1868.) 



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Scrubs, the ground colour being pale fulvous or cream-coloured, with scarcely a 

 trace of dark markings : also two males and one female of Drilus flavescens from 

 Freshwater, the three having been found simultaneously in copuZd ; he mentioned 

 other analogous instances, notably that in which Dr. Knaggs had found a male 

 ea,ch of Tortnx heparana and T. viridana coupled with one female of the latter 

 species. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited 12 bred specimens of HypercalUa ChrisUemana from 

 larvae found at Shoreham, in Kent ; he had bred 19 in all. 



Mr. Davis (present as a visitor) exhibited a fine collection of preserved larvse 

 of Lepidoptera. 



Mr. Wood (visitor) exhibited bred specimens of various species of ScdurnidoB, 

 including Cynthia, Promethea, Cecropia, and Polyphemus. The species, he remarked, 

 all possessed a more or less strongly developed moveable spine attached near the 

 base of the inner side of the fore-tibiae, and lying in a groove in the tibia itself The 

 insects used this appendage as a comb, drawing their antennae between the spine 

 and tibia, and thus cleansing them from dust, &o. 



Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited a large exotic beetle of the genus 3Ionochamus 

 which flew into the London Custom House very recently ; it had no doubt bred in 

 imported timber. 



Mr, Blackmore exhibited a collection of insects, of all orders, formed by him 

 at Tangiers, in Morocco. 



Mr. Eaton exhibited microscopic preparations of the anatomy of several genera 

 of EphemeridoB. 



Professor Westwood exhibited two extraordinary forms of Chalcididm, from 

 Australia and the Amazons respectively ; they were remarkable for very large size, 

 and for aberrant development of the abdomen. 



Mr. Smith sent for exhibition specimens of Ophion macrurus bred from American 

 cocoons of S. Cynthia ; the species was more properly parasitic upon the American 

 S. Cecropia, but had adapted Cynthia to its purpose on the introduction of that 

 insect into America. One of these Ophions had stung Mr. Smith with such severity, 

 as to lead to the belief that poison was introduced into the wound. 



The Secretary exhibited a wooden letter-clip, sent to him by an anonymous 

 correspondent, in the notch of which an Odynerus had formed her nest. 



Keports on the ravages of the ** coffee-borer," by Dr. Bidie, Government Com- 

 missioner, were read by the Secretary. 



Sir John Lubbock communicated a paper on the larva of Micropeplus 

 staphylinoides, with drawings ; the form of the larva of this anomalous genus of 

 beetles tended to prove that it was wrongly placed in Staphylinidce, and belonged 

 more properly to the Nitidulidce. 



Mr. Eaton read a paper on the anatomy of the imperfect condition of Ccenis 

 macrura. 



Mr. F. Bates sent a continuation of his paper on AustraUan Heteromera. 



Mr. Kirby sent a tabular comparison of some representative species of Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera in Europe, Asia, and North America. 



This was the last meeting before the recess ; the next will be on the 2nd 

 November. 



