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also A. strafan'a, wliich had been kept alive in an atmosphere containing a con- 

 siderable amount of chlorine, for forty-eight hours, also a specimen which had been 

 killed in a strong atmosphere of chlorine. In the former experiment .4. strataria. 

 compared with a mottled sj^ecimen, showed no bleaching ; but in the latter the insect 

 died in one minute, and the dark markings were at once bleached to light brown. 

 Mr. C. E. Sfott communicated notes on recent additions to the local list of Coleo- 

 ptera, and exhibited on behalf of Dr. Knight, of St. Anne's, a tube containing 

 a number of Glossinas (Tsetse flies'). .Mr. W. A. Tyerman exhibited Agrotis 

 exelamafio7iis var. tiigrn, and a specimen of Aplecta occulta from Ainsdale. 



Mondaif, April ]Qth, 1909.— Mr. R. Wilding in the Chair. 



A lecture was delivered by Mr. R. Newstead on the " Natural History of 

 Jamaica," with especial reference to the insect fauna of the island, notably certain 

 ])ests allied to the Insecta which had been particular objects of study, viz , the 

 cattle ticks. The lecture was fully illustrated by lantern slides and by specimens 

 brought back by Mr. Newstead. The results of the expedition, due to the initiative 

 and support of Sir A. L. Jones, will be fully reported upon officially. Dr. Tinne 

 exhibited a series of Caeiwni/mpha ti/phon from various localities to show the range 

 of variation in the species. — H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. 

 Secretaries. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, April 8th, 1909.— Mr Alfred Sich, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Heminings and Mrs. Hemmings, of Horley, were elected Members. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a living 9 of Asteroscopus niibeculosa bred that morning 

 after being four years in the pupal stage. Mr. Main, ova-cases of a leaf-insect from 

 Ceylon, each containing one ovum. The species was parthenogenetic, J s being 

 rarely produced. Mr. Turner, a series of the delicate Pyrale, Gltfphodes sinuata, 

 from the Ja River, Caraeroons. Mr. Adkin read a short paper entitled " Notes on 

 a series of Soarmia repandata, with some remarks upon the Variation and Dis- 

 tribution of the species in Britain," and exhibited long series of the species in 

 illustration of the paper. Mr. Turner read the Report of the Society's Visit to the 

 Zoological Museum, Tring, on March 27th. About thirty Members and friends 

 were present, and much appreciated the privilege of a visit to this splendid private 

 collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Thursday, April 22nd, 1909. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited remains of an unusually dark Catocala fraxini taken at 

 Horsham in 1908 with some of the ova laid by it. Mr. West (Ashtead), living 

 larvae of a " stick insect," feeding on privet leaves. Mr. Joy, a pupa of Cyclopides 

 pahemon. The larva hibernated in a tent among grass, emerged in the spring, 

 wandered but did not feed, and had just pupated. He referred to a brood of 

 Brenthis euphrosyne, of which, on March 15th, forty-five out of about eighty were 

 alive. The subsequent severe weather killed ofP all but four, of which two had 

 already turned to pupae. Mr. Ray ward, the ova in situ of Polygoyiia c-album found 

 wild. They were always near the apex of the leaf on the upper-side. Mr. Tonge 



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