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as last, but the three lines are yellower, the centre one ending in a V- 
shaped marking on the head, and the dark spots down the back are 
squarer, the light ones much darker, and a distinct wedge-shaped 
marking on the anal segment. The larvae pupated in October, and 
emerged from November 15th to December 27th.” 
Mr. Milton exhibited Eupithecia exiensaria , E. pulchellata , and 
Ephestia kiihniella ; also the following Coleoptera :—Oxyporus rufus , 
Silpha y-pundata, and Cleonus sulcirostris ; and in Diptera, Stratiomys 
riparia , and Gastrophilus equi , bred from the larvae. Mr. Battley 
exhibited Silpha laevigata and other Coleoptera from Southend. Mr. 
Heasler, series of Lioso7?ius ovatulus , and the var. collar is, from 
Highgate. Mr. Lewcock, living specimens of Dinarda maerkeli from 
Penzance; also a number of beetles received from Mr. Jarvis, of Cape 
Town, on which he read some notes. 
Thursday , May 21 si, 1891.—Exhibits:—Mr. Smith, Saturnia carpini 
from Wicken and Lyndhurst. He pointed out that the specimen bred 
from the light (Wicken) cocoon was darker and browner than that 
bred from the dark (Lyndhurst) cocoon. Mr. Prout, a fine yellow- 
suffused specimen of Abraxas grossulariata , a dark var. of Amphidasys 
prodromaria , Nyssia hispidaria , Sdenia illustraria , and other Geometr/E. 
Mr. Clark, series of Tephrosia crepuscularia , bred from an Epping 
Forest female. Mr. Bellamy, series of Anticlea badiata , taken on 
lamps at Winchmore Hill, one of the specimens being dark, and 
having a very distinct white band on the front wings. Mr. Bayne, 
Taeniocampa stabilis and T. gothica , some of the former being asym¬ 
metrically marked. Mr. Milton, Selenia illustraria , Iodis lad ear ia, 
Ennychia odomaculalis , Halias prasinaua and Myelophila cribrella. 
He also exhibited Coleoptera —Agabus didymus , Liopterus agilis , 
Bolitobius atricapillus, Cteniopus sulphureus , Tenebrio mollitor and T. 
obscurus ; Hymenoptera —Cimbex lutea , Abia nigricornis, and A. 
sericea; Plectoptera —Ephemera danica. With reference to the last 
order of insects, he said that it was often stated that they only lived 
a few hours, but he had kept several of them alive for more than a 
day. Mr. Simes exhibited Eulophus damicornis , Kirby,® a hymen- 
opterous parasite bred from Demas coryli. Mr. Smith, having spent 
Whitsuntide in the New Forest, stated that, owing to the backward 
season, and the bad weather, he had found insects scarce, the chief 
captures being Cucullia chamomillce and Lobophora hexapterata . 
Messrs. Prout and Bayne had worked Epping Forest, and found 
Lepidoptera very scarce. Mr. Milton had taken several larvae of 
Halias quercana , in the same locality. Mr. Battley stated , that Lyccena 
argiolus had been fully out at Southend for the last fortnight. 
Thursday , June yth, 1891,—Exhibits :—Mr. Tutt, two specimens of 
Vanessa atalanta bred from larvae taken at Deal, both of them having 
the right fore-wing very small, but perfectly expanded; two pupa 
cases of Retinia resimma , showing the way in which the larvae feed 
on the pine twigs; and a series of Halias chlorana . With reference 
to the last species Mr. Tutt stated that the larvae were to be found 
spun up in the top shoots of willows and osiers in the autumn. He 
pointed out the affinity of the larva to those of the genus Nola, and 
