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Show 166 MR. A. THOMSON'S REPORT O N THE INSECT-HOUSE. [Mar. 5, 3. Male. Presented by H.E. Sir George Grev, K.C.B., F.Z.S., Sept. 4th, 1858. Died June 10th, 1864. The skin and skeleton of this specimen are now in the British Museum. Text-tig. 47. Female Quagga, 1870. Mr. Arthur Thomson, the Assistant-Superintendent of the Gardens, laid on the table a series of various Insects reared and exhibited in the Insect House in the Society's Gardens during the past year, and read the following report on the subject:- Report on the Insect-house for 1900. The following is a list of the Lepidoptera exhibited in 1900:- Silk-producing Bombyces and their Allies. Asiatic. Attacus atlas. Actias selene. cynthia. Rhodia fugax. Anthercea yama-mai. Caligula japonica. |