MEETINGS. 17 



where the reeds grow abundantly, and after some hours diligent 

 search brought away twenty reed stems, each containing a pupa. 



The plants containing larva? or pupa? are readily apparent by 

 the withered appearance of the top shoots. The larva commences to 

 feed in the upper part of the stem of the reed, and when it has 

 eaten out all the centre it gnaws its way out, and re-enters the 

 stem in the lower and thicker portion, and before changing into 

 pupa it prepares for itself a ready means of exit by gnawing 

 through the inner coats of the stem leaving only the thinnest 

 outer skin which is transparent, and when the moth is ready to 

 emerge is easily broken through. 



The pupa? are very much elongated and extremely lively. 

 Being afraid that the stems would soon dry up, and by contracting 

 kill the enclosed pupae, I opened all of them very carefully, took 

 out the pupae, and placed them on damp moss. Up to the present 

 fifteen have emerged, only one of them being crippled. 



For many years this insect was very rare in collections. 

 Stephens says in his " Illustrations of British Entomology," 

 printed in 1829, "Of this remarkably conspicuous species I have 

 hitherto seen but four specimens, one of these is in the British 

 Museum." 



Monthly Meeting held October 9th, 1890, Mr. E. D. Marquand, 



in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, Messrs. T. C. Royle and T. Johns were elected, and 

 the Rev. J. Woodhouse was proposed for election. 



A paper on "Submarine Air-breathing Animals," by 

 Mr. J. Sinel, was read by the Hon. Sec. This interesting- 

 paper gave rise to a lively discussion. 



Mr. Luff followed with a paper on " The Hemiptera- 

 Heteroptera of Guernsey," and illustrated his remarks with 

 specimens of the different varieties named. Many of these 

 are rarities, and among them the jEpophilus Bonnaireii, 

 a marine species. After an interesting conversation following 

 the reading of Mr. Luff's paper, the meeting closed. 



Annual General Meeting held October 30th, 1890, Mr. T. 

 Guille, President, in the chair. 



The following report was read by the Hon. Sec. : — 



a Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, — It is 

 always a delight to chronicle success, and your Council feel 

 a decided pleasure in presenting you the 8th Annual Report, 

 for the year just over has been one of unprecedented success 

 in the annals of this Society, if measured by the increase in 



