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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Macroglossa stellatarum. Sufficiently plentiful about Hartlebury and Astley, and 
occasionally at Kidderminster. I have found them sometimes taken for hornets! 
Sesia fuciformis. Not found. 
„ bombyliformis. Do. 
Sphecia apiformis. Do. 
,, bembeciformis. Do. It has, however, been taken near Dudley, which is in 
Worcestershire, but not quite within the district in question. 
Trochilium vespiforme. Not found. 
,, chrysidiforme. Do. 
„ ichneumoniforme. Do. 
,, cynipiforme. Yery rare. 
,, tipuliforme. Sufficiently common. 
,, philanthiforme. Not found. 
,, sphegiforme. Do. 
,, andrenseforme. Do. 
,, formicmforme. Do. 
,, culiciforme. One specimen. 
,, myopseforme. Not found. 
,, stomoxyforme. Do. 
Ino statices. Do. 
Anthrocera filipendulae. Yery abundant. In profusion on u the round hills” near 
Astley, and on the Abberley and Woodbury hills ; also not uncommon 
at Malvern. 
trifolii. Extremely abundant on u the round hills” and at Abberley, where 
for some years I found it outnumbering the Filipendulae ; but, towards 
the end of my period of hunting in those parts, it became rather less 
common, though still sufficiently abundant. I found, also, almost 
endless variation in colour and minor characteristics, many speci¬ 
mens answering pretty accurately to the description given of Anthro¬ 
cera loti and A. meliloti, and others shading off by almost impercep¬ 
tible gradations from these to A. trifolii; so that, allowing A. loti 
and A. meliloti to be distinct species, as they unquestionably are ad¬ 
mitted to be, both these species must have been by no means rare in 
this locality. I never took the larvae of any but the Filipendulae and 
the Trifolii. Between 1842 and 1848, these hills absolutely swarmed 
with these two species, and there were very many also answering to 
the other two ; but, since 1848, I have not found so many of any of 
the species, and A. filipendulae has attained a decided preponderance; 
but I do not recollect any locality which produced a quarter as many 
specimens, both typical and varieties, as these “ round” and Abberley 
hills. I have not hunted there, however, since 1852, and do not 
know how far their character may have deteriorated since that time, 
hippocrepidis. Not found, 
minos. Do. 
I have inserted this last species although it was not discovered in the kingdom 
till some years after I had brought my Worcestershire investigation to a close; still, 
as it is now established as a British , though I cannot quite say an English , species, 
I could not bring myself to ignore it altogether. It may be found yet in England, 
and even, for aught I know, in Worcestershire ; so I hope its name may be allowed 
to stand, without rendering me obnoxious to a charge of presumption for insert¬ 
ing it. 
The Entomological Secretary, on the part of Mr. Richard Shield, associate 
member, read the following paper 
ON REARING LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE PUPA STATE, TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON 
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LARV2E AND PUPiE OF MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
The Rev. Joseph Greene, in his admirable paper on u Digging for Pupae,” has 
given ample instructions for the collection of the pupae of the Macrolepidoptera, so 
that little is left for explanation upon that subject; but there is one—and that one 
