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Pleleia, was four inches in expanse of wings, which were beautifully veined 
with brown, the abdomen of a rich horn color with bars of yellow, the 
thorax resembled tortoise shell finely sculptured, and the head was green. 
Mr. Napier supposed this insect to be the Cicada menioned by Virgil and 
Ovid, as the noise caused by the insect was very much greater than that of 
any grasshopper. He observed that the species was often very destructive 
to fruit trees in Southern Europe, as it obtained its food like the rest of 
the order to which it belonged, the Homoptera, by sucking the juices of 
plants. 
Mr. Barber exhibited a box containing several hundred specimens of 
Homoptera, captured in the Bristol district by himself. The collection, 
which included a large number of species, was much admired by the 
members. 
The Secretary exhibited three species of Lepidoptera, taken by him- 
self during the summer, and not hitherto recorded as occurring in the 
district, viz. : — 
Acidalia inornata. 
Phycis abietella. 
P. Carbonariella. 
Also a series of Eupithecia pulchellata, bred from the seed pods of 
Digitalis purpurea. 
Mr. Clarke exhibited a nice series of Lyccena Adonis, captured during 
the summer on Durdham Down. This beautiful species had appeared in 
some abundance this summer, and had not been recorded as having occur- 
red in the district before. 
Mr. A. E. H odd exhibited a box containing, among other species— 
Lyccena adonis. 
Acronycta leporina. 
Lobophora polycommata. 
Eupithecia campanulata (new species). 
Eupithecia constrictata. 
Ephestia pinguedinella. 
Phycis carbonariella. 
CHEMICAL AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION. 
Wednesday, Oct, 10th.— Mr. P. J. Worsley, F.C.S., president of 
the section, in the chair. 
