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une 16th, 1896. Exhibits :—Mr. Tutt: Ova op Trochilium cra- 
broniforme, sent by Dr. Chapman. He distributed some of the eggs 
w ich were laid on the underside of willow-leaves, near the mid-rib ; 
le suggested that the larva probably mines the leaf or young shoots 
at first, and gradually works its way into the twigs and branches, on 
it afterwards feeds. He also showed an example 
ot Ianchlora madeir.e, which had been found in Bermondsey, by a 
boy belonging to the Webb Street Board School. Mr. Nicholson : a 
living pair of Raphidia ophiopsis, and ova, from Epping Forest ; 
also two specimens of Tortrix piceana, from Oxshott. ° He also 
showed ova, which he suppossd to be those of Dianthoecia capsincola; 
t iey were found on the flowers of Lychnis vespevtina , growing in his 
garden at Clapton, and, when first laid, were very pale yellowish- 
white, changing gradually to the shade of brown assumed by the 
flowei when withered. Mr. J. A. Clark: three $• specimens of 
Cyaniris argiolus, from Epping Forest; one of them having the 
wings on the left side of a dingy, silvery greenish-blue colour, rather 
like that of Pulyommatm conjdon; the right pair of wings were 
normal. Mr. Bloomfield : a living specimen of Thecla w-album, 
bred from a larva captured in Suffolk a few weeks previously. Mr. 
Pearson : a larva of Zephyrus betul^e, taken in the New Forest • the 
specimen was evidently nearly full fed. Mr. Bacot: a series of 
Lophopteryx carmelita, bred from ova obtained from Mr. J. A. Clark, 
and read the following notes :—“ The ova were received on May 16th! 
lSJo, and had already commenced to hatch. The eggs are opague white, 
with a very slight greenish tint, and of the usual Notodont shape (rather 
less than half a sphere). Larwe : —May 17th, 1st skin. —Pale whitish 
gieen. Head very large, rounded, polished surface. Scutellum large, 
but indistinct. Skin of larvie much wrinkled, but smooth and shiny ; 
tubercles bear one simple hair, about -J thickness of body in length. 
Drops on a thread if it loosens its hold. May 26th, 2nd skin. _Bright 
yellow-green. Scutellum plain. Head slightly notched at crown. 
June 8th, Bud skin. —Transparent green. Head not so rounded in 
shape. A series of seven bright yellow or yellow-green longitudinal 
stripes on dorsal area, and a broad well-marked lateral stripe. 
June 9th, 4th skin .—Head is small, when well grown, in this stage it 
is dull, pale green, with two pale yellow stripes down face. The tody 
is very broad in middle, and tapers towards head and anus. The lines 
on dorsal area are still present, but are much interrupted; lateral 
stripes very plain. There is a pale pink spot or blotch on each seg¬ 
ment, just behind the spiracles; these spots are present on the meso- and 
meta-thorax, where the spiracles are absent. Spiracles, black. Ventral 
area, whitish-green, dusted with white. On the 23rd June I made a note 
to the effect that the larvae were going down. The larvae were fed up 
indoors under a bell-glass, supplied with fresh birch twice a week, and 
when about to pupate were placed in a flower pot, partly filled with 
earth, covered with moss. They went through the moss, and spun 
their cocoons on the surface of the earth. The cocoons were rather 
tough, the silk being mixed with small particles of earth, moss, etc. 
The pupae were kept out of doors during the winter, and emerged (I am 
sorry to say I did not note the exact dates) in April, the 19 emergences 
being spread over about 10 to 14 days (I had fertile ova by the 12th). 
