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placed in the Hypsidae, where it is closely alhed to Nyctemera, Cal- 
faretia and other genera, and that the fully developed proboscis, the 
non-pectinate antenne, the smoother scaling, the more diurnal habit, 
and the laryee being scantily clothed with hair all bore out the correct- 
ness of this association. 
At the same meeting Dr. Chapman exhibited a portion of a stem 
of Ferula communis from the He St. Marguerite, near Cannes, showing 
pupa-cases of Lozopera francillonana. The larva feeds in the flower. 
heads and seeds, and burrows ito the stem for hybernation. It does 
so anywhere, but in the majority of cases under the protection of the 
ereat sheathing petioles at the lower joints. As many as 30 or 40 
and even 50 holes of entry may often be counted immediately above 
one node. When the larya pierces the stem it is full grown, and the 
entry holes are as large as or larger than those of exit. Dr. Chapman 
doubted whether it cats any of the material when it is freshest at the 
date of entry. The burrows in the stem are full of bitten but 
undigested material. These burrows proceed in all directions, but 
most frequently upwards, for several inches, often as much as eight or 
ten inches, and then approach the surface, and the burrowing appears 
to go on all the winter. In February and March larvee may be found 
that have not completed their burrows. On completion the burrow 
approaches the surface, and the opening is of full calibre, but a 
delicate filin of tissue is left to be ruptured by the emerging pupa. A 
number of vacant holes were also visible, being the exit of an ichneu- 
mon, which affects a large majority of this Tortricid. ‘The species 
was believed to be Chelonus inanitus, Nees. The heads of several dead 
ones that failed to emerge successfully were to be seen at some of the 
holes. Dr. Chapman said he had placed a black circle round four 
holes as prepared by the larva of the Tortricid for emergence, that were 
still intact, and in two of these it was to be noted that the diaphragm 
was, as he had described, the cuticular tissue of the plant; in the two 
others, however, this had been damaged, and here the larva had made 
a silken diaphragm fortified with chips of the stem tissue. In the 
neighbourhood of the node especially the holes of entry were to be 
seen packed tightly with frass, which appeared to be uneaten material. 
At the same meeting Mr. F, Enock exhibited living specimens of 
male and female Ranatra linearis, Linn., from Epping, together with 
the peculiar forked eggs, which he had observed laid by the Ranatra, 
as it rested upon the upper surface of the leaf grasping the edges with 
its claws. The short anterior legs are held well up close together, in 
a line with the body, the head ‘Taised about an inch from the leaf, 
while the tip of the abdomen (and ovipositor) is pressed against the 
leaf —a downward and forward movement being given. The ovipositor 
is thus forced through the leaf, then partially Sauilnaleaman and the egg 
extruded and forced into the hole as far as the forked filaments, w hich 
prevent it from going right through the leaf. The eggs are frequently 
laid in the half- decay ed stems of aquatic plants. The peculiar 
Prestwichia aquatica, Lubbock, has been bred from the eggs of Ranatrae 
At the same meeting—Mr. Merrifield exhibited a number of pupee 
ot Aporta crataegi, and alled attention to the want of correspondence 
between the markings on the pupal and those on the imaginal wing. 
On the latter, as is well known, there are no spots, only darkened 
neryures, the darkness spreading out a little on the outer margin, but 
