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77wult. They are now of a dull olive green colour, with a very pale 
yellowish stripe down each side, no trace of hairs, but still half loop as 
they walk. 2nd moult. Dull brownish colour with distinct yellowish 
lateral lines below the spiracles, with a fine yellowish line above, also a 
very fine centrally dorsal one, and a minute yellowish line round the 
segments. Head pale brown, with three tiny lines down it, anal seg- 
ment with one dark patch in centre. On being disturbed the larva falls 
to the ground and curls up. Legs and under side olive green. ;^rd 
moult. There is now a drab line down each side with a slender black 
one underneath and a brown one above. There are also three pale 
lines down the back, the side ones are yellowish and the central one 
white with two rows of small black spots on either side, those on the 
loth, nth and 12th segments being v/edge-shaped and smaller towards 
the head ; two black lines down the head and a V-shaped white mark. 
Underside drab. 4//? moult. The lateral stripes of a very light brown, 
with a darker one above and below each of them, the three pale dorsal 
lines are very distinct, the central one being white, whilst on either 
side of it is a row of very black oblong spots, each of which alternates 
with a similar spot of very pale brown. The head has two distinct 
dark brown stripes, continuations of the dark markings on the back. 
The legs and underside are of a pale greyish brown, ^th moult. It 
has now a very light greyish brown stripe down each side, with minute 
black spots down its centre. Both above and below this, is a dark 
brown stripe. The three lines down the back are more distinct, being 
very light brown edged with black ; the spots on the segments are 
oblong in shape, and brown and black alternately. (In all the stages 
the larva tapers towards the head). Two distinct black lines on the 
head and V-shaped marking on the anal segment. 6/// moult. Same 
as last, but the three lines are yellower, the centre one ending in a V- 
shaped marking on the head, and the dark spots down the back are 
squarer, the light ones much darker, and a distinct wedge-shaped 
marking on the anal segment. The larvae pupated in October, and 
emerged from November 15th to December 27th.” 
Mr. Milton exhibited Eupithecia extensaria., E. pulchellata., and 
Ephestia kiihniella ; also the following Coleoptera : — Oxyporus rufuSy 
Silpha ^punctata, and Cleonus sulcirostris ; and in Diptera, Stratio?jiys 
riparlUy and Gastrophilus equiy bred from the larvae. Mr. Battley 
exhibited Silpha Icevigata and other Coleoptera from Southend. Mr. 
H easier, series of Lioso 7 uus ovatuluSy and the var. collar is y from 
Highgate. Mr. Lewcock, living specimens of Dinar da 7 ncErkeli from 
Penzance; also a number of beetles received from Mr. Jarvis, of Cape 
Town, on which he read some notes. — G. A. Lewcock and A. U. 
Battley, Hon. Secs. 
South London Entomological Society. — Thursday y April 2T,rd. 
— Mr. South exhibited for Mr. Leech a series of Chrysophanus 
phlceasy containing vars. sch 77 iidtii and eleus ; also an Indian form, 
titianuy with the S' like eleus ; a China form with a dark S , the ? 
being almost typical, and a strange $ from the Canaries. Mr. Adkin 
exhibited E 77 wielesia albulata just bred from Shetland pupae obtained 
in 1888; from these pupae four emerged in 1889, twenty in 1890. 
He also exhibited mines of Lithocolletis vacciniella and pupae of Cededis 
gysseleniella, in situ in pine shoots from Rannoch. Mr. Tugwell, series 
