SOCIETIES. 211 



from the other two British species of the germs D. flavicornis and D. 

 chrysomelina. Mr. James Edwards introduces the following species of 

 Hemiptera belonging to the TypJdocybidae as new to the British fauna, 

 and all except the first as new to science. L'hlorita aurantiara from 

 Colesborne, on blackthorn, on .June 12th, 1913. Ti//ihl()cijba piiDticola 

 from Nottinghamshire, on garden plum, in July, taken by Prof. Carr ; 

 T. plebeja, on oak, lime, elm, alder and hazel, from the same county, 

 by Prof. Carr, in July; T. tersa, from Birkdale, on willow, in 1911, 

 by Mr. 0. Whittaker ; 2\ distinrta, from Notts, by Prof. Carr ; 2\ 

 bidentata from Colesborne, October, 1913 ; T. carri from Sherwood 

 Forest, on oak, in Augubt, 1913, by Prof. Carr ; T. dicersa from Notts 

 in July by Prof. Carr, and Zyyina neglecta now differentiated from Z. 

 Jiamrniyera with which it has occurred commonly for many years. Mr. 

 A. E. J. Carter announces two species of Diptera as new to the 

 British list viz., Aiiialopis scliineri taken in 1904 in Perthshire and 

 Aberfoyle in 1905, and An/yra auricollis taken in 1906 in Midlothian. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — June lltli. — Blue Female P. icarus. — Mr. Dunster exhibited a 

 short series of blue females of Polyo)innati(s icarus from Horsley. 

 Exotic Butterflies. — Mr. Edwards, butterflies from Costa Rica, New 

 Granada, and Borneo. British Coleoptera. — Mr. W. West, the various 

 species of Coleoptera taken by himself in the New Forest in mid-May, 

 mainly from hawthorn blossom. Exhibit of Anthrocerid^.- — Mr. 

 Curwen, about a dozen species with various forms of Anthroceridae 

 (Zyyaenidae) taken by him in numerous holidays on the Continent. 

 The mite Tetranychus lintearius. — Mr. Turner communicated a note 

 on the species of mite {Acarun), Tetranychus lintearius, which had 

 recently been exhibited as causing great devastation among gorse- 

 bushes. 



June 25tli. — Interesting items in various life-histories from the 

 continent. — Messrs. Blair and Main, a number of interesting items 

 collected by them during a recent holiday around Meiringen and Lugano, 

 including (1) Living larvae of a Crioceris sp. on Bryony (Tain us 

 coinuiunis). (2) A FoUstes yallica (living) on its nest. (3) Living 

 glow worms, Lainpyris noctiluca. (4) Living fireflies {Luciola italica), 

 which were " flashing." (5) A held cricket found by Mr. Ashdown. 

 (6) Several alpine newts. (7) Some young slow-worms. (8) A series 

 of Cetonia stictica. (9) Specimens of Gnophos ylaucinaria with ova, 

 etc. Aberrations of P. icarus and C. pamphilus. — Mr. Coulson, a long 

 series of many degrees of blue coloration of the females of Polyoiniuatus 

 icarus from Horsley, and several Coenonynipha pamphilus, one having a 

 bipupillate apical spot and another with three well-developed eyespots 

 on the hindwings above. 



July dth. — Living larv.e of G. ilicifolia. — Mr. Newman exhibited 

 living larvae of Gastropacha ilicifolia and Celerio yallii with the parent 

 imagines of the former species, together with a curiously suffused and 

 obscure form of Dianthoecia capsincola. A speedy Method of killing 

 Anthrocerids.— Mr. Newman demonstrated a method of killing 

 Anthrocerids (Zygasnids) by immersion in petrol for a few moments, 

 which appeared to be quite successful. An Exotic Orthopteron. — 



