44 [Februai-y, 



jun. (Manchoster) ; I'ane-ssa urtu-a, varieties bj Mr. J. Wright (Warrington); 

 Insects found in timber by Mr. W. Alouiitlord ; Lepidoptera^ varieties by Mr. 13. 

 Prince; British Bembidudai,hy Mr. K. Wilding (liootle) ; and beautiful specimens 

 oi Dasycampa rubiginea, L'lusla inuneta, &c., by Mr. J. Collins (Warrington). — 

 E. J. liuKGKSS Sopp, Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural Histoky Society, 

 November 2Ttli, VMt. — Mr. E. NoAD Clark, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. J. Hare, East Dulwich Grove, S.E. was elected a Member. 



The Meeting was devoted to a Special Exhibition of notable captures and 

 varieties!, and was, as usual, a very successful gathering. Between eighty and ninety 

 Members and their friends attended, and a large number of exhibits were made. 

 Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited very varied series of several species of 

 Lepidoptera recently taken in the Shetland Isles, including Eupithecia nanula, 

 Dianthoecia nana (conspersaj smoky and dark forms, Noctua f estiva v. confiua, and 

 Anarta nielanopa, with normal types for comparison. Mr. Cant, a pair of the ex- 

 tremely dark form of Ilemeruphila ahruptarla, taken this year in Kegent's Park. 

 Mr. Kaye, long sei'ies of Anchocelis lunosa, with the forms obsoleta, humilis, 

 brunnea, ueurodes and agrotoides, see " Brit. Noct.," II, 168-170. He had not met 

 with T. rufa, which was said to be common. Mr. li. Adkin, examples and series of 

 hybrid Lepidoptera, and read notes on their life history (1) tSmerinthus ocellata ^ 

 X Amorpha populi S^ ; (2) Seleiiia bilunaria (iilunaria) $ x Selenia tetralunaria 

 (illustraria) $ ; (3) I'ygara pigra {reclusa) <J x /". curtula, $ , and (4) P. 

 curtula $ y. F. pigra $ . In the last two series the $ influence was dominant ; 

 in the two former cases, tlie characters of S and ? wei'c pretty evenly shared or 

 deleted. Mr. Carpenter, specimens of Apatura Iris, bred from larvae he had hiber- 

 nated, and on behalf of Mr. Oldaker (1) Folyommatus Icarus, a gynandromorph, 

 left side $ , right side V > taken June 14th, 1902 ; (2) a J , with under-side having 

 faint marginal spots, and only one spot on central area of ashy grey, taken June 7th. 

 Both were from Kanmore Common ; (3) a ^ about the size of an average Cujndo 

 minima; and (i) a var. of Jiuvaiiessa Antiopa, hrcd from German larvae, with no 

 blue spots on upper wings, and only one blue spot on the lower wings. Mr 

 ScoUick, an Aglais urtivoi, with ground colour resembling that of Eugonia poly- 

 chloros and a Fliisia chrysitis, with the usually burnished appearance greatly 

 curtailed on one side. Mr. Hare, a Strenia clathrata, with nearly the whole of the 

 lighter markings of the type obliterated, taken at Marlborough, and b,u Ephippiphora 

 obscurana {gall icof ana) with the dorsal blotch suffused with fuscous. Mr. J. A. 

 Clark, an almost white var. of Agrotis sujfusa, taken in September in S. Devon, and 

 two hybrid S. ocellata ^ x A. populi, V . Mr. Lucas, several examples of the 

 Dragonfly, Oxyjasira Curtisii, from Dants, with nymph skins from Erance, and 

 several specimens of the earwig, Labidura riparia, from Bournemouth. On behalf 

 of Mr. Ansorge, a series of Agriopis aprilina, bred from the New Eorest, and having 

 very dark lower wings. Mr. G. T. Porrilt, the Huddersfleld range of forms of 

 Folia cki, from almost white to dark slate, including the forms o/ty«cea and suffusa. 

 Mr. Joy, aberrations of Kpinephele kyperanthus, from Eolkestone, mainly showing 

 a tendency to diminution of the eye-spots. Mr. Main, on behalf of Mr. Mera, a 

 series of very dark Udoidopura bidentata, bi-ed from Leeds, and a brilliant green 



