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pt. ii.), and read notes, in the course of which he mentioned 

 that the imago appeared to bear a very strong resemblance to 

 T. viburnana, Fb., and the larva was very similar to that of 

 the same species. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett also exhibited specimens of this Tortrix 

 among various forms of T. viburnana, from which species he 

 stated he was unable to distinguish it. T. viburnana larva 

 fed on a variety of foodplants, and it was a very general feeder, 

 yet it was an extraordinary thing to take it upon fir ; the 

 Irish specimens were certainly smaller than typical viburnana, 

 and the reduction of size through the unusual foodplant of 

 the larva was reall}' the most important point. Mr. Tutt 

 remarked that it was already recorded that T. viburnana did 

 feed on pine ; Herr Hoffman had sent him a series of T. 

 steineriana, Hb., var. dohrniana, H.-S., and Mr. Tutt con- 

 sidered that the Irish specimens were referable to this variety 

 of steineriana.. 



Mr. F. Frohawk exhibited an example of the Fork-tailed 

 Petrel {Procellaria leucorrJicea, Vieuillot), found dead Septem- 

 ber 27th, in Co. Clare, after a heavy north-westerly gale. 



OCTOBER 227td, 1891. 



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



Mr, Henry Mead Briggs was elected a member. 



This was a Special Meeting, at which new Bye- Laws were 

 submitted, proposed amendments considered and discussed, 

 and in the result the Bye-Laws as amended were adopted. 



NOVEMBER \2th, 1891. 



W. H. TuGWELL, Esq., Ph.C, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Cooper exhibited a variety of Abraxas grossulariata, 

 L., without any trace of yellow in the markings of the wings, 

 and having a broad central black band. 



Mr. Herbert Williams exhibited wine corks perforated by 

 the larvae of some insect ; one of these larvae was also exhi- 

 bited. Mr. Williams stated that they were doing a consider- 

 able amount of damage to a city wine-merchant's stock ; the 

 corks of over 200 bottles of port (for which wine the species 

 showed a decided preference) having been attacked. Mr. 

 C. G. Barrett expressed an opinion that the larva was a half- 

 grown specimen of (EcopJwra pseudospretella, Sta. ; but it was 

 very active, and might be the equally common Endrosis 

 fenestrella, Scop. Mr. R. Adkin said he did not think either 

 species confined their attention to port wine corks, nor did 

 he think the larvse ever went through the cork into the wine. 



