while clinging to their food-plants. We 

 certainly have one or two species which have golden stripes ; 

 but this colour fades soon after death even more than the 

 green, which, when the insect becomes dry, turns to a brown 

 or dirty yellow, with scarcely a tinge of green in it ; while 

 many of the exotics are so extremely brilliant, and their 

 colours so permanent, particularly those from South America, 

 that they are often set in gold and worn as jewels. The 

 larvae of these beetles have a very curious habit of sheltering 

 themselves under a covering or umbrella of their own 

 excrement, and this they can elevate or depress so as to 

 shade or shelter them more or less effectually. With most 



