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with joined-up spots approaching ab. iralkeri, several Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata, (1) black markings especially wanting on all wings, (2) yellow 

 marking much increased in area, and black decreased, and (8) a very 

 dark specimen, the black areas united and enlarged. Pupation of 

 Cossus cossus (ligniperda). — Mr. Adkin, a series of Consm cossxk 

 {liiniipcrda) from Lewisham, and read notes on the occurrence and 

 pupation of the species. Lyonetia clerckella. — Mr. Turner, living- 

 bred examples of L]/(inetia clerckella and its mine in a birch leaf, with 

 the swung silken cradle in which the larva turned to pupa. Nigerian 

 Butterflies. — Mr. Moore, a variety of lAwnaa chrydppuii var. alcippus, 

 in which the apical white dot is duplicated, and Acraea encedon ab. 

 alcippina from the same locality. Northern Nigeria. Larva of Glow- 

 worm. — Mr. Main, newly-hatched larvte of the glow-worm. Aberrations 

 OF Lepidoptera. — Dr. Hodgson, an example of t'allnphrys ruhi with 

 xanthic areas on the disc of all the wings, specimens of Noneobiua 

 lucina, (1) 5 in which the yellow area was much increased at the 

 expense of the black, (2) a (? in which the opposite was very strongly 

 marked, a black example of Anthmcera trifoUi, the only one obtained 

 this year, and one with extreme red suffusion. Eggs of Plebeius 

 ARGUS (.egon) laid WILD. — Mr. Ray ward, ova of Plebeius aryus (aegon) 

 laid naturally on lu-ica cinerea. Sicilian Lepidoptera. — Dr. Chapman, 

 lepidoptera obtained by him in Sicily, (h-eopsyche kahri, Depressaria 

 thapaiella, D. ferulae, etc. Brazilian Butterflies. — Mr. Kaye, a box 

 of Brazilian butterflies taken by him in the early part of the year, 

 including Morpho ana.vibia, M. vmnelaus, M. hercules, M. laertes, M. 

 aeya, and the rare M. cytheris, the beautiful Papilio ascanius, five 

 species of Heliconius, species of Catayraninia and Callicore, numerous 

 very beautiful F.rycinidae, the Ithomiine Mechanitis lysininia with its 

 Pierine mimic, Dismorphia astyoche, caught on the same flower-heads 

 at Castro. Microlepidoptera.- — Mr. Sich, specimens of Monopis 

 weaverella, a rare species only recently fully difl'erentiated from 2J. 

 spilotella. He also showed the hybernaculum of Yponouieuta coyna- 

 tellus on Kuonymus twigs. Sicilian Butterflies. — Mr. Piatt Barrett, 

 a large collection of butterflies taken in Sicily during the last two 

 years, and read a paper on the exhibit and the localities he visited, 

 illustrating his remarks by a large number of lantern slides, including 

 a series of views of Messina before and after the earthquake, of which 

 he and his son were among the survivors. 



Entomological Society of London. — October Idt/i, 1910. — 

 Obituary. — The decease was announced of Mr. Oliver C. Goldthwait, 

 a Fellow of the Society. Abnormal beetles. — Mr. A. M. Lea sent 

 for exhibition two interesting examples of Lissotes beetles, which he 

 had presented to the British Museum (Natural History) Teratological 

 Collection ; L. curvicomis, Ber., var. 3, with an additional leg jutting 

 out from the left front coxa ; and L. punctatus, Lea, a hermaphrodite 

 having the left side J and the right 5 . New British Braconid. — 

 Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited a Braconid new to Britain, Helcon 

 rnspator, taken at Cannock Chase on July 16th last, in a cell of 

 Stranyalia ^-faaciata in a fallen birch tree, and an example of the 

 host captured at the same time. He pointed out that this very fine 

 addition to the British list is recorded as parasitic on the same beetle 



