86 MR. A. Thomson's REPORT ON THE INSECT-HOUSE. [Mar. 5* 



Insect-house in the Society's Gardens during the past year, and read 

 the following Report on the subject. 



Report on the Insect-house for 1888. 



Examples of the following species of insects have been exhibited 

 in the Insect-house during the past season : — 



Silk-producing Bombyces and their Allies. 

 Indian. 



African. 



AnthercBu menippe. 



Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



Papilio niachaon. 



poduUrius. 



Thais polyxena. 

 Euchloc cardamines. 

 Vanessa anticpa, 



io. 



atalanta. 



cardui. 



European. 



Vanessa polychlorus. 

 levana. 



Aryynnis paphia. 

 Limenitis sibylla. 



populi. 



Melanargia galatheu. 

 Apatura iris. 



Papilio ajax. 



asterias. 



troilus. 



Smerinthus populi. 

 tilice. 



quercus. 



Sphinx ligustri. 

 jnnastri. 



American. 



Papilio turnus. 

 cresphontes. 



Nocturni. 



quinquemaculata. 



*Pterogon clarkice. 

 *£ombyx calunce. 



* rhadama. 



*Alaria gaurae. 



Callimorpha dominulu. 



Endrornis versicolor. 



Exhibited lor the first time. 



