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Knowle ; Bryaxis juncorum, Knowle, &c. ; also Sesia asiliformis from Knowle, July, 

 1898, and S. culiciformis, also from Knowlo, May, 1898. Mr. A. H. Martineau, 

 Hytnenoptera, including — Crabro 4i- maculatus, from Coleshill ; Chrysis viridula, Jj., 

 and Chelostoma campanularum, Kirby, from Solihull ; also Heematopota pluvialis, 

 S , from Coleshill, and Platycnemis pennipes, S and ? , from Bridgnorth. Mr. G. 

 W. Wynn, Xanthia oitrago, Xylophasia scolopacina, Cymatophora duplaris, and 

 Gonophora derasa, all from Haywood, Warwickshire, this year. — Colbkan J. 

 Wainweight, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 October 25th, 1900.— Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Kirkaldy, Worple Road, Wimbledon, was elected a Member. 



Mr. MacArthur exhibited specimens of Leucania vitellina from Shoreham ; an 

 example of Amphipyra tragopogonis, with pale marginal blotches on the fore-wings ; 

 and a specimen of Thyvielicus thaumas of a pale straw colour. Mr. Lucas, a speci- 

 men of the cockroach, Rhyparobia maderce taken in a desk in Covent Garden 

 Market. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, a photograph of a hollyhock plant, as an example 

 of the ravages of the larvse of Pyrameis cardai at Raton, in New Mexico. Mr. 

 West, a series of a local Homopteron, Acocephalux bifanciatux, t&kvn at Blackheath. 

 Mr. R. Adkin, a scries of the plain and banded forms of Acidalia aversata, bred in 

 September from ora deposited by a banded female taken at Lewisham in July, 

 and contributed notes on their history and variation ; together with living larvae of 

 Caradrina ambigua. Mr. Mera, specimens of Colias Edusa and v. Helice, with in- 

 termediate varieties ; very pale specimens of C. Hyale ; and a specimen of Sme- 

 rinthus populi, with the basal area of the hind-wings suffused with yellow instead of 

 dull red. 



November 8th, 1900. — The President in the Chair. 



The Annual Exhibition of Varieties was held on this evening, and was a most 

 successful and interesting meeting. 



Mr. B. Adkin, a bred Eugenia polychloros, with a very pale ground colour ; a 

 Triphcena fimbria, having the black band on the hind-wings extending along the 

 inner margin ; and examples of Catocala promis-sa, with paler upper wings, and 

 hind-wings with narrow and straight median band. Mr. Winkley, Catocala nupfa, 

 var. coerulescens, taken in August, 1892. Mr. R. Adkin, varieties of Argynnis 

 Aglaia, (1) with basal two-thirds black except a yellow discoidal spot, on the under- 

 side the silver spots were reduced to two on each hind-wing ; (2) with greenish 

 blotch on both left wings, similar to those frequently found in A. Paphia ; (3) with 

 black spots on the central portion of the under-side run together into irregular 

 bands ; (4) two unusually dark females, one liaving an unpigmented patch on both 

 left wings ; also a long series of Melanippe galiata, showing extreme variation in 

 the width and intensity of the band. Mr. Urwick, a graduated series of variations 

 of Abraxas ulmata, from smoke coloured to almost white ; a hermaphrodite var. of 

 Argynnis Paphia, having the right wings male var. Valezina, and the left wing& 

 ordinary male type, except a few dark splashes ; a suffused var. of the same species ; 

 several vars. of Lithosia quadra, showing variation in depth of colour and absence 



