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peda, Abraxas grossulariata, and Angerona prunarva. Usually, species 

 which were quite normal or typical as to markings were sold at merely 

 nominal prices, and the mere "collector" will be interested to learn 

 that it is far easier and cheaper to "collect" in Stevens' rooms than 

 elsewhere, to say nothing of the economy of insect life. A specimen 

 of fflgeria culiciformis, with an extra orange band, changed hands at 

 50s. Two specimens of Euchelia jacobaeae catalogued as (1) " a dusky 

 var.," and (2) "one with costal streak and apical spot united," with 

 others, were appraised at 32s. 6d. A specimen of Arctia villica, with 

 dusky hindwings, ex Briggs' coll., sold for 26s., and another, with 

 large cream-coloured blotch covering apical third of forewings, 27s. 6d. 

 Sixty-eight specimens of Sjrilosoma lubricipeda vars. deschangei, fasciata, 

 zatima, and intermediates totalled £17 7s. One pair of Laelia coenosa, 

 ex Briggs' coll., 35s., and a pair of Drepana sicula 25s. One fine 

 banded FJpftyra punctaria, with others, 22s. Ninet} 7 -six specimens of 

 Abraxas grossulariata, sold for the most part singly, totalled £91 Is., 

 and varied in price from 2s. 8d. to £6 10s. for a female var. nigrolutea. 

 The remaining portion of the collection, including the Noctuids, were 

 sold on November 5th, and the chief points of interest will be duly 

 chronicled. 



Mr. E. A. Butler adds Idiocerus scurra, Germ., to the list of British 

 homoptera. Mature examples of both sexes were found on some 

 Lombard v poplars growing on a piece of waste land at Crouch End 

 towards the end of September, although some specimens were nymphs 

 even at this late date. 



Mr. Eustace R. Bankes names an albinistic form of Gelechia 

 soluteUa taken by the Rev. C. T. Crutwell at Aviemore during the 

 past summer, ab. cruttwelli. 



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South London Entomological Society. — September 2Qt/i, 1907. — 

 Exhibits. — Cucullia astkkis, living larva, and stereographic views of 

 insects at rest, Mr. Tonge. Donacia crassipes, from the New Forest, 

 D. clavipes from Wicken, and H^monia curtisi from Gravesend. 

 Mr. Ashby. Pikkis ergane, both sexes of the two broods. The 

 spring specimens from Montenegro, and the autumn from Hercegovina, 

 Miss Pountaine. Acidalia aversata, a portion of a brood, all of 

 which had followed tbe colour and markings of the banded parents. 

 Messrs. II,u rison and Main. Abraxas grossulariata a fine aberration 

 captured at Denmark Hill with mere remnants of the usual black 

 markings, Mr. Gadge. Pararge egebia, ova in situ upon grass. 

 Phorodesma smaragdabia, living larvae, Mr. Main. Celastrina 

 abgiolus, living larvae upon ivy berries (?buds) from Eastbourne. 

 A.GBIADES corydon var. obsoleta, from Eastbourne, Mr. Coote. 

 Tinkola biselliella, bred specimens of large size, fed on red cloth, 

 Borkhausenia pseudospretella, from larvae found iii flax secil by 

 Mr. West. Zonitoides nittdus — a snail from the Thames Hank, Mr. 

 Sich. Plebeius argus (jEGon), uniformly dark on the upper surface. 

 Cleogene pelktikiii a. Larvae, and imagines from Gavarnie, and 

 specimens of C. ntveata from Carinthia for comparison, Dr. 

 Chapman. October 2ith, 1907. — Exhibits.— Dasychira pujdibunda, 

 from the Pyrenees — measuring 2^ inches in expanse, Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman. Clavaria in^qualis, a rare fungus from Oxshott, and 



