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prceusta, and a series of Alhoiis vitta/us, all frum Urockenhurbt ; Mr. 

 Heasler, Donacice from Deal, etc., including D. menyanthidis, D. nigra, 

 D. thalassina, D. typ/uc, D. le/nmc, etc. Mr. Lewcock made observations 

 respecting two specimens of Silpha ^-punctata, taken recently by Mr. 

 Raine, at Wood Street, Walthamstow, and gave some descriptions of 

 the habits of the beetle. — G. A. Lewcock and E. Hanes, Hon Sees. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — -June 12///, 1890. Nothing of much interest occurred at the meeting, 

 although a fair number of exhibits were made. Messrs. W. West and 

 -Nlussey exhibited each a var. of Sinerinthiis tilio', with the central band 

 of fore wings reduced to a very small spot ; Mr. Tugwell exhibited bred 

 Nemoria viridata and two extreme forms of Biston hirfaria, the male 

 being especially brown, the female especially dark ; Mr. Adkin exhi- 

 bited Herbula cespilaiis, taken by Mrs. Hutchinson at the Land's End, 

 with the yellow markings well developed. [The same form occurs at 

 Deal. — Ed.] Also larv^ of Larentia ccesiata, from the Grampians, and 

 males and cases of Psyche villoseHa, taken at Bournemouth ; Mr. Well- 

 man exhibited Eupithecia rectangulaia var. nigrosericeata, and E. veno- 

 safa, from the Isle of Man ; also Nemeobius lucina and Acronycta 

 strigosa ; Mr. VVarne, Boinbyx rubi, Neineobitis lucina, and Macroglossa 

 fnciformis. The best exhibit of the evening was a fine variety of 

 Ephyra punclaria, with a very dark central band across all four wings, 

 the specimen being exhibited by Mr. Robson. Mr. Adkin exhibited 

 Eumeiies coarctata and its nest ; and Mr. Billups, Hymenoptera, from 

 Borneo and Kentucky. 



June 26t/i, 1 890. Quite an interesting meeting took place, the first matter 

 of interest being the agreeable reception of Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, on 

 his return after a long sojourn in Colorado. The exhibits, too, had more 

 than ordinary interest. The exhibits of the evening were, perhaps, a 

 long series of Sesia sphegiformis, taken in Sussex, by Mr. Robinson, 

 principally by "assembling;" and some very fine Tortrices, taken in 

 Kent, by Mr. Fenn, and comprising long and variable series of Toririx 

 bratideriana, Phoxopteryx upupana, P. obtusana, and many others, in- 

 cluding a fine var. nubilata oi Penthina cynosbana, and four specimens of 

 the Ephestia, bred from rice {Record, p. 33), the species of which is 

 very doubtful. Other exhibits were Micro-lepidoptera, collected in 

 Normandy, by Mr. South, almost all being common British species ; 

 several species of Coleoptera and Orthoptera, from Normandy, l)y Mr. 

 Billups ; a very pale gracilis-\^Q form of Tccniocanipa stabilis, by Mr. 

 Turner ; 2 specimens of Pycnogonum littorale, by Mr. H. Moore ; 29 

 species of Diptera, 23 of Hymenoptera, 5 of Coleoptera, 2 of Hemi- 

 ptera, i of Neuroptera, and i of Homoptera, taken at the Society's 

 outing on the 19th, at Mickleham, by Mr. Billups; Mr. Hawes exhi- 

 bited larvce of Thecla rubi, with notes on the early history of the 

 species, the eggs being laid on twigs, leaves, etc., of broom ; Mr. 

 Mansbridge, a good var. of Ccenoftynipha pamphilus, var. lyllus, taken 

 last August ; Mr. Cockerell, a larvDS of Ticniocampa insiabilis feeding 

 on mulberry, the exhibit being made from an economic point of view, 

 as scarcely any native species are known to feed on the mulberry ; Mr. 

 Tugwell bringing the exhibits to a close with a number of northern 

 species of plants. A discussion relative to the effect of temperature in 

 producing early emergences then took place, Mr. Carrington suggesting 



