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seventeen hatched, and after feeding rapidly on narrow-leaved plan¬ 
tain ( Llantago lanceolata), pupated on the ground, amongst dead 
leaves, spinning a loose Spilosoma cocoon ; being kept indoors, they 
emerged in March, producing eight females and six males. Being 
unable to get them to pair, I obtained nothing but infertile eggs, and 
the race is therefore lost; the imagines were kept in a large glass- 
topped cardboard box. The females remained perfectly motionless 
for. days together, but the males fluttered about for hours 
during the period of darkness and, although they often ran right 
over the females, they took no notice whatever of each other. 
Although the males battered themselves to pieces in twenty-four 
hours, the females were in fair condition after living a fortnight. I 
suggest that in nature the male searches for his mate.” Mr. Tutt 
said that this species would not pair in captivity, unless a current 
of fresh air were allowed to pass freely through the cage containing 
the moths. 
Dr. Sequeira exhibited very dwarfed specimens of Selenia tetra- 
lunaria, Enodia hypcranthus, Melanaryiagalatea, Aylais (Vanessa) urticae 
and others ; also four British specimens of Euvanessa antiopa, with data 
of capture. 
Messrs. Prout, Nicholson, and Riches exhibited series of 
Melanippe fluctuata. Mr. Prout’s series illustrated the various 
forms mentioned by him in a paper, which he read, on that 
species. 
Tuesday, 5th May, 1896. — Exhibits :—Mr. May: a series of 
Asphalia ridens bred from lame from Thaugh Bridge, Devon; the 
specimens were variable in colour and markings, but were, generally 
speaking, considerably marked with grey. 
Mr. Bate exhibited Epiiestia kuhniella in all its stages, and 
read the following notes:—“Last year our respected past president 
gave me some larva' of Ephestia kuhniella, feeding on a packet of 
Allinson’s food. Finding that there were very few of them inside, I 
determined to breed a number if possible, and therefore shut them up 
and left them to their own devices in a large glass jar. A very laro-e 
number of lame was the result. They mined away during the winter, 
occupying little silk-lined runs, and quickly demolished the whole 
quarter-pound packet, when I gave them wheat flour. Mr. Tutt 
having kindly drawn my attention to the fact that the sexes could be 
differentiated in the larval state, oAving to the genital organs of the 
male being visible, I sorted out a number, and fed them separately. 
The result is shoAAm in the series of 10 bred from the spotted ones, and 
11 from the unspotted, which I venture to hope represent the two 
sexes. Of course, where the ovipositor is protruded, there can be no 
doubt of the sex, but I freely confess I am not able to go beyond this. 
The larvie are cream-yellow until the last feAv days before pupating, 
when they become pink ; all have, all through, broAvn head, broAvn 
shield on second segment, a roAV of 22 black tubercles each side of the 
dorsal line, each of which emits a brown hair; one central shining- 
broAvn spot on the 18th segment Avith no hair, broAAm anal flap ; a toav 
of 11 tubercles either side of the first row, that on the third and 12th 
segments having a black ring round it, and each emitting a single 
