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  Mr. 
  G. 
  Elisha 
  exhibited 
  larvaj 
  iu 
  their 
  cases 
  of 
  Coleophora 
  

   vibicigerella 
  and 
  C. 
  viaritimella. 
  

  

  Pape7' 
  read. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Butler 
  communicated 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "Additional 
  

   notes 
  on 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  of 
  Noctuid 
  Moths." 
  

  

  July 
  1, 
  1891. 
  

  

  Feedeeick 
  DuCane 
  Godman, 
  Esq., 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S., 
  President, 
  

   in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  were 
  announced 
  and 
  thanks 
  voted 
  

   to 
  the 
  respective 
  donors. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  a 
  Fellow. 
  

  

  The 
  Eev. 
  John 
  Isabell, 
  of 
  St. 
  Sennen 
  Kectory, 
  Penzance, 
  

   was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Exhibitions, 
  dc, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jacoby 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  GalerucidcB, 
  with 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  

   extraordinarily 
  developed. 
  

  

  Canon 
  Fowler, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Wroughton, 
  Conservator 
  

   of 
  Forests, 
  Poona, 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  bug 
  imitating 
  an 
  

   ant, 
  Polyrachis 
  spiniger, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  spider 
  imitating 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  

   Mutilla, 
  and 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  notes: 
  — 
  "I 
  have 
  taken 
  a 
  good 
  

   many 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  bug 
  which 
  has 
  achieved 
  a 
  very 
  fair 
  

   imitation 
  of 
  PolyracJiis 
  spiniger 
  (under 
  the 
  same 
  stone 
  with 
  

   which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found), 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  evolving 
  a 
  

   pedicle 
  and 
  spines 
  in 
  what, 
  were 
  it 
  an 
  ant, 
  would 
  be 
  its 
  nieta- 
  

   notum. 
  Curiously 
  enough, 
  however, 
  these 
  spines 
  are 
  

   apparently 
  not 
  alike 
  in 
  any 
  two 
  specimens. 
  Is 
  it 
  that 
  this 
  

   bug 
  is 
  still 
  waiting 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  race 
  to 
  accidentally 
  sport 
  

   spines 
  more 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  P. 
  spiniger, 
  and 
  thus 
  to 
  set 
  the 
  ball 
  

   of 
  evolution 
  rolling 
  afresh 
  ? 
  or 
  is 
  it 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  rough 
  

   copy 
  of 
  spinigefs 
  spines 
  is 
  found 
  sufficient 
  to 
  deceive 
  ? 
  The 
  

   bug 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Nilgherries. 
  Mr. 
  Eotlmey 
  

  

  