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REPORTS OF MEETINGS. 
Perth, Shetlands, Pitcaple and other parts of Scotland. The 
life histories of Sesia scoliceformis, Emmelesia albulata, 
and Pachnobia alpina being described. Mr. Watkins, of 
Painswick, sent a photograph of the lining of the stomach of 
a cuckoo, showing two smooth patches of hairs of the larvse 
of the moth Arctia caja, arranged in a circle through the 
motion of the contents of the stomach. 
March lAth. Mr. Watkins sent for exhibition the follow- 
ing photographs : — Head of the larva of the horse bot-fly, 
GastropMlus equi ; spinnerets of the garden spider, Epeira 
diadema ; legs and suckers of Dytiscus marginalis. 
Mr. Griffiths exhibited three named varieties of Vayiessa 
cardiii, viz. : — V. cardui, from Queensland ; V. caryce, from 
Vancouver ; and V. Kershaiuiij from Queensland ; also a 
collection of Lepidoptera taken along the route of the Canadian 
and Paciiic Railway during the visit of the British Associa- 
tion in 1897. 
April llfh. Mr. Griffiths exhibited a large number of 
Lepidoptera, including the genera, Danais, Papilio (including 
P. antenor)^ Satyrus, Morpho, BrassoliSj Caligo, Dynastor 
(including the rare D. Napoleon)^ Parnassius^ etc., also a 
drawer illustrating mimicry amongst the Lepidoptera. 
November IMh. A paper was read from Mr. Watkins on 
"Lepidoptera in the Painswick District, 1899," which 
recorded specimens of Lyccena arion, Mr. Char bonnier 
exhibited ova of Acherontia atropos, and a collection of 
butterflies from Uganda. Mr. Griffiths showed a large 
number of Lepidoptera, principally Heliconiidce . 
December 13th. Mr. Charbonnier exhibited photographs 
from Mr. Watkins of specimens of Ixodes reduvius, a tick 
found on many species of animals, the figures representing 
different stages of development. Mr. Charbonnier explained 
the peculiar method of fertilization and oviposition followed 
