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moth taken at Westerham, Kent. Duj-ing liibcrnation the larvce were divided into 

 two equal lots, the one kept on growing privet, and the other on growing birch, each 

 lot produced some few individuals, varying from the majority, but there was no 

 marked difference between the one lot and the other. Mr. Adkin also exhibited 

 Retinia buoUana, Schiff., and H. 'pinicolana, Dbl., bred from larvse collected in the 

 neighbourhood of Poole, the New Forest, and Surrey ; those from Poole and the 

 New Forest emerged between June 26tli and July 27th, and wei e all buoliana ; those 

 from Surrey emerged between July 12th and August 3i'd, from July 12th to 22nd, 

 they were all huoliana, and from July 25th to August 3rd, they were all pinicolana, 

 with the exception of one huoliana, bred July 27th. Mr. Tugwell exhibited two 

 series of Miana strigilis, St., and M. fasciuncula, Haw., and referred to a statement 

 recently made by Mr. Tutt that these two species were only forms of one, he 

 having received forms which were intermediate between the two from Rev. W. F. 

 Johnson, of Armagh. Mr. Tugwell said this statement had considerably surprised 

 him, and he at some length pointed out what he considered were the differences 

 between the two ; he also made reference to the published descriptions of the larvfe 

 respectively made by Newman and Buckler ; Mr. Fenn remarked that he did not 

 think Newman's descriptions of larvae were vary reliable, as that gentleman never 

 adopted any system in describing them ; he thought also that larvae varied so much 

 in their different stages that the description of a solitary larva was of very little 

 value ; Mr. South expressed an opinion that the two species were undoubtedly 

 distinct, in which opinion Mr. Barrett concurred ; Mr. Tutt said that he considered 

 the points of difference alluded to were only superficial : he would, however, at a 

 subsequent meeting, exhibit the specimens he refei-red to. Mr. Tutt, on behalf of 

 Mr. Reid, of Pitcaple, exhibited long variable series of Agrntis simulans, Hufn., 

 Tripliaena comes, Hb., Mclitcea aurinia, Rett., Melanippe fiuctuata, L., and Abraxas 

 grosiulaiiata., L. ; Mr. Tutt stated that this species had been successfully introduced 

 by Mr. Reid in the vicinity of Pitcaple, and had apparently developed sexual 

 dimorphism, the <? 's gradually becoming darker, and the ? 's paler. Mr. Manger 

 exhibited a box of Australian Coleoptera. — H. W. Baekee, Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London: January 2\st, 1891. — Fifty-Eighth 

 Annual Meeting. — The Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts having been read by one of the Auditors, 

 the Secretary, Mr. H. Goss, read the Report of the Council. It was then announced 

 that the following gentlemen had been elected as Officers and Council for 1891 : — 

 President, Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert 

 McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon 

 Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; Librarian, Mr. Ferdinand Grut, F.L.S. ; and as other 

 Members of the Council, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., Mr. Edward Saunders, F.L.S., 

 Dr. David Sharp, F.R.S., Mr. Richard South, Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.R.S , Colonel 

 Charles Swinhoe, F.L.S., Mr. George H. Verrall, and the Right Hon. Lord Walsing- 

 ham, M.A., F.R.S. It was also announced that the new President would appoint 

 Lord Walsingham, Prof. Meldola, and Dr. Sharp, Vice-Presidents for the session, 

 1891 — 1892. Lord Walsingham, the retiring President, then delivered an Address. 



A vote of thanks to the President and other Officers of the Society having been 

 passed, Lord Walsingham, Mr. Goss, and Mr. Grut replied, and the proceedings 

 terminated. — H. Goss, Hon. See. 



