find the latter in tl)eir last skins, on whicdi he read the following notes: 
“ 1. Avish to call attention to a probable case of iniinicrv on the 
part of a larA'al var. of T. rratai'ni. The form in question is of the 
usual dark liroAvn colour, but having sub-dorsal rows of Avbite spots or 
blotches instead of the typical yelloAv or orange bands. The effect 
produced is A'ery similar to the Avbite tufts of hair on the Liparid larvfc 
and there is a very fair general likeness. In the case of I\rlirnsorrhoea 
the similarity of general appearance is A’ery close. If as is usually the 
case OAving to the intervention of leaA’es and position of the larva, fi 
partial vieAV only of the larva is obtained, it AA’ould be A’ery difficult for 
a bird at the distance of a feAV feet to discriminate betAA’een the com¬ 
paratively harmless Lasiocampid and the formidably armed Liparids. 
The slender, simple, and someAvbat lengthy hairs of 7'. natai'ifi Avonld 
not be a serious deterrent to a hungry bird, though possibly of great 
use in preventing the attacks of dipterous parasites; but the stout 
bristles and minute irritating hairs of the Liparids Avould certainly 
deter frequent experiments in taking them or any larviP of similar 
appearance.” 
CoLEOPTERON NEAV TO IIrIT.VIN. -j\[r. II. Hcaslei’, 11 
linearis, taken in the burroAA’S of 'roinicns hi(le)is, at Oxshott, last blaster. 
It has not occurred in Lritain before, but has been taken in France 
and other parts of Europe. 
Weakness through in-hreeding. —Mr. 1). C. Hate, Sniurnia jnjri 
$ and ? and PlaUfsaniia eeerapia $ and 2 j the result of four or fiA’C 
years’ in-breeding by ]\Ir. 0. Lindemann. iMr. Hate had found the 
larviu very delicate in constitution, probably OAving to the in-hreeding. 
•lune 21st, 1898.— Coleoptera kroai Chiduingfoed. —Mr. Donis- 
thorpe exhibited the folloAving : Potaininns snhstriatiis, I’latii/nis ci/lin- 
(Iriciis, 'I'reelnis rnhens, Annirapiniriis aureus, Orsmlarna rrrasi, Afiiideras 
eonjli : also a series of (ptediiis l,-raat:ii, Hris, a species neiv to Hritain, 
and A’ery rare on the Continent, having only been previously taken in 
the Pyrenees, Algeria, Sardinia, and tAvo localities in France. The 
male had hitherto been unknoAvn to science, but i\Ir. l)onisthoiqx'’s 
series included several males. 
•Tidy 5th. 1898.— Wild fi.oavers from Kingsdoavn. —iMr. L. .T. 
Tremayne, a feAV Avild floAvers from the undercliff near KingsdoAvn, 
])eal, including: (r jinniadenia rjitn/iscd, Orchis inaciilaia, (>. juirainidalis, 
and Anthiillis ndnrraria. Eggs of Onpidd iiiiniina Avere subsequently 
found on the latter. 
Sexes distinguishahle in larv.e of Ephe.stia kihniella. —Mr. 
]). C. Hate communicated the folloAving note: “In 1895, Mr Clark 
gave me a packet of Allison’s food, containing larvie of h■ii^nlirUa, 
of Avhich 1 bred a considerable number. The next year 1 learnt that 
the organs of generation could be observed in the larva. I, therefore, 
carefully isolated all those having a broAvn spot shoAving through the 
skin in the neighbourhood of the fifth and sixth abdominal segments. 
Whether these Avere males or not, the fact remains that, although a 
large number of imagines emerged, there Avas no continuation of the 
fainily. In 1897 I forgot all about the jar in Avhich they Averc kept, 
but late in the year turned it up, and found to my surprise that it 
contained a number of dead imagines of a species of the Tincina. I 
