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letter from a gentleman who had actually seen the fly attack the larva. 
From this it appeared that the larva was hanging by a thread when the 
fly attempted to settle upon it. The larva endeavoured to keep it off 
by twitching itself about, but was finally overpowered. An examina¬ 
tion with a lens showed two eggs deposited outside the larva, near the 
head, and a discussion took place as to whether this was the usual 
method. Rev. C. R. N. Burrows: Leucania pollens, L. impura , and 
L. straminea from Rainham. Mr. May stated that he had bred a $ 
Smerinthus ocellatus, which paired with a 2 S. tilicie. but the eggs 
proved infertile. Mr. Bacot stated, with reference to these eggs, that 
certain colour changes took place, which induced him to believe that 
the embryo actually began to develop, but failed to continue. Rev. 
C. R. N. Burrows said that he had taken a large number of Apamea 
ophio gramma flying over the ribbon grass in his garden, and that the 
eggs were laid in the shrivelled ends of the grass blades, from which he 
inferred that the larvae, when young, were external feeders. 
August 6th, 1895. —Exhibits :—Mr. Battley : series of Miana 
strigUis and M. fasciuncula from Clapton and neighbourhood, showing 
gradations in the former species from the ordinary grey-marbled form 
to var. aethiops , and both the red and the yellowish form of the latter. 
Mr. S. J. Bell: two cocoons of Satumia puvonia, in which the usual 
outlet was wanting ; they were almost spherical in shape, and smaller 
in size than normal specimens. Mr. Bate : Orthopia snspota and 
Xylophas/'a scolopacina from Dulwich Woods. 
Aug. 20th,. 1895. — Principal exhibits:—Mr. Clark: four Cledeobia 
angustalis , from the New Forest, including a female ; also, from the 
same locality, three female Epinephel e ianira, two of which were 
partially xanthic, and the third had a light tawny patch on the disc 
of each hind wing. Mr. Nicholson : a box of insects taken last July, 
at Pwllheli, N. Wales, which included a specimen of Vanessa urticae , 
with the yellow costal blotches strongly tinged with white ; and a 
female Bombyx quereus , which approached var. callunae in colouring. 
Dr. Sequeira: a fine Bryophila perla , suffused with hrown ; a series 
of Hypsipetes sordidata , mostly very dark ; and the Amrkshire form of 
Gortyna ochracea. 
Sept. 3rd, 1895.—Principal exhibits :—Capt. Thompson : bred 
Nonagria elymi from Hornsea, Yorks ; several of the specimens being 
very strongly suffused with blackish scales. Mr. J. A. Clark : a variety 
of Vanessa urticae , in which the large square black blotch on the inner 
margin of the fore-wings was entirely wanting, but the twin spots were 
abnormally large and almost coalesced ; also a series of Ephestia 
kuhniella, bred from Dr. Allinson’s Food for Infants, and living larvae 
and pupae for distribution. Mr. Tutt: larva-cases and newly-hatched 
larvae of Thyvidopteryx ephemeraeformis , or a species allied thereto, an 
insect from South America,apparently closely allied to the Psychids. 
Mr. Bayne : Heterogenea limacodes from the New Forest; and a very 
sparsely dotted Sjnlosoma menthastri from Tottenham. Mr. Tutt also 
-exhibited a storebox full of Erebia aethiops , which he had recently 
taken in the Tyrol. 
September 17th, 1895.—Exhibits :—Rev. C. R. N. Burrows : a series 
of Apamea ophiogramma , taken on sugar in his garden at Rainham ; 
