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Exhibitions, etc. 
Mr. B. G. Nevinson exhibited a long series of Heliothis 
peltigera. He stated that the specimens were bred from larvae 
found on the Dorsetshire coast during July, 1894, feeding 
on the flowers of Ononis arvensis, which were extremely 
luxuriant. A few also were taken on Hyoscyamus niger. He 
added, that all the larvas went down by the end of July. 
The first emergence took place on August 20th, and they 
continued coming out at the rate of about five a day, through 
the rest of that month and September ; only five emerged in 
October, and the last one appeared on November 11th. Mr. 
Nevinson said that not one larva was ichneumoned, and only 
three or four imagines were crippled. Mr. G. T. Bethune- 
Baker, Mr. Eustace Bankes, Mr. B. A. Bower, the Kev. 
Seymour St. John, and Mr. H. Goss, made remarks on 
the habits and distribution of the species in England. 
Mr. Bower exhibited a variable series of Scoparia hasistriga- 
lis, Knaggs, showing light, intermediate and dark forms, 
taken at Bexley, Kent, from 12th of June to 7th of July, 
1891-94. He said the species appeared to be poorly repre- 
sented in collections, and when present was almost invariably 
mis-named. Mr. Eustace Bankes commented on the rarity 
of the species, and said the specimens exhibited formed the 
most interesting collection of it and its varieties which he 
had ever seen. 
Lord Walsingham exhibited larvse of Pronuba yuccasella, 
which he received more than four years ago from Colorado, 
and which were still living. One specimen of the moth had 
emerged two years ago. 
Mr. Goss exhibited for Mr. G. C. Bignell a pupa of a 
Tortrix, with the larval legs, and also a specimen of a Saw- 
fly, Emphytus ductus, L., with eight legs. Mr. G. H. Verrall 
and Mr. McLachlan made some remarks on the latter 
species, and as to the insertion of the fourth pair of legs. 
Professor Meldola exhibited a wooden bowl from West 
Africa, from which, after arrival in this country, a number 
of beetles {Dermestes vulpinus) had emerged. Specimens of 
the latter were also exhibited. It was not clear to the 
exhibitor whether the larvse had fed upon the wood, or 
had simply formed the cavities which were apparent in 
