18 fJamiary, 



Oxford. Mr. W. Mansbridge read a paper entitled " Notes on a melanic race of 

 Aprotis ashworthii" and exliibited a long series of moths bred in 1905 in illustra- 

 tion of his remarks ; a discussion ensued, and in further illustration !\lr F. N. 

 Pierce, F.K.S., exhibited A. candelanim, together with microscopic preparations of 

 the genitalia of both insects, and Dr. Bell showed the preserved larva of A. ash- 

 worthii. Mr. Mansbridge reviewed the evidence for and against the view that 

 ashworthii and eandelarum are the same species, and suggested the name xtthsfriata 

 to distinguish the now form. The opinion of the meeting was to fhc efPect- that 

 more evidence of identity was required, especially as regards early stages and 

 structural detail of eandelarum. Other exhibitors were Mr. W. A. Tyernian, a box 

 of Lepidoplera. including Pygiera pigra from Ireland, Eupithecia isogrammata 

 and Plnsia fesfvcx from Lathom ; Noctua stigmnth-a and A'. glareof:a, one of the 

 latter a very rosy s]iecimen, from N. Wales ; .4croni/('/a lppori»a,\av. melanocephala. 

 Notodonta dro med a rius and N. dictsenide-i from Kirby, Lancashire. Mr. K. Wilding, 

 species of the Coleopteron Amara anthohia from the Liverpool district. Mr. E. J. B. 

 Sopp, F.E.S., the scarce cocl<roach Epilampra hiirmeisteri taken in the Manchester 

 Docks and identified by Mr. R. Shelford ; VanchJora vireacens from the Manchester 

 Docks, Iloylake, and Warrington ; Acridium xqiipficum from Birkdale ; also, on 

 behalf of Mr. W. J. Lucas, the scarce Stenohothrns elegans from the New Forest^ 

 and, on behalf of Mr. W. E. Sharp, a nymph of the cockroach Periplaneta 

 australasise from Brockenhurst. — H. E. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, 

 Hon. Sees. 



The South London Entomoiogical and Natural History Societt : 

 Thursday, November Sth. 190B.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited bred and variable series of (1) Tethea 

 subtusa from Fermanagh, and (2) Numeria pulveraria from various localities, and 

 pointed out the characteristic forms prevailing in each. Mr. Newman (1) Anthro- 

 cera purpuraJis (minos) from N. Wales ; (2) a dwarf example of A. exulans ; 

 (3) a pale .4. filipendulre ; and (4) a very variable series of Bnmicia phlseas, the 

 pick of some SOflO third brood specimens passed through the net at Bexley. 

 Mr. Moore, a specimen of Aglais urticas veay nearly approaching var. polarls. 

 Mr. Goulton, a specimen of the rare Heliothis armiger taken at light at Sutton, 

 and a series of JFgeria mgopa'formis from the same locality. Mr. Edwards, some 

 large species of Coleoptera from Sierra Leone. Mr. Rayward, ova of Strymon 

 (Tkecla) w-album found in -titii on bark and twigs of wych elm. Mr. R. Adkin, 

 a series of Scoparia dubitalis from Eastbourne, including some exceedingly pale 

 forms, and also the very pale form from Mr. C. G. Barrett's collection, and read 

 notes on this local race. 



Thursday, November 22iid, the President in the Chair. 



A Special Exhibition of Varieties. Mr. South exhibited the very large Chinese 

 Vanessa urticae, var. chinensis, to compare with the very small /'. urticas, ab. 

 urticoides, bred from larvoB led on hop. Mr. Lucas, for Messrs. F. W. and 

 H. Campion, (1) a (J of the very rare dragonfly Sympetrum vulgatum ; (2) a series 

 of S. flaveolum, including a 9 ; and (3) a series of Cordulia fenea. All were 

 taken in Epping Forest. Messrs. Harrison and Main, (1) a brood of Pieris 



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