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  opening, 
  as 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Butler 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  case, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag., 
  Oct. 
  1891. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Pascoe 
  exhibited 
  two 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  Diptera, 
  

   unnamed. 
  He 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  submitted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  K. 
  H. 
  

   Meade, 
  but 
  were 
  unknown 
  to 
  him, 
  and 
  are 
  probably 
  new 
  to 
  

   the 
  British 
  list. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  K. 
  Adkin 
  exhibited 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  supposed 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  Tortrix 
  (Tortrix 
  donelana, 
  Carpenter), 
  bred 
  from 
  

   larvse 
  found 
  on 
  pine 
  trees 
  at 
  Tuam. 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Barrett 
  said 
  

   he 
  had 
  examined 
  the 
  specimens 
  with 
  great 
  care, 
  but 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   consider 
  that 
  they 
  belonged 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  species. 
  He 
  was 
  unable 
  

   to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  Tortrix 
  vibiirnana. 
  

  

  Mous. 
  A. 
  Wailly 
  exhibited 
  preserved 
  larv», 
  in 
  various 
  

   stages, 
  of 
  Citheronia 
  regalis, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  bred 
  from 
  ova 
  

   received 
  from 
  Iowa, 
  United 
  States. 
  He 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  natives 
  

   call 
  this 
  larva 
  the 
  Hickory 
  Horned 
  Devil, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  exhibited 
  were 
  probably 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  this 
  splendid 
  

   species 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  bred 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  Mons. 
  Wailly 
  

   further 
  exhibited 
  three 
  female 
  specimens 
  of 
  AnthercEa 
  yama- 
  

   mai 
  bred 
  from 
  cocoons 
  received 
  from 
  Japan; 
  also 
  a 
  nest 
  

   of 
  cocoons 
  of 
  Bombyx 
  radaina, 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Madagascar, 
  aud 
  a 
  nest 
  of 
  another 
  species, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  which 
  

   he 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  ascertain. 
  He 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  

   structure 
  of 
  this 
  nest 
  was 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  Bombyx 
  

   radama, 
  and 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees, 
  whereas 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  former 
  species 
  hung 
  from 
  the 
  branches. 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  B. 
  

   Smith, 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  Colonel 
  Swinhoe 
  took 
  part 
  

   in 
  a 
  discussion 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Citheronia 
  regalis, 
  

   and 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  at 
  which 
  they 
  dropped 
  their 
  spines 
  prior 
  

   to 
  pupating. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  exhibited 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  weevil, 
  Ectopsis 
  

   ferrugalis, 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  of 
  which 
  bore 
  a 
  close 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  twig 
  cut 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  knife. 
  He 
  

   said 
  he 
  had 
  received 
  the 
  specimens 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  V. 
  Hudson, 
  

   of 
  Wellington, 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  who 
  stated 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  

   resting 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  on 
  dead 
  trunks 
  and 
  branches 
  of 
  

   Panax 
  arborea 
  in 
  the 
  forests. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Champion 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Forficulidce, 
  

   captured 
  by 
  ]\Ir. 
  J. 
  J. 
  AValker, 
  E.N., 
  in 
  Tasmania, 
  and 
  

  

  