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local specimens of the var. rosea of Ncctua t/lareosa, and an extremely variable 

 ^^eries of Tn/phama fimhria, specimens of a fine form of Ciihtria trnncata of the 

 var. i-ufescens type, but much darker, ftvmi Clayton West, near Iluddersfield ; 

 also a series of Sesia (oidreni/ormis, with its mine and pupa, from Surrey. 

 ])r. H. Douglas Smart, F.E.S., a series of Pieris napl from various Yorkshire 

 districts, and other loc.ilities in Britain and Ireland, with those of various 

 European countries for comparison ; series of 'Zygaena Jilipendulae and 

 Z. hmicerae from Filey, showing the local variation, with specimens of 

 Z trifolii and Z. hlppocrepidis for comparison ; also a melanic Noctua xqiit/to-: 

 (/rcqtha from Shelley. 



Hymenoptera. — Dr. Fordham. Ainmophila sabuJosa and the Chrysid 

 Notozus panzeri from Allerthorpe, the latter. very abundant in a sandfiti bnt 

 not seen elsewhere. Mr. E. G. Bayford, F.E.S., a specimen of the true Sire.r 

 juveneus from Barnsley tkis j'ear, making- the fourth Biitish example. Mr. F. 

 Khodes, F.E.S., a series oi Bombus distvKjuendus from Sunn^alale. 



Ilemiptera. — Mr. Rhodes, Dictijonota crassiconds and other species fmni 

 Ileaton and Sunnydale in the Bradford district. 



Diptera. — Mr. Cheetham, the followiiinr, all new to the county: Pachi/r- 

 rhina scurra and Urellia stellafa from Skipwith ; To.voneara muliehris and 

 Neottiophilum praeudum from Farnley ; Fitaresta conji/ncfa frtim Allerthorpe ; 

 I'lineonv/ia fuscipennis and Conops Jlaripea from Nidd; Xijloia lenta and Ardu- 

 pieru irrorata from Rawdon ; Tipula siynata, Oxycera parddlina, Therioplectes 

 vi'mianus, Didea intennedia, Dp.via vacua, and Ilelumyza variey(da, all from 

 Austwick ; HydrojdiDvus borealis from llelwitli JIoss ; FipKuculus Utturalis 

 and Syrphus anniilipcs from Pateley Bridge. Dr. Fordham, Laniopoyon cinctus 

 and Diwtria bmimlumeri from AUerthoi-pe Common ; Porphyrops iiasuta and 

 Eufarsus arcticus from Bubwith, also all new to tlie county. 



Plant Galls. — ]Mr. Falconer, tlie Ilymenopteron Isosnma yraminicola new 

 to the United Kingdom ; the Dipterou Atrichosema aceris from maple, new to 

 the Nortli of England ; the Homopteron Pemphigus jUayims on black poplar, and 

 Asterodiaspis quercicola on oak, both new to the North of England, besides 

 man}' of the species alluded to in the report. 



A most interesting and stimulating discussion followed on *' Parasitism in 

 Insects," such topics as " Stung larvae are careless and do not attempt to 

 hide," "Do birds know this and avoid tliem?" "How do hA'per-parasites 

 know of the presence of parasites' eggs or larvae, or both ? " " Are parasites' 

 eggs laid on eggs of hosts or on small larvae, and do they hibernate as eggs or 

 1 irvae in the ho.sts ? if as larvae they cannot continue damaging the hosts 

 during hibernation, or they would die," were dealt with. — E. G. Bavfokd. 



The South Eondon ENroMOLOGiCAL andNatltbalTIistoby Society: 

 October imh, 1921.— Mr. K. G. Blaiii, B.Sc, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. A. W. Vesterling, 167 Castle Street, Battersea, was elected a member. 



Mr. Grosvenor e.vhibited the chief Palaearctic species of the genus Zygaena. 

 Mr. Blenknrn, the scarce weevil, Epipolaeus caliginosus from Dover. Mr. New- 

 man, Rumicia i)hlaeas with ab, obsoleta, ab. siiffusa, a golden form, and ab- 



