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Aberration of Phigalia pedaria. — Mr. Conlson, a very pale buflf 

 ■example of Phif/alia pedaria from Epping Forest. Butterflies of 

 Zermatt. — Mr. H. J. Turner, a number of species of Lepidoptera 

 from Zermatt, and read a paper entitled " A few days with the 

 Butterflies of Zermatt." June dth, 1910. — Aberration of Epione 

 advenaria. — Captain Cardew, a short series of h!pione adiunian'a, inclnd- 

 ing an unicolorous specimen from Godalming. Partial double-brooded- 

 NESS IN Pieris napi. — Dr. Hodgson, the imagines bred from a brood 

 ■of Pieris napi from ova laid in IMay, 1909. Some enaerged in July- 

 August, 1909, but most of the insects did not appear till the spring of 

 1910. Amphidasys betularia ab. doubledayaria near London. — Mi'. 

 Harrison reported the assembling of 21 <? s of Amp/iidasi/s betularia, 14 

 ■of which were ab. doiibledai/aria, at Woodford. 



Entomological Society of London. — J)ine 1st, 1910. — Address to 

 the King. — The President proposed that an Address of Condolence 

 and Congratulation should be presented by the Society to His Majesty, 

 King George V., on his accession to the throne. The proposal was 

 seconded by Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, and carried unanimously, all 

 Fellows present standing. Postponement of the Conversazione. — 

 The President announced that the Conversazione, postponed from 

 Friday, May 27th last, by reason of the general mourning for His late 

 Majesty, King Edward VH., would be held during the forthcoming- 

 session on some date not earlier than the last week in November. 

 Rare British Beetles. — Commander J. J. Walker exhibited examples 

 •of Ceut/torrhi/nchiis pilosellus and ('. nii.rtii>< taken by him daring 

 May last, at Tubney, Berkshire. Rare Hymenoptera. — The Rev. 

 F, D. Morice showed a specimen of Clarelia pompiliformis, Luc, J ; 

 the only fossorial wasp with pectinated antennae taken by him this 

 spring at Oran, Algeria ; also examples of the saw-fly, Pliymatocera 

 aterriina, Klug, with photographs of the insect in the act of ovipositing 

 ■on " Solomon Seal," and gave an account of the way in which the 

 saws are employed for the purpose. Instead of cutting vertically, the 

 saws are turned sideways, a characteristic method employed, said 

 Mr. F. Enock, by many of the Homoptera. Mr. A. Sich mentioned 

 that some years since many larvie, which appeared identical with those 

 of P. aterriina exhibited, occurred on the same plant in his garden 

 at Chiswick. Glow-worm pupa. — Mr. H. Main brought for exhibition 

 an empty larva skin of a cj Larnpi/ris noctilnea with a living pupa, 

 which was seen to be intermittently luminous. Melanism ok Ematurga 

 atomaria. — Mr. L. Newman showed a case containing a long and 

 varied series of Hinatiiri/a atomaria bred from a melanic 2 taken 

 in cop. with a dark typical J at Bury, Lancashire. It was noticeable 

 that melanic and semi-melanic forms of the offspring predominated. 

 Hybrid Lycenid.e. — Mr. Nev/man also exhil)ited a S and ? 

 supposed to be hybrid A<iriades tlietis {bellari/as) x A. eoridnn, taken 

 wild in North Kent, June^ 1909, by Sergt.-Major W. Crocker, R.E. 

 He said they resembled examples taken on the same spot about 

 sixteen years ago by the late Mr. E. Sabine. [We have, unfor- 

 tunately, not been able to see these specimens. They may, of 

 course, be examples of Aijriades hybr. polonas, but if they resemble 

 those captured by Sabine, they cannot be hybrids, as Sabine's 

 specimens were frequently exhibited, and have been fully described 

 under their own varietal names (see A Xat. IJist. Brit. Lep., x. 



