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Eupithecia consignata at rest, and its egg in situ, are also splendid. 

 The volume is to be obtained at the Society's Rooms, Hibernia 

 Chambers, London Bridge, S.E. 



Thanks to our readers, we have been able to complete almost abso- 

 lutely our life-histories of Callophrys rubi, Biihys i/uercus, and 

 Edwardsia it-album ; also of Strymon pruni, except the second and third 

 larval in stars, and largely that of Ruralis betulae, of which, however, 

 Mr. Main (Almondale, .Buckingham Road, South Woodford) could 

 still do with fullfed larva? for photographing. With material of 

 Agriades corydon, A. bellargus, Polyommatus icarus, and Celastrina 

 aryiolus, we have also done pretty well, but a pupa of each of the two 

 latter, and eggs of C. aryiolus are still required by Dr. Chapman 

 (Betula, Reigate). Of Aricia astrarche, ( 'upido minima, Plebeius aegon, 

 Lycaena argus, and Nomiades semiargus, our material is still defective, 

 and Dr. Chapman particularly wants eggs of these in order to make 

 drawings of the newly-hatched larvas, but larva? and pupa? are also 

 wanted, and should be sent to Mr. Main (see above) or Mr. Tonge 

 (Aincroft, School Hill, Reigate). We are anxious to get our material 

 of the "blues" sufficiently advanced to clear the group up in the autumn. 

 If material should be got during the holidays, July and August, 

 perhaps our friends will "pickle " a larva in each stage for us. Will 

 our continental friends please note ? 



Mr. W. D. Kearfott is exceedingly busy with the Micro-lepidoptera 

 of North America. He has described a large number of new Tor- 

 tricids in the Trans. Am. Ent. Society, 1907, and the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist, 1907, also many Tineina (sens lot.), etc., in the Bull. Amer. 

 Mas. Xat. History, 1907. Considering how easily most Tortrices can 

 be bred, it is remarkable that some of those who are providing him 

 with material, in the form of imagines, do not give hints of the habits 

 of the larvae, etc., even though they may be unable to describe them in 

 detail. 



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South London Entomological Society. — April 25th, 1907. — 

 Exhibits. — Dimorpha versicolora. — About a thousand ova laid upon 

 a branch of birch twigs, around which the females had been sleeved, Mr. 

 L. W. Newman. Lithocolletis concomitella ova, Mr. Sich. May 9t/i. 

 — Exhibits. — Hybernia marginaria (progemmaria). — A long bred series 

 from Wimbledon, Mr. Goulton. Aporia crat^egi. — A brood of larva?, 

 nearly fullfed, from Kent ova, Mr. L. YV. Newman. Hoporina croceago. 

 — Living larva? from Gomshall, Mr. Kaye. Morchella exulenta, the 

 Morel, found at Reigate by Dr. Chapman, Mr. Edwards. Eupithecia 

 consignata. —Bred specimens from Hayling Island, Mr. Tonge. 



City of London Entomological Society. -Mag 1th, 1907. — 

 Kxhibits. — Acronicta auricoma, from " Sabine's " collection, labelled 

 Abbott's Wood, but undated. T^eniocampa stabilis ab. pallida, Tutt 

 (Mucking, 1903), Mamestra anceps ab. renardii, Bdv. (Mucking, 1902), 

 ab. ochracea, Tutt (Rainham, 1896), and hybrid (?) Oporabia dilutata 

 x christyi, the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows. Anarta cordigera (Rannoch, 

 1906), Mr. J. A. Clark. Oporabia autumnaria and O. christyi, larva? 

 and imagines, Mr. A. W. Mera. Mr. Grosvenor reported the occurence 

 of Anarta myrtilli, Hesperia malwe, Saturnia pavonia, in Reigate 



