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the existence of post-thoracic stigmata in the larva of R. cruentatus had been 

 raeutioned by Candeze, but denied by Leconte and Horn. They were cer- 

 tainly present in the larva of R. paliiianwi, but were very minute. He also 

 exhibited a piece of a drawing-board, showing extensive injury by Longicorn 

 larvae during a period extending over seven years. Mr. G. T. Porritt 

 exhibited two varieties of Arctia lubricipeda from Yorl\ ; an olive-banded 

 specimen of Bombyxquercus from Hudderstield; and a small melanic specimen 

 of Melanippe hastata from Wharncliffe Wood, Yorkshire. Mr. H. Goss ex- 

 hibited a few species of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Neuroptera, 

 sent to him by Major G. H. Leathem, of the 31st Regiment, who had 

 collected them, last June and July, whilst on a shooting expedition ia 

 Kashmere territory. Some of the specimens were taken by Major 

 Leathem at an elevation of from 10,000 to 11,000 feet, but the majority 

 were stated to have been collected in the Krishnye Valley, which drains the 

 glaciers on the western slopes of the Nun Kun range. Mr. Elwes remarked 

 that some of the butterflies were of great interest. Mr. G. F. Hampson 

 exhibited a curious form of Parnassius, taken by Sir Henry Jenkyns, 

 K.C.B., on the 29th of June last, in the Gasternthal, Kandersteg. Mr. J- 

 M. Adye exhibited a long series of remarkable varieties of Boarinia repan- 

 data, taken last July in the New Forest. Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse exhibited 

 a photograph of the middle of the eye of a male Tahanus, showing square 

 and other forms of facets, multiplied 25 times. Mr. Roland Trimen com- 

 municated a paper entitled " On some new, or imperfectly known, species 

 of South African Butterflies," and the species described in this paper were 

 exhibited. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell communicated a paper entitled " Two 

 new species of Pulvinaria from Jamaica." Mr. Martin Jacoby communi- 

 cated a paper entitled " Descriptions of some new genera and new species of 

 Halticidse." — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 February 9th, 1893. — Mr. J. Jenner Weir, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Frohawk exhibited hybernating larvae of Epinephele ianira, and 

 stated that they fed intermittently throughout the winter, seldom remain- 

 ing more than ten or twelve days without food. Mr. Adkin, a series of 

 Aplecta prasina (herbida), bred from ova obtained from a moth captured at 

 Polegate, Sussex, during the past summer; he stated that the larvae 

 showed a disposition to hybernate, and were with difficulty induced to feed 

 up. Mr. Waller, a bred series of Smerintkus tilice from the London 

 district ; one of the specimens exhibited a tendency towards melanism. 

 Mr. McArtiiur, Tceniocampa gothica var. gothicina, Coccyx cosmophorana, 

 and Retinia duplana, and a discussion ensued, Mr. Barrett stating that, in 

 his opinion, the earlier specimens of so-called R. duplana brought from 

 Scotland were only small specimens of R. turionana. Mr. Adye, a tine and 

 variable series of Boarmia repandata, taken at sugar in the New Forest in 

 July, 1892. Mr. Weir exhibited a photograph, taken from 'Insect Life' 

 for January, 1893, of a twig bearing some two dozen specimens of Anosia 

 plexippus resting at night during migration, and read a paper which 

 illustrated the migratory instinct of this and, indirectly, of other species. 

 A discussion, in which Messrs. Barrett, Weir, and Hawes took part, then 

 followed, it being noted that whereas some dozen or more captures of 

 A. plexippus were recorded for this country, only three were known to 

 have been taken on the continent of Europe. Mr. Mansbridge read a 



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