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JULY 21 th, 1893. 



J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., etc, President^ in the Chair. 



Mr. A. Robinson exhibited a magnificent series of Calli- 

 morpha hera, L., bred from ova obtained from a female 

 captured in Devonshire in August, 1892. He mentioned that 

 among those he bred, a large number were deformed in the 

 hind wings, and principally in the left one. Mr. Robinson 

 had also two specimens of Dicraniira bicuspis, Bork, from 

 Tilgate Forest, one being a very pale variety. 



Mr. H. Williams exhibited five pupae of Leucophasia sinapis, 

 L., for the purpose of showing the gradual development of 

 the imago, the pupae being 4, 5, 11, 16 and 18 days old 

 respectively ; also an empty pupa case, the imago from this 

 having emerged on the i6th day. The ova were laid on the 

 26th and 28th of May, the first hatching on the 6th June. 

 The young larvae fed upon Lotus corniculatus, the first one 

 pupating on the 9th July. An imago from one of the pupae 

 exhibited emerged during the course of the evening. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a fine series of Pempelia palumbella, 

 Fb., from Oxshott, and a few Thera variata, Schiff., including 

 a unicolorous specimen, several T. firmata, Hb., and also a 

 large number of Tineina, etc. 



Mr. Dennis brought a box of Thecla beiulcs, L., which had 

 been bred this year at the end of June, one female having 

 the orange band slightly smaller than usual. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited specimens of Smerinthus popitli, L., 

 from Lewisham, Sutherland, and the New Forest, three of 

 the specimens being of that very light brown form which 

 sometimes occurs, one from each of the localities named ; 

 also a few Smerinthus ocellatus, L., bred from larvae found at 

 Lewisham. 



Mr. Barrett exhibited the larvae of Diurnea fagella men- 

 tioned at the last meeting. These larvae, if not actually 

 alive, were in a state of very fresh preservation, and Mr. 

 Weir said he thought there was no doubt that they had 

 been stored by one of the Mason Wasps as food for its 

 young. 



Mr. Perks exhibited a fungus from the stem of a date palm. 



Mr. Step reported that the frog-like toad previously 

 referred to, had since died, but he was no nearer its elucida- 

 tion. He exhibited the following species of galls from 

 Epsom, viz., Andricus fecundatrix, Htg., Netiroterus lenticu- 

 larisy Olivier., Andricus ostreus, Cynips kollari, Rhodites 

 nervosus, Curt., R. rosce^ Htg., and R. eglanterioe, Htg., and 



