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Lea Bridge. Mr. Gates, Antithesia salicana,, Stigmonota internana, 
Homceosoma sinuella, Gelechia hermannella , etc. all from Shepherd’s Bush. 
Mr. Sykes, Poecilocampa populi and Petasia cassinea, taken on street 
lamps at Enfield. Coleoptera:—Mr. Heasler, Myrniecoxenus vapora- 
rirorum , Hister bimaculatus and Bruclms pisi , the latter being bred from 
peas. Mr. Bosevear, two large bettles from Travencore, together with 
some of their eggs. Mr. Soul, a spider’s nest from the Cape. This 
was larger than a cricket ball, composed of leaves and silk, and sus¬ 
pended from a twig by several threads. He also exhibited the spur of 
a cock, 13 years old. 
17 th January, 1893.—Exhibits :—Mr. Battley, bred specimens of 
Argynnis papliia and pupa of same, found in the New Forest, attached 
to the underside of a honeysuckle stem. He remarked that he had ob¬ 
served more than a dozen larva? of this species, basking in the sun on 
a piece of moss, which they closely resemble in colour. Mr. Simes, 
preserved larva? of Satyrus semele from Sussex. He stated that these 
larva? hid under leaves by day, and only become active in the evening, 
when they ascended the grass on which they fed. Mr. Clark, Stauro- 
pus fagi, from Epping and New Forest, also empty cocoons of 
the same. Mr. Bayne, Stauropus fagi, from Epping Forest, including 
the black variety; also pupa?, cocoons, parasites and coloured draw¬ 
ings of the larvae. Mr. Biches, a series of Cidaria dotata, bred from 
larva? found on red currant. He remarked that this species only passes 
a short time in the pupae, several of his specimens having emerged be¬ 
fore some of the others pupated. Captain Thompson, a specimen of 
Dasypolia templi, taken at rest on a wall near Halifax, on 19th Novem¬ 
ber. Mr. Prout stated that he had recently bred several Melanthia 
ocellata. The larva? of this species spin light cocoons on the surface of 
the earth, in which they remain as larva? for some time, but on pupa¬ 
ting, the emergence of the imago soon followed, and did not seem to 
have any connection with the temperature. Mr. Sykes, a specimen of 
Sir ex gigas, taken at Enfield in July, 1887. 
Mr. Bayne then read the following paper on Stauropus fagi. 
Notes on Staekopus fagi.—W e have heard a great deal lately of 
1892 having been a great “ edusa ” and “ saucia ” year, and I think it 
may further be claimed fairly that it was a great “Jagi” year—and this 
fact offers a reasonable excuse for opening a discussion on Stauropus 
fagi. In these few scattered notes, or perhaps 1 ought rather to say, 
compilation of notes of this interesting species, it seems to me that the 
best method of procedure will be to take first the earliest stage of the 
insect, in fact to trace its history briefly from the cradle to the grave. 
Before entering upon the subject, I must, however, explain that Mr. 
Holland has supplied me with* most of the notes on the habits of the 
species, both in its larval and perfect stages, and I am also greatly 
indebted to Hr. Buckell. 
Ova. — Manner in ivhich ova are laid : —With regard to the manner 
in which the eggs are laid, the Kev. Bernard Smith, m his interesting 
“ Notes on the Notodontida? ” ( Entomologist, xx., 290) says that the 
eggs are “ laid singly under a leaf of beech or oak and may occasionally 
be found in shady spots.” He also states that he has never found a 
second one on the same bush. Mr. Battley, however ( Entomologist's 
Record, iii., 161) records the finding of 56 ova on a single beech trunk 
