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Spilographa ahrotani, Mg.— One was taken at Glanvilles Wootton by myself in 

 May, 1884; and a second at Hatt, in Covnwall, by the Rev. T. A. Marshall. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., vol. V, p. 145. 



Tcteriea westermayini, Mg.— I have a couple taken by my fatlier and me, one in 

 Monk's Wood on August 17th, 1837, and tlie other at Charmouth on September 

 28th, 1837. 



Mi/opite.i inuhi', v. Roser. — Common on Inula crithmoidex. 



Tephriiis plantagim's, Ilab. —Common on Sfntice fimoniitm. T. coniiculata, 

 Fin., and MeUia cometa, Lw., hibernate in fir, yew, &c. — C. W. Dalk, O lanvilles 

 Wootton : March 23r(l, 1904. 



Capture of SaUicus formicariuft in Dorsetshire. — Of this species, which is 

 beautifully figured in Blackwall's British Spiders, I took a specimen at Lyme Regis 

 on October 21st. I Iiave another whi(!h was taken by my fatlier at the Lymington 

 Salterns on August 18th, 1865, and which is recorded in the Appendix to " The 

 Spiders of Dorset." — Id. 



,§orietn. 



The South London Entomological and Natural Histoet Society : 

 June 9th, 1904.— Mr. A. SiCH, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited ova of Coleophora laricella, laid by a ? bred from Isle 

 of Purbeck larvDe ; he stated that they were upright eggs, with 13 or 14 very bold 

 vertical ribs. He also showed the cocoon of Thais poly xena, which consisted of a 

 few strands of silk attached to twigs. Mr. Lucas, a number of grass stems attacked 

 by a fungus, in which the larva of a Dipteron was feeding. Dr. Chapman explained 

 the curious life-history of the latter as far as he knew it. Mr. Lucas also showed 

 the ova of the large ladybird, Halyzia ocellata, and specimens of parasites {My- 

 maridse) on the ova of Oryyia antiqua. Mr. West (Greenwich), the Capsid Har- 

 pocera thorneica, from Ranmore Connnon, and called attention to their knotted 

 antenna^. Mr. Carr, ova of Acidalia remutaria. Mr. Turner, cases and larva; of 

 Coleophora bicolorella, a very local species, from Chatham, and read notes on its 

 life-history. A discussion took place ns to the season, and several members gave 

 notes on spring collecting. It was generally considered that the season was late, 

 and that insects were scarce, although a few species were exceptionally abundant 

 locally. 



Ju7ie 2Srd, 1904.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President in the Chair. 



Mr. Carr exhibited a double-sized cocoon of Lasiocampa qttercus ; it was of a 

 dirty cream colour instead of a rich brown. .Mr. Ashby, examples of Callidium 

 alni and Orsodacna cerasi, two rare species of Coleoptera taken by him at Book- 

 ham during the Field Meeting on June 4th. Dr. Chapman, larv* of Agdistis 

 bennettii, sent by Mr. Ovendcn from Rochester, together with ova of the same 

 species. A'r. South, living larva; of Nyssia lapponaria feeding on birch ; it was 

 noted as being extremely local, but plentiful in its two known localities on heather 

 and bilberry. — Hy. J. TUKNEE, lion. Sec. 



