ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



JANUARY %th, 1891. 

 W. H. TUGWELL, Esq., Ph.C, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. H. WilHams and T. J. Washford were elected 

 members. 



Mr. Tu^vvell exhibited series of Miana strigilis, Clerck., 

 and M. fasciuncula, Haw., and referred to the statement 

 recently made by Mr. Tutt, that although these had hitherto 

 been considered as distinct, he was of opinion that they were 

 only forms of one species, he having received from the Rev. 

 W. F. Johnson specimens taken at Armagh, which in Mr. 

 Tutt's opinion were intermediate between strigilis and fasci- 

 uncula. Mr. Tugwell said this statement had considerably 

 surprised him, and he at some length pointed out what he 

 considered to be distinctions between the two, not only super- 

 ficial but also structural ; he also referred to the descriptions 

 of the larvae respectively published by Newman and Buckler ; 

 and in conclusion stated that he was clearly of opinion that 

 they were distinct, the more so as Mr. Tutt had based his 

 conclusion entirely on the appearance of these intermediate 

 forms, and not on his knowledge of the life-history of the 

 two species. 



Mr. C. Fenn remarked that he did not think that much 

 importance should be attached to the published descriptions 

 of the larvae, as in their different stages larvae varied to such 

 an extent that descriptions of solitary examples were of little 

 or no value, and further, in his opinion, Mr. Newman's de- 

 scriptions of larvae were not very reliable, as he never 

 adopted any system in describing them. 



Mr. R. South expressed an opinion that the two species 

 were undoubtedly distinct, and referred to the hairy tufts on 

 the abdomen of strigilis as a very good character ; he did not 

 think it was possible to confuse the two. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett also agreed that the two were distinct, 

 pointing out what he considered good distinctive characters 

 between them, the different proportions of the thorax and 

 abdomen, and different shapes of the forewings, adding that 

 the larvae, which were internal feeders, were very difficult to 

 obtain and rear, and would no doubt vary considerably. 



