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Mr. W. H. Tugwell exhibited examples of Spilosoma 

 menthastri, Esp., var. ochracea, White., bred from Dundee 

 parents, the larvae having been fed on stinging nettle {Urtica 

 dioica, L.). 



Mr. D. J. Rice exhibited the nest of a Robin [Erithaats 

 rubecula, L.), made in an old kettle ; nest and eggs of 

 Hawfinch {CoccotJiraustts vtclgaris, Pallas), taken in the Leith 

 Hill district, where he stated the latter bred regularly. 



Mr. Tugwell mentioned that he had recently bred several 

 specimens of Sesia sphegifonnis, Fb., the larvae having been 

 found at Tilgate Forest, Sussex. He was of opinion that the 

 species spent three years in the larval stage. The ova being de- 

 posited on alder stems at the end of June or beginning of Julv, 

 hatch in a few days. The young larvae feed on the inner bark, 

 and may be found quite small the following spring, throwing 

 out tiny threads of frass through the bark. They feed all 

 through next season, burrowing between the bark and woody 

 stem. The third year they eat well into the centre of the 

 wood, and towards the end of the season they form a channel 

 out to the bark again, always working upwards, but do not 

 pierce the bark. They remain as full fed larvae until the 

 be^^inning of the May following, when they pupate near the 

 end of the burrow, and appear as imagines in June, so that as 

 larvae they live some thirty-four months. It is quite useless 

 to collect the larvae until the spring of the year in which they 

 pupate, and with best success after that stage. To collect 

 them young is only to sacrifice them ! 



JUT.Y i2th, 1888. 

 J. T. Carrington, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. A. L. Clark, W. B. Farr, and R. Atherton, were 

 elected members. 



Mr. Weir exhibited a male specimen of Lyccena icanis, Rott., 

 which he had taken at Lewes in June last. It was remarkable 

 as showing a slight tendency to hermaphroditism ; there were 

 on the upper side of the under wings two well-defined and 

 several smaller submarginal spots ; the colour of all the wings 

 in other respects was that of an ordinary male of the species. 

 His attention had been drawn to the insect by a male of the 



