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Mr. Soutli cxliibil-cd Vfry iiitorosliiig series of Anthrucera (Zi/ffrena) trifulii 

 and A. filipeiidvhi' I'rum various lociililics, togetlier with varieties, local races and 

 livbrid!*, and road a sliort, paper on the exhibit. He rciuarkcd on A. trifolii with 

 an additional spot, on the occurrence of A. filipendiibe, v. hip2wcrepidis, and on 

 pairs of A. trifolii is and A. jiUpenduhc ?s taken mi nature. Mr. McArthur, a 

 short series of Hcjjialus humuli v. hethlandicd taken in Unst in 1882. Mr. Dodds, 

 specimens of tiie Coleopteron Coryneten rufipen found alive in a box of cigars. 

 Mr. Edwards, a wedding cake which had been over twenty jears under a glass 

 shade in a city confectioner's ; the interior was thoroughly demolished by beetles, 

 and the sugar was burrowed in an extraordinary way by them. The species was 

 recognised as Anohium paniceum. Mr. Carr, series of bred and captured <? s of 

 Orgyia aH^/yr/a, of which the former were very considerably the larger. Mr. Tongc, 

 very line photographs of tlie hirvfe of Sesia (MacrogJossa) stellatarum, Emnorpha 

 elpenor, Theretra porcellus, Asphalia flavicorni.s. Mr. West, short series of two 

 species of Hemiptera, Microphysa elegantula from Darenth and Cardiantethus 

 fasciventris from Box Hill. Dr. Chapman, an album of photographs, showing the 

 embryonic development of Botys hyalinalix, taken by Mr. Hammond and 

 Mr. Jeffreys of Canterbury. It consisted of a unique series taken at short intervals 

 from the time of the laying of the egg until the exclusion of the young larva. 

 Mr. Kaye,bred specimens of Theope eiidocia, T foUoruiii and Nymphidium /ysimoii, 

 with figures of the larva; and pupae from Trinidad. The larvse were found to live 

 on friendly terms with species of ants, who milked them from papilla? above the 

 anal segment. 



Mr. E. ."Vdkin read the Reports of the Field Meetings at Limpsfield and 

 St. Paul's Cray. 



November 12th. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Jager exhibited a specimen of Uj)hiusa stolida, a Noctuid new to Britain, 

 taken at sugar, near Dartmouth, on September 2.'ird, 1903. Mr. Kaye, two 

 remarkable aberrations of Tseniocampa stabilis (1), a ? with shiny pale hind- 

 wings, the fore-wings brick red, and the transverse line and lunule distinct; (2), a ? 

 with grey fore-wings, the lines strongly black, and a broad blackish fascia passing 

 through the reniform stigma. Mr. McArthur, a specimen of Hippotion 

 (Chaerocampa) ceieriw, captured at Brighton on October 24th, by Mr. Clayton. Mr. 

 Colthrup, a large number of the various species and forms of British Anthrocerids 

 (Zygivnidn), including A. hippocrepidis. Mr. Fremlin, an example of Hemaris 

 bombyliformis from the New Forest. Mr. Tonge, very finely executed photographs of 

 the ova of Niimeria pulveraria, Oporabia nittumnaria, and llemerophila abruptaria. 

 Mr. West (Greenwich), a short series of Sito7ies griseus from Oxshott, where it 

 was common on broom. At Yarmouth he had usually met with it at the roots of 

 grass. Messrs. Dennis, Goulton, Main, Tonge and West (Streatham), then showed 

 a large number of lantern slides comprising studies of flowers, ova, larvae and pupae 

 of Lepidoptera, resting habits of imagines, diatoms, and geological formations in 

 North Wales. — Hy. J. Tdenee, Ron. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London : November 4th, 1903, Professor E. B. 

 PouLTON, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.., President, in the Chair. 



