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which the specimens were prepared so as to display the peculiarities of the termina 

 segment in the male sex. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited, on behalf of Mr. H. Murray, of Carnforth, a 

 fine series of Polla xanthomista, var. nigrocincta, from the Isle of Man, and Cidaria 

 reticulata and Emmelesia ceniata from the Lake District. 



Mr. W. White exhibited a living larva of Zeuzeya ceculi, and called attention to the 

 chitinous scutum or thoracic segments with several rows of minute serrations, which 

 evidently assist progression. He stated that the larva exudes from its mouth, when 

 irritated, a colourless fluid, which he had tested with litmus-paper and found to be 

 stronglv alkaline. Prof. Westwood made some remarks on the subject. 



Captain H. J. Elwes exhibited a number of insects of various orders, part of the 

 collection formed by the late Otto Muller, of Darjeeling. 



Mons. A. Wailly exhibited the cocoon of an unkuown species of Antheraa 

 from Assam; also a number of cocoons and imagos of Anophe venata from 

 Acugua, near the Gold Coast, West Africa ; specimens of Lasiocampa otus, 

 a South European species, which was said to have been uiilized by the Romans in 

 the manufacture of silk ; also a quantity of nests containing the eggs of Epeira ffiada- 

 gascariensis, a silk-producing spider from Madagascar, locally known by the name of 

 " Halabe." He also read extracts from letters received from the Rev. P. CAmboue, 

 of Jananarivo, Madagascar, on the subject of this silk-producing spider. 



Mr. H. Goss read a communication received by him from Prof. S. H. Scudder, 

 of Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., on the subject of his recent discoveries of some 

 thousands of fossil insects, chiefly Coleoptera, in Florrisant, Western Colorado, and 

 Wyoming. Prof. Westwood remarked on the extreme rarity of fossil Lepidoptera, 

 and called attention to a recent paper by Mr. A. G. Butler, in the Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1889, in which the author described a new genus of fossil moths belonging to the 

 Geometrid family Euschemidce, from a specimen obtained by Mr. A'Court Smith at 

 Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. 



Mr. F. P. Pascoe read a paper entitled "Additional Notes on the genus Hilipus," 

 and exhibited a number of new species belonging to that genus. 



The Rev. Dr. Walker read a paper entitled " Notes on the Entomology of 

 Iceland." Mr. Roland Trfmen asked if any butterflies had been found in the island. 

 Dr. Walker said that neither he nor Mr. P. B. Mason had seen any during their 

 recent visit to Iceland, nor were any species given in Dr. Staudinger's list. In reply 

 to a question by Mr. G. C. Champion, Mr. Mason said that dnring his recent visit to 

 Iceland he had collected nearly a hundred species of insects, including about twenty 

 Coleoptera. He added that several of the species he had taken had not been recorded 

 either by Dr. Staudinger or Dr. Walker. Capt. Elwes enquired if Mr. A, J. Walker, 

 with his great experience as a collector in all parts of the world, was aware of any 

 land except Iceland, outside the Arctic Circle, from which no butterflies had been 

 recorded. Mr. J.J. Walker replied that the only place in the world which [he had 

 visited, in which hutterflies were entirely absent was Pitcairn Island. — H. Goss, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



