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in the sale of the Rev. G. H. Raynor's fine collection of Lepidoptera. 

 It has been arranged that the sale shall occupy two days, viz., on 

 October 22nd and November 5th. 



It has been twice recently put on record that < 'elastrina argiolus 

 does not occur in Scotland. We understand from Mr. Sloper that 

 this is not so, and should be exceedingly obliged for records or 

 references to records of this species in Scotland. 



Mr. L. B. Prout has been on a trip to America, and was for ten 

 days at Wellington, British Columbia, as the guest of the Rev. 

 G. W. Taylor, the specialist in the American Geometrides. 



Can any of our readers please inform Mr. Graves (Turf Club, 

 Cairo) whether there are any German entomologists living at Haifa 

 (Mt. Carmel), Jerusalem, or Jaffa, or who can help him with regard 

 to Palestine examples of Lampides boeticus, jesous, and balcanica ? 



We ourselves are anxious to write up a more or less model life- 

 history of Lampides Inn-tint*, and should be glad of information from 

 any source referring to the species. 



We are very doubtful as to the specific value of the American 

 ( 'elastrina pseudargiolup. We are unable, from the accounts and 

 figures of Scudder and Edwards in their classical works, to 

 discriminate the insect in any stage from our C. argiolus. Can 

 anyone give us evidence on the subject, please? A British ento- 

 mologist settled in America, or vice versa, or a lepidopterist who 

 collects both the Nearctic and Palsearctic species might perhaps be 

 inclined to help. 



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City of London Entomological Society. — September 3rd, 1907. — 

 Exhibits. — Anthrocera trifolii-major, from north Cornwall, end of 

 July, 1907. Most of the specimens having the spots more or less 

 confluent, while in one instance, they were merged into one large 

 blotch occupying two-thirds of the wing-area, Mr. S. J. Bell. 

 Hemithea thymiaria (.f.stivaria) larv* feeding upon thyme, marjoram, 

 dock, and knotgrass; Orthosia upsilon (fissipuncta) ab. nigrescens, Tutt; 

 Grammesia trilinea (trigrammica) ab. obscura, Tutt, and Xylophasia 

 monoglypha ab. infuscata, all from Mucking, 1907, Rev. C. R. N. 

 Burrows. Dryaspaphia : Twelve specimens reared from valezina 

 ova, live of which followed the female parent, Mr. J. A. Clark. 

 Anthrocera trifoliuiajor from the Norfolk Broads, late July, 1907, 

 mostly with confluent central spots, Mr. EL M. Edelsten. Nemeobius 

 lucina, larva) and pupa?, reared from ova laid by a West Horsley 

 female, Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor. Spilodes palealis, a long series 

 taken at Dover, between July 24th and August 3rd, 1907; Rumicia 

 PHT.asAS ab. intermedia from Reigate ; Theretra porcellus, with 

 right wings of normal southern coloration, and left of the almost 

 unicolorous yellowish shade often seen in northern specimens. Dr. 

 G. G. Hodgson. Callimorpha ijominula, a yellow specimen from Deal; 



POLYOMMATUS ICARUS (ALEXIS) ab. OBSOLETA from Chllldoll, Mr. C. P. 



Pickett; Abraxas grossulariata from North London, 1907, including 

 two specimens with wings thickly powdered with black scales =ab. 

 nigrosparsata, Raynor, Mr. J. Riches. September llt/i, 1907. — 

 Exhibits. — Lycena arion from North Cornwall, in excellent condition, 



