180 MR. A. Thomson's report on the insect-house. [Mar. 3, 



Diurnal Lepidoptera. 

 European. 



Of the insects which I have the honour to place before the 

 Meeting this evening the following are exhibited for the first time, 

 viz. : — Benucha smilax, from Natal ; Thais cerisyi and Lyccena alsus, 

 European ; Sphinx oreodaphne, Protopace Carolina, Protopace celeus, 

 and Ceratomia amyntor, from N. America ; ChcBrocampa capensis, 

 from S. Africa; and Dryocampa rubicunda, also from N. America. 



During the past season I was again able to rear a fine lot of the 

 larvae o^ Limenitis disippus, from N. America, upon Weeping-willow ; 

 but I am sorry to say that I was not so successful with the Silk- 

 producing Moths. 



We received from Mr. J. C. Warburg some specimens of Enipusa 

 egena from the South of France. One of the specimens sent laid 

 some eggs in the case after arrival and these subsequently hatched 

 out, but 1 regret to say that, with all our endeavours, we could not 

 succeed in rearing them. 



The eggs laid by the Stick Ii\sects{Diaphemorafemorata) in 1889 

 also hatched out at intervals, but they did not do by any means so 

 well as the imported eggs. 



* Exhibited for the first time. 



