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article (I.e. p. 100). He also exhibited a remarkable variety of Mamestra 

 abjecta, which bore a close resemblance to Apamea gemina var. remissa and 

 to Hadena genista, and a bred specimen of Eupithecia castigata (?), with 

 nearly the whole surface of the wings (the margins excepted) denuded of 

 scales. 



Mr. Elwes exhibited a collection of butterflies taken in the neighbour- 

 hood of Gibraltar during last April, and said that he had found the district 

 very unproductive, owing to the great drought. Mr. J. J. Walker remarked 

 that Mr. Elwes had been unfortunate, as during three spring seasons his 

 experience had been very different ; at the same time it seemed to be agreed 

 that Spain, as a whole, was not so rich in Lepidoptera as in other orders 

 of insects. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Hampson, specimens of the 

 female of Oiketicus crameri, recently sent by Mr. Dudgeon from Sikkim, 

 The females in this species are so maggot-like that it is difficult to recognise 

 them as perfect moths. There were also two pupa-shells, one of which was 

 used as a receptacle for eggs, and in the other eggs had hatched, so that it 

 had the appearance of a pupa filled with young larvae. 



Mr. R. W. Lloyd exhibited a specimen of AtJwus hcemorrhoidalis, from 

 Savernake Forest, Wilts, with a curious malformation of the right antenna. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited several branches of oaks from the New Forest, 

 entirely denuded of foliage, and stated that throughout large tracts of the 

 forest the oaks had beeu stripped of their leaves in the same fashion by 

 lepidopterous larvae, especially Cheimatobia brumata, Hybemia defoliaria, 

 and Tortrix viridana. Certain trees, however, though situated among the 

 denuded trees, had quite escaped. Dr. Sharp suggested that they belonged 

 to a different species; but Mr. Waterhouse said that he had carefully 

 examined them, and that this was not the case. Mr.McLachlan said that 

 the immunity of the trees referred to was probably due to irregularity in 

 coming into leaf. The discussion was continued by Messrs. Elwes, Cham- 

 pion, Blandford, Jacoby, and others. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited living pupae of Enodia hyperanthus and Epinephele 

 ianira, and pointed out how different the pupae of these two species were 

 in general appearance, structure, and cremastral attachment. He pointed 

 out that these two species had for a long time been erroneously placed 

 in the same genus, but that, in all stages, they were widely separated, and 

 that not only should they be placed in different genera, but that they 

 appeared to belong to different tribes — Enodia hyperanthus being in the 

 Coenonymphidi and Epinephele ianira in the Epinephelidi [vide Entom. 

 Record, vii. p. 301). He also exhibited living pupae of Thecla pruni which 

 had been sent to him by Mr. H. Moulsey. He called attention to the 

 great resemblance that the pupa bore, in its dorsal aspect, to a bird-drop- 

 ping. Black in ground colour, the two whitish prothoracic patches, and 



