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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Mr. Porritt exhibited a series of specimens of Cidaria russata, from York- 

 shire, the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, and the South of England. The speci- 

 mens from the two first-named localities were almost black. 



Mr. Yerrall exhibited a specimen of Mycetaa Mr la, Marsh., which was 

 found devouring a champagne cork. The Rev. Canon Fowler remarked that 

 certain Cryptophagi had the same habit. The diseussion was continued by 

 Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Jenner Weir, Dr. Sharp, and others. 



Canon Fowler exhibited specimens of Acronycta alni and Leiocampa dictcea, 

 which came to the electric light on Lincoln Cathedral during the Jubilee 

 illuminations. He also exhibited a specimen of Harpalus melancholicus, Dej., 

 from Kingsgate. 



Mr. Billups exhibited, for Mr. Bignell, an interesting collection of British 

 oak-galls. He also exhibited the cocoon' and pupa-case of a South American 

 moth, from which he had bred 140 specimens of a species of Ichneumonidas. 



Mr. 0. Janson exhibited for Mr. C. B. Mitford, a collection of Lepidoptera 

 from Sierra Leone. 



Mr. White exhibited a female specimen of Composia olympia, Butl., from 

 Florida. He also exhibited a curious structure formed by white ants at 

 Akyab, Burmah. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a series of diagrams of the wings of insects, and 

 read " Notes of observations on the homologies of the veins " — a subject to 

 which he had given especial attention for some time past. Mr. Champion, 

 Mr. Yerrall, Mr. M'Lachlan, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Poulton, and others took part 

 in the discussion which ensued. 



Mr. G. T. Baker contributed " Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera 

 from Algiers." 



Mr. Gervase F. Mathew, R.N., communicated a paper entitled ,e Life- 

 histories of Rhopalocera from the Australian Region/' The paper was 

 accompanied by elaborate coloured drawings of the perfect insects, their larvie 

 and pupse. 



Mr. Frederic Merrifield read a u Report of Progress in Pedigree Moth- 

 breeding, with observations on incidental points." He also exhibited a large 

 number of of specimens of Selenia illustraria, showing the results of the ex- 

 periments he had been making. 



Mr. Francis (Jalton alluded to the close attention Mr. Merrifield had given 

 to the subject, and complimented him on the neatness, ingenuity, and skill 

 with which his experiments had been conducted, and on the results he had 

 obtained therefrom. Mr. Poulton, Dr. Sharp, Prof. Meldola, and others 

 continued the discussion. — H. Goss, Eon. Secretary. 



