250 [NoTember, 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 August 10th, 1922.— The President iu the Chair, 



Mr. D. W. Seth-Smith, 84 Ekworthj^ Road, was elected a member. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Ardia inllica reared from larvae piclced 

 lip on Eastbourne Parade ; they were common this year, whereas larvae of 

 A. cqja were nuusually scarce. Mr. Tonge, a bred specimen of Maleriydris 

 stdicata from Langridge Fell. Mr. Prideaux, aberrations of Mumicia iMaeas 

 from Kent, and k remarkable aberration of Mesoleuca alhicillata, bred, from 

 Blasted. Major Gillett, a unique black-banded form oi Agrotis corticea, a verv 

 li;iht cJ and a dark 5 of A. cinerea, and aberrations of ^. exclamationis, all 

 taken in his light trap. Mr. Bunnett, larva and imago of Ledra anrita 

 (Ilemipt. Homopt.) and Centrotus conmius from Box Hill, with tlie scarce 

 beetles Agrclus sinnatus and Rhinomacer attelaboides. Dr. Robertson, Lepi- 

 doptera taken by him at Grindelwald in July, Pieris napi, var. hyoniae, 

 Albulina pheretes, Acidalia iinmorata, Zijgaena achiUeae, Crcanbus niyellus, etc. 

 Mr. Hy. J. Turner, species of the S. American genus Automei-is mostly sent by 

 his friend Mr. Lindeman, and read notes on the distribution and charac- 

 teristics. Messrs. Tonge, flamm, and Carr reported the abundance of A. villica 

 larvae, the scarcity of A. eajn, and the occurrence of Polygonia c-alh^im near 

 and iu Oxford, and fresh Colias croceus (edusa) respectively. 



Augiist 24/A, 1922.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited series of two forms of the female o£ Breni/iis sclene 

 from S. Devon. Mr. Witliycombe, the larva of Limacodes testudo beaten from 

 oak at Oxsliott with the Hemipteron Acanthosoma intcrstincfum. Mr. Sims, 

 examples of the large earwig Lahidnra riixu'ia, and referred to its burrowing 

 liabits ; he had seen a fly carried in the forceps. Mr. Turner, exotic species of 

 " whites," Pieridae, to show the extreme development of brilliant coloration 

 witli total or almost total suppression of the white coloration on both 

 surfaces. Mr. Robert Adkin, pupae of PapiKo machaon, 3 spun up on a 

 carrot-leaf, ou the glass of the food-bottle, and on a dark stick amid the food, 

 respectively, were pale yellowish greoi ; 7 spun up on dark sticks leaning 

 against the cage away from the food-plant were putty-coloured witli broad 

 black stripes along the sides and wing-cases black, giving them a very dark 

 appearance. 



Scptemler lith, 1922.— The President in the Chair. 



Exhibition of Orders other than Lepidoptera. — Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a 

 large female of Sirex gigas from Eastbourne, 70 mm. in expanse. Mr. W. J. 

 Lucas, Oiihoptera: a brown form of Mantis religiosa from Spain, 1911; 

 Neuropteva : specimens of Palpares libelluloides from Sierra de Carbonera and 

 Algeciras, Spain, 1911-12; Nemoptera bipennis from S. de Carbonera, N. coa 

 from Corinth, and N. sinuata from Macedonia and Syria ; Hymenoptera : two 

 specimens of the rare Metlioca icJmeuvwjiides taken by himself in the New 

 Forest, one on Aug. 27th of this year. Mr. H. W. Andrews, Diptera : iJiodna 

 oclandica, found after many years search near Farningham, Kent; Cdtabonba 



