94 Proceedings. 



Professor Weiss, who expressed the opinion that it 

 belonged to the Composite?, and was near akin to the 

 Pterygopappus Lawrencia, of Tasmania. The fact that it 

 was not in flower or fruit made exact identification almost 

 impossible. 



Mr. Rogers also exhibited 17 new species of land 

 shells of the Family Achatinellince, from the Hawaiian 

 Islands, which have been recently described and figured 

 by Mr. Baldwin in the Proceedings of the Academy 0} 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, for 1895. 



Mr. Cunliffe exhibited several slides of diatoms 

 from Siberia and Istria, under the microscope. 



Mr. Boyd exhibited sections of the earth-worm under 

 the microscope. 



Mr. J. C. Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., exhibited specimen 

 of Plusia moneta Febr., a striking addition to our English 

 lists, which has during the past five years been making 

 itself at home in our southern counties, more particularly 

 Kent. Mr. M. M. Phipps, of Tunbridge Wells, has been 

 fortunate enough to breed some fine specimens from the 

 egg, he having on two occasions netted $'s, and he 

 forwarded Mr. Melvill four specimens in fresh condition. 

 One he gave to the Manchester Museum at Owens 

 College; the other three were exhibited. 



For comparison Mr. Melvill showed the other Plusice 

 in his British and European collection, amounting in all 

 to 23 species, and a few exotic moths of the same 

 genus, likewise showing that the inhabitants of the more 

 temperate climes are more beautifully marked, as touching 

 this genus, than the tropical. P. my a (V. argenteum) 

 and P. dives from Russia are amongst the most beautiful 

 JSIoctua known. 



