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exhibited fine series of P. moneta from varying localities. Mr. Bell had 
some cocoons of same, and remarked that although different in colour, 
they had received the same treatment, all having been kept in a glass 
cylinder. Mr. V. Eric Shaw then opened the Discussion on P. moneta. 
He briefly reviewed the history of the species in Britain, and said that 
on June 25th, 1898, larvae were first found at Dover by Mr. Sydney 
Webb. Up till the present time (1903) Cambridge was the most 
northerly point it had been recorded from, but each year saw it ex¬ 
tending its range. Attention was called to the migratory habits of the 
genus Plusia in general, and it was not unlikely that P.illustris should 
be again taken in this country. Mr. Shaw then went into the question 
as to where the young larva? hybernate. He had found several small 
larvae in an old stem of Aconitum and considered this to be the usual 
habit. Concerning the doublebroodedness of the species, be knew 
that Mr. L. W. Newman had bred a second generation rarely, and that 
the larva? of the summer brood always prefer the seeds to the leaves 
of the Aconite. This habit was known, however, to be regarded as 
only exceptional, as usually the species was only single brooded. In 
this country the larvae of this species were only found upon different 
species of Aconites and Delphiniums, but on the Continent it had been 
recorded on such different plants as cucumber and vegetable marrow, 
besides several others. The discussion being open, Mr. W. J. Kaye 
asked what became of those larva? in the Aconite stems that were cut 
off the plant in the autumn and thrown on to the rubbish heap, as was 
frequently done in many gardens, yet, year after year, the same plants 
had larvae feeding on them. Mr. A. W. Mera, in referring to the 
earliest capture of the insect in Britain, said a friend of his had taken 
it in the “ fifties.” Mr. C. Nicholson dwelt on the subject of the 
hybernating larvae, and suggested that the young larvae very possibly 
found their way out of the Aconite stems into the vegetable marrow or 
cucumber, which were very often grown on the rubbish heap, and that 
in this way the larvae need not perish. Mr. C. P. Pickett read a note 
penned by him in the current number of the Ent. Record concerning 
the attitude of rest of the perfect insect upon emergence. Rev. C. R. 
N. Burrows recorded netting a specimen hovering over bramble blossom 
at Mucking, far away from any Aconite or Delphinium. Mr. A. Bacot 
supported Mr. Nicholson’s “ rubbish heap theory.” Mr. Kaye 
mentioned the occurrence of the Tortricid larva Sciaphila virgaureana, 
feeding at the same time, and in the same manner, in the early spring 
on Aconite. Mr. Burrows proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
Mera seconded, and the vote was carried unanimously. 
Malformed Agrotis saucia.— Mr. Pickett, also a remarkable mal¬ 
formed specimen of Agrotis saucia. 
Larvae of Lasiocampa quercOs. —Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, larvae of 
Lasiocampa quercus, sent by Mr. Dobree, of West Tilbury. The larva? 
were from Cwm Bychan Lake, North Wales, and were taken in the first 
week of September, 1902. They were nearly full-grown, and were 
feeding on bilberry. By the end of the second week they had spun up. 
Imagines emerged in the second week in June, 1903. From these eggs 
were obtained, and the resulting larva? hatched in the last week in 
July, and had been fed since on poplar, and many were now (October) 
ready to spin up, while others were still quite small. Mr. A. W. Mera 
remarked that under domestication the race callunae often becomes 
quercus, the larval period being greatly reduced. 
