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general average of representation should if possible be devised. It is 
perhaps worthy of note that the average attendance at the meetings - 
always appears to be higher when a lepidopterist is in the chair, and 
record meetings generally occur when Mr. Merrifield, Mr. Elwes, Dr. 
Dixey, Professor Poulton, or some well-known lepidopterist is on the 
warpath. The friendly selection of a long list of well-known Iellows 
by outsiders, that might be added to the list chosen by the Council, 
in order to obtain a popular election at the next general meeting 
might perhaps prove a step in the right direction. 
-pOTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARVA, &. 
Kieccs or Lepmoprera.—lubolia plumbaria.—Leneth -75mm., 
width -5mm., height about :25mm., oval in outline with a deep oval 
depression occupying almost the whole of the upper surface, pale 
yellow in colour, covered with a reticulation of large polygons 
(chiefly hexagonal) the lines of the network not very coarse. The 
base of the ege is equally reticulated with the sides, but the mesh of 
the reticulation becomes much smaller around the micropyle, which is 
placed centrally at one end, and consists of a stella of small radiating 
cells (Described July 20th, 1898, from eggs sent by Mr. Clutten). 
Calligenia miniataa—Kigegs laid on July 27th, 1898, at Aix-les- 
Bains, matured very rapidly, and by August 3rd were grey in colour, 
with the upper parts blackish-erey. This dark part under a lens 
proved to be the heads of the contained embryos which were already 
practically mature. The nine-pin-like appearance of the eggs of this 
species has been already referred to. 
Melampias epiphron.—Pale yellow in colour; tall compared with 
width (3 : 2); the tranverse section circular; about 14 or 15 ribs from 
base, some not reaching the top, distinct, but not very sharp and no 
ereat depth between them, transverse ribbing very indistinct, the 
micropylar area flattened, the ribs appear to anastomose on the edge of 
the micropylar area, which although flattened is not depressed ; base 
smooth, its shape forms a truncated cone, with the apical diameter 
almost as wide as the basal (Described August 12th, under hand 
lens from egg laid August 11th, by 2 caught on the slopes above Villa, 
near Hvolena, by Dr Chapman). 
Aciptilia tetradactyla.—Long axis horizontal, length : breadth :: 8 : 
2; laid on lid of box; pale-green in colour; almost regularly oval in 
outline, although rather broader at micropylar end; somewhat plump, 
surface apparently quite smooth, and no trace of a depression on 
upper surface; exceedingly minute, no means of judging size 
(Described with hand lens, August 2nd, 1899, from eges laid same 
day by moth captured at Simplon). 
Acidalia flaveolaria.—Liaid on its long side; very pale brownish, 
even when first laid, becoming slightly darker afterwards; broadly 
oval in outline; length: breadth :: 5 : 4; the ends somewhat 
flattened, one (micropylar) end appearing to be rather more so than tle 
other ; the upper surface shehtly depressed, the whole surface covered 
with a fine polygonal network arranged in longitudinal ovals, the reticu- 
lation very marked (but not coarse as in A. humiliata), the hexagonal 
spaces deep owing to height of ribs; about eleven to width of ege and 
