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Mr. Lewcock : PacTiyta collaris, Cryptorhynchus lapathi and many other 
coleoptera; the larva of C. lapathi feeds in the stems of willow and 
sallow. Dr. Bnckell: Bupalus piniaria ( J s) from Oxshott and West 
Wickham, with a Scotch specimen for comparison; one of the Oxshott 
specimens had those portions of the wings which are usually yellow as 
white as in the Scotch specimen, whilst in another specimen the black 
had encroached much more than usual on the yellow, and on the hind- 
wings had almost entirely obliterated it; also two pupae of Nemeobius 
lucina attached to a withered primrose leaf; the larvae hatched on June 
12th, and pupated on July 23rd; during their earlier stages the larvae 
remained on the fresh leaf all day, but in their later stages they left it 
during the day and rested on the bottom of the glass in which they 
were being reared; this fact suggests that the larvae might be looked 
for during the day under leaves resting on the ground or on the ground 
close to the plant; when the time for pupation came neither attached 
itself to the fresh leaf, but both retired to the withered leaf on which 
they now are, and which happened to be in the jar: also a specimen of 
Miana stvigilis from Highgate, with a reddish band near the hind 
margin of the fore-wings. Dr. Buckell also read :— 
“ Notes on the parallelism, in their earliest stages, between 
Eugonia quercinaria and E. autumnaria. — I obtained a batch of eggs 
last year from a bred 2 E. quercinaria paired with a bred , both of 
them from larvae taken in Kensington Gardens. In April last Capt. 
Thompson brought me some eggs of E. autumnaria to rear for him. 
Rearing the two species side by side, I was struck with the following 
points of parallelism between them. 1. The eggs were (to the naked 
eye) indistinguishable, their shape is peculiar (vide Ent. Bee., vol. iv., 
p. 236); Mr. Tutt describes it (Ent. Bec.,\., p. 114) as ‘ a rather square- 
based parallelopiped.’ 2. In both cases the eggs were laid overlapping 
one another (imbricated)). 3. In both alike the hatching process ex¬ 
tended over very nearly a month. 4. For pupation both spun leaves 
together, E. quercinaria very loosely, E. autumnaria somewhat more 
firmly.” 
Mr. Riches announced that he had bred several specimens of Apamea 
ophiogramma from “ Ribbon-grassa discussion ensued as to the proper 
food of this larva when in a wild state. Dr. Buckell said that the Rev. 
C. R. N. Burrows of Rainham had bred 3 and 3 2 Anticlea berberata, 
which he placed together in a glass-topped box with a spray of the food 
plant; on the first night each 2 found a mate; on the following night 
some were paired again, and the same thing happened on the third 
night. Mr. Bacot read :—- 
“ Further notes on Selenia tetralunaria. —From the fertile ova of 
the batch upon which I communicated some notes to the Society on 
June 5th, I bred 6 imagines, which emerged during the first week of 
July. I tried ‘ assembling ’ with them on two occasions, but without 
success ; probably it was too early for the 2nd brood in a state of 
nature. I, however, paired two of those I bred, and, with a view of 
following up my former observations, removed the female to a fresh 
chip box each day. The pairing took place on the night of July 4th. 
On the night of July 5th 97 eggs were laid; these were deposited in 
one large loose patch and several smaller ones (the female of the spring 
brood laid her eggs in twos and threes only), they had not turned red 
on the night of the 6th, but were all red next morning (7th). On the 
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