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  Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  * 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  the 
  species 
  

   mimicking 
  Mutilla 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  Calcutta 
  and 
  Barrackpore, 
  where 
  

   P. 
  spiniger 
  is 
  a 
  tree 
  ant, 
  forming 
  its 
  net 
  by 
  spinning 
  together 
  

   the 
  twigs 
  of 
  a 
  shrub, 
  the 
  mimicking 
  bug 
  also 
  assumes 
  

   arboreal 
  habits, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  

   with 
  the 
  ants.' 
  " 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Porritt 
  exhibited 
  living 
  specimens 
  of 
  Eupithecia 
  exten- 
  

   saria 
  and 
  Geometra 
  smaragdaria 
  : 
  the 
  position 
  assumed 
  by 
  the 
  

   former 
  proved 
  conclusively 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  rightly 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  genus 
  FAipithecia. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Crowley 
  exhibited 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  Pcqnlio 
  from 
  the 
  

   Khasia 
  hills, 
  belonging 
  to 
  an 
  undescribed 
  species 
  allied 
  to 
  

   P. 
  papone, 
  sub-generic 
  section 
  Chilades. 
  Col. 
  Swinhoe 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  he 
  possessed 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  Northern 
  

   Burmah. 
  Mr. 
  Moore 
  and 
  others 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  

   which 
  followed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dallas 
  Beeching 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Plusia 
  moneta, 
  

   recently 
  taken 
  by 
  himself 
  at 
  High 
  Woods, 
  Tonbridge, 
  and 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Gonepteryx 
  cleopatra, 
  lent 
  him 
  for 
  exhibition, 
  

   which 
  were 
  alleged 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Algernon 
  Chapman 
  exhibited 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  Micropteryx 
  

   calthella, 
  and 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  larva 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  placing 
  moths 
  in 
  a 
  cage 
  with 
  damp 
  moss, 
  dead 
  

   leaves, 
  and 
  other 
  debris 
  off 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  Into 
  

   this 
  the 
  moths 
  crept 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  half- 
  an 
  -inch, 
  forcing 
  their 
  

   way 
  into 
  narrow 
  cavities, 
  and 
  laid 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  groups 
  of 
  six 
  

   or 
  twelve. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine 
  hairs, 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   refractive 
  particles. 
  The 
  larva, 
  about 
  a 
  millimetre 
  in 
  length, 
  

   possesses 
  on 
  each 
  segment 
  eight 
  processes 
  of 
  a 
  globular 
  form 
  

   raised 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  pedicle. 
  Besides 
  the 
  thoracic 
  legs, 
  

   each 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  (eight) 
  possesses 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   minute 
  jointed 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  as 
  the 
  thoracic. 
  There 
  

   are 
  also 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  long 
  jointed 
  antennfe," 
  

  

  Papers 
  dc, 
  read. 
  

   Col. 
  Swinhoe 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Heterocera 
  

   from 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Hills." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Crowley 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Prnthoc." 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Gahan 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Suuth 
  American 
  

  

  