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frighten them. On reaching home about 10, I placed one of the $ s in 
the cage with the 2 ; he was lively for a few minutes, but then quieted 
down till midnight, when he began to fly again ; the 2 then commenced 
to call, and they paired at 12.15, remaining together till 9.30 a.m. 
Some of the $ s were of a light ochreous tint; I thought this was a 
characteristic of the summer brood only. 
Dr. T. A. Chapman, of Hereford, read a very interesting paper 
“ On Butterfly pupse and the lines of evolution which they suggest.” for 
which see Appendix. 
May Is*, 1894.—The following gentlemen were elected members: 
H. H. May of Balham, P. E. Richards of Peckham Eye, G. H. Shields 
and D. C. Bate of Dulwich. Exhibits:—Mr. Battley; a series of 
Brephos notha from near Broxbourne, with specimens of B. parthenias 
for comparison. He remarked that the cream-coloured blotches so con¬ 
spicuous in parthenias were practically wanting in notha, and the orange 
band on the hind wings in notha was not so direct as in parthenias; the 
antennas of male notha were most decidedly pectinated. One of the 
specimens of notha had the left fore wing of a dirty-whitish colour, and 
the hind wings were much suffused with black. Mr. Bacot ; a series of 
Selenia tetralunaria captured by “assembling” at Ejsping Forest. Mr. 
Gurney; Silpha quadripunctata, CoccineJla 1 ^.-punctata, and C.22-punctata 
from the New Forest; also Dermestes vulpinus from the dead body of a 
jay in Ongar Park Wood. Mr. Lewcock; a small but perfect specimen 
of Biston hirtaria from which a parasitic (dipterous) larva had emerged 
and since pupated. Young hirtaria larvae had also come forth from the 
opening made by the parasite; these had of course been hatched in 
their parent’s body from undeposited ova. Mr. S. J. Bell; some curious 
ova laid on a primrose flower taken from a bought bunch. In shape 
they resembled butter tubs and were of a pale grey colour with a dark 
brown ring round the to]3 and another round the base ; there were also 
two brown spots between the rings. The eggs were laid in a row. Mr. 
Battley remarked that queen wasps were extremely plentiful at South- 
end, and recommended members to kill all they came across in order to 
lessen the probability of another plague like that of last year. 
May loth, 1894.—Mr. T. L. Eix, of 20, Hartham Eoad, Tottenham, 
was elected a member of the Society. Exhibits:—Mr. Battley; 
preserved larvae of Miana strigilis showing two distinct forms of color¬ 
ation, viz. grass-green and dirty cream colour, and a third form inter¬ 
mediate between these two. Mr. Clark; a bred series of Aleucis 
pictaria from the New Forest. Mr. May; larvae of Geometra papilion- 
aria from Ha} 7 es, Kent. Dr. Sequeira; varieties of Ennomos quercinaria, 
including a fine dark-banded form. Mr. Prout remarked that some 
larvae of Miana furuncula, which he had once bred, were very similar 
to those of M. strigilis exhibited by Mr. Battley. Mr. Battley stated 
that, during a visit to the New Forest at Whitsuntide, he had taken a 
larva (nearly half-grown) of Apatura iris from the same branch of 
sallow from which he took one in 1892. Captain Thompson said that 
he had received a letter from a Birmingham correspondent, who wrote 
that he had captured about twenty specimens of Neuronia popularis, 
flying low over the grass in Epping Forest, and that they had revealed 
their Avhereabouts by a slight clicking noise. Mr. Prout, Mr. Nicholson 
and others referred to other instances of clicking noises produced by 
butterflies and moths. 
