302 THE entomologist's record, 



captured bj' himself at Loch Garten, near Nethy Bridge, and another 

 captured by Colonel Yerbury in the Thurso district. 



Mr. G. F. Mathew records the capture of a specimen of Leucania 

 loreyi in the neighbourhood of Queenstown, on the night of October 

 6th last, it was beaten from ivy growing on a garden wall about 80 

 yards from the sea, by Commander Gwatkin Williams, R.N. 



We are in receipt of the sixth part of the Xoctndles ct GeoiDetreN 

 d'Ettrope, by Monsieur I. Culot, the plates are of the same finished 

 order as those of the preceding parts, every figure being drawn and 

 coloured with marvellous fidelity, this part deals with the Agrotids. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — October 21th, 1910. — Swiss Lepidoptera. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited 

 examples of the various species of lepidoptera met with by him during 

 a few weeks spent in Switzerland in July last, including Apatiira iris, 

 Issoria lathonia, Melitaea phoebe, Limenitis Camilla, Erchia lappona, 

 Coliafi pliiconione, Ciipido osiris (sebrtis.), etc. Lepidoptera. — -Mr. New- 

 man, a living larva of roli/f/onia c-albuni, and a long series of ? s of 

 Agriades thetiti (bellan/us) from Folkestone. Aberrations of Lepi- 

 doptera. — Mr. South, series of (1) ('Droiiia unidcntaria bred from ova, 

 and read notes on the two main types produced ; (2) Acid alia aversata 

 bred from ova, and gave an analysis of the banded and plain forms 

 produced; (3) Boarmia f/einumria bred from ova of var. perfumaria, the 

 resultant imagines being all of the varietal form ; (4) B. abietaria, 

 specimens bred from New Forest larvae ; (5) Pionea (Scopida) lutealis, 

 a series from Durham, white, strongly marked, larger than southern 

 examples ; and (6) light forms of Larentia didi/mata from Weardale. 

 Teratological specimens. — Dr. Chapman, a large number of terato- 

 logical specimens lent him by Mr. Tutt, Mr. Pickett, Dr. Hodgson, 

 and others, to illustrate the interesting paper he read, entitled, " Notes 

 on Teratological Specimens." N<jvc)id>er lOt/i, 1910. — Agriades coridon. 

 — Dr. Hodgson exhibited selected examples of Af/riadcn coridon, mainly 

 2 s, to show the prevalent slighth' ijlue-scaled form from Dover and 

 Clandon in 1906 and 1904 respectively, and from Sussex, Surrey, and 

 Herts in 1910. Vanessa io. — Mr. Piatt Barrett, bred specimens of 

 Vanessa io of a curious greasy-looking appearance, from mal-develop- 

 ment of the scales. Bred Lithosia caniola. — Mr. R. Adkin, a bred 

 series of Lithosia caniola from Devonshire, and read notes on the larval 

 habits. They fed mainly on lichen and lettuce. Aberrations of 

 butterflies. — Mr. Newman, a curious specimen of " blue," which it 

 was suggested might be a natural hybrid between A. coridon and P. 

 ■icanis or A. thetis and P. icaras, and also a <? Polyijonia c-album with 

 yellow ground, of which ten others have been reared. Limenitis 

 popuLi. — Mr. Sich, Limenitis populi taken by Mr. E. Sich in Austria. 

 Teratological lepidoptera. — Mr. Turner, a teratological specimen of 

 Danais limniace with a long indentation in the dwarfed left forewing. 

 Mr. Buxton, a box of teratological specimens, including a number of 

 species with the left hindwing dwarfed or missing. Acidalia eusticata. 

 — Mr. Barnett, a series of Acidalia nisticata from Erith. Mr. R. 

 Adkin read the Report of the Conference of Delegates of the 

 'Corresponding Societies of the British Association. 



