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which visited differently coloured flowers of the same species, such as 

 petunias. Mr. Barrett, Mr. Green, and Mr. Scott-Elliot continued the 

 discussion. Mr. Tutt read a paper, by Prof. A. Eadcliffe-Grote, entitled 

 " On the Nomenclature of the GeometridaB." A discussion on the rules 

 of nomenclature followed, in which Lord Walsingham, Prof. Meldola, 

 Mr. Hampson, and Herr Jacoby took part. 



March 4i/t.— W. F. H. Blandford, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S., Vice- 

 President, in the chair. Mr. P. Marshall, M.A., B.Sc, F.G.S., of 

 Canterbury College, Lincoln, New Zealand, was elected a Fellow of 

 the Society. Mr. Percy H. Grimshaw exhibited specimens of Cephe- 

 nomyia rujibarhis, Meigen, a new British Bot-fly parasitic on the red 

 deer. He said that the specimens were collected by Mr. L. W. 

 Hinxman, in Koss-shire in June and July, 1894, and in the Cairngorm 

 Mountains in 1895. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited, for Mr. Porritt, a 

 black variety of Folia Jiavicincta, taken at sugar in his garden at 

 Huddersfield ; a variety of Cosmia trapezina with a blue-black central 

 band ; and a variety of Mania typica with pinkish white central mark- 

 ings, bred by Mr. Turnstall, of Huddersfield. Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited 

 specimens of the following butterflies, captured at Coomassie by Major 

 Henry P. Northcott during the recent expedition, viz. Fapiiio zenohia^ 

 Elymnias bammakoo, Limnas alcippus^ Ronialeosoma gaiisape (var.), 

 Caluna ccenobita, Terias sengalensis, and Neptis jiemetes. Sir John T. D. 

 Llewelyn, Bart., M.P., exhibited specimens of a small species of 

 Diptera which he believed to be parasitic on Trochilium spheyifornie, as 

 he had bred a number from that species. He remarked that T. sphegi- 

 Jonne, although one of the most local and rare moths in this country, 

 had occurred last year on the estate of Sir James Hill-Johnes, K.C.B., 

 at Dolau Cothy, Carmarthenshire, in such numbers in the larval state 

 as almost to destroy the whole of the alders growing there. Mr. G. 

 H. Verrall said that the insects belonged to a species of Fhora, possibly 

 Fhora rufipes, which fed on almost everything, but were not considered 

 to be truly parasitic ; they seemed blacker than typical specimens of 

 that species. Mr. Hampson exhibited an exotic species of Locustidae, 

 which Lord Walsingham had found in his conservatory at Merton Hall, 

 Norfolk. He stated that Lord Walsingham had not imported any exotic 

 plants for some years. Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of the pupae of 

 Micropteryx (probably semipiirpurella), and drawings to illustrate their 

 structure. The pupae were sent to him by Dr. Chapman, who had 

 described their peculiarities in the * Transactions ' of the Society in 

 1893. Dr. Sharp considered the pupa to be that of a trichopterous 

 insect ; most of its structures were those of Trichoptera, and the 

 account given by Dr. Chapman of its emergence showed that this was 

 essentially the same as that of Trichoptera. He remarked that the 

 imago of this division of Micropteryx had been already shown to 

 approach Trichoptera in several respects, and suggested that it should 

 be treated as a group of Trichoptera whose larvae are not aquatic in 

 habits. If this course were not adopted, he felt clear that Trichoptera 

 could not be maintained distinct as an order from Lepidoptera. Mr. 

 McLachlan said that so long ago as 1865 he had suggested the close 

 affinity of Micropteryx to the Trichoptera ; the opinion then formed had 

 since been much strengthened, but he was not disposed to admit co^ 

 ordinal relationship. Mr. Hampson, Mr. Barrett, and Mr. Blandford 



