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;5h till spring ; and he considered the proper food to be the flower buds of 
lich we all know unfold some considerable time before the leaf buds. With 
Drmation before me, I had no hesitation in placing xerampelina in my list 
12 ; but it certainly seems that the eggs require to be kept in the cold, for 
very little extra warmth will cause the larva to be developed during the 
—J. Hkllins, Exeter, April oth, 1870. 
^pressaria pallorella and QracilaHa populetorum at WitJiersJack. — Last 
ber, I met with both these rare species at the above locality; and, as D. 
la is an Isle of Wight species, and G. populeforma seems to occur chiefly in 
, I thought it might be interesting to record a fresh locality. My friend 
id has seen both specimens, and to him I am indebted for their names. — 
ODGKiNSON, 15, Spi'ing Bank, Preston, April 10th, 1870. 
te on Depressaria Weirella. — I see by the " Annual " the larva of this species 
be separated from that of applana ; it seems curious, but I do not breed 
plana for a dozen of Weirella ; perhaps no one thinks it worth while to 
e green larvaa home, being afraid of being troubled with a lot of such a 
1 species as applana ; it was so with me, as I had an idea that Weirella 
as dark like that of pimpinellce, until I saw in Stainton's " Manual " that 
'a was green : now I can get plenty of Weirella, but they are very local. —In. 
te o5) the luminosity of Fv.lcjora. — The luminosity of the tribe Fulgorites 
at various times been the subject of discussion among entomologists, I 
; would be as well to preserve all reference to the subject in entomological 
bions, and accordingly reproduce the following notice from the History of 
»y the Abb^ Don F. Ignatius Molina, vol. i (1809), page 173 :— "The glow- 
that I have seen were in general similar to those of Italy : but one night, 
! passing a little wood, I observed three insects, as large as the Death's-head- 
{Sphinx Atropos), which gave a very bright light. My attempts to take 
lowever, were fruitless, and I was never afterwards able to discover any of 
)ut I am of opinion that they were a species of lantern-fly." Could these 
have been Fulgora latcrnaria ? their size would lead one to think this 
;. — Fkedk. Smith, British Museum ; 31si March, 1870. 
TOMOT.OGiCAL SociKTY OF LoNDON, 2\st March, 1870. H. W. Bates, Esq., 
Vice-President, in the Chair. 
■. Vaughan exhibited examples of Dianthcecia conspersa found by Mr. Henry 
in Devonshire. These were remarkable as being varieties which, iu some 
s, approached D. Ban-ettii, but perfectly distinct therefrom. The Lepidop- 
present had no difl[iculty iu separating the two forms, although mixed in 
ughan's box. 
•. Bond exhibited Psyche hetulina, Zeller {= anicanella, Br.), found by Mr. 
I, at Harapstead. 
•. Smith exhibited an extraordinary larva from Monte Video, oompUtely 
I with clavate hairs, resembling those of Acronycta alni, but in extreme 
