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



Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



Papilio podalirius. 



macliaon. 



Thais polyxena. 



^ cerisyi. 



Vanessa antiopa. 



io. 



urticce. 



levana. 



Apatura iris. 



Papilio njax. 

 asterias. 



European. 



Melanagria galathsa. 

 LyccBna corydon. 

 adonis. 



^ alsus. 



Anthocharis cardamines. 

 Argynnis paphia. 

 aglaia. 



American. 



Nocturnal 

 Smerinthus ocellatus. 



populi. 



Sphinx ligustri. 



* oreodaphne. 



*Protopace Carolina. 



*■ celeus. 



* Oeratomia amyntor. 

 '^ChcErocampa capensis. 



elpenor. 



Deilephila euphorbice. 



gain. 



vespertilio. 



Papilio cresphontes. 

 Limenitis disippus. 



Lepidoptera. 



Macroglossa bombyliformis. 



Saturnia pyri. 



carpini. 



Zygcena fiUpendulce. 



Eacles regalis. 



imperialis. 



'^Dryocampa ruhicunda. 



Liparis dispar. 



Odenestis potatoria. 



Bombyx neustria. 

 *Setina irrorella. 

 *Cucullia scrophularice. 



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

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

 viz. : — Henucha smilaos, from Natal ; Thais cerisyi and Lyccena alsus, 

 European ; Sphinx oreodaphne, Protopace Carolina, Protopace celeus, 

 and Ceratomia amyntor, from N. x\merica ; Ghcerocampa 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 

 larvse 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 Empusa 

 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 Insects (Diaphemora femoral a) 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. 



