268 the entomologist's record. 



Hyles euphorbia, bred recently from a pupa found in Kew Gardens, 

 Mr. Lucas. Polia xanthomista var. nigrocincta, a series bred from 

 North Cornwall ova. Cirrhosdia xerampelina, and Ennomos fuscan- 

 taria ova, in situ, upon ash twigs, and a number of very fine dark 

 brown specimens of Ennomos autumnaria, Mr. L. W. Newman. 

 Hyponomeuta cagnagellus, reared from an Euonymus shrub in his own 

 garden, and ova of Tortrix pronubana, Mr. A. Sich. Aglais 

 urtice : Two fine aberrations similar to those recently exhibited by 

 Mr. Newman. 



Correction. — September 12t/i, var. syngrapha, was from Surrey, 

 not Wiltshire. 



Entomological Society of London. — October 2nd 1906. — Exhibits. 

 — Sitaris muralis living specimens from Oxford, Commander J. J. 

 Walker. Fidonia atomaria, melanic specimens, from Harden Moss 

 Moors, Huddersfield, Mr. G. T. Porritt. Apion semivittatum, from 

 Mercurialis annua, plentifully at Deal in August and September, 1907. 

 Magdalinus duplicata, Nethey Bridge, July, 1907, the first record for 

 Scotland. Formica sanguinea, from Aviemore and Nethey Bridge, 

 July, 1907. Piezostethus formicetorum, taken with Formica rufa at 

 Rannock in July ; the first Scotch specimen since first taken by Dr. B. 

 White, at Braamar, in 1874, Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe. Agriades 

 bellargus ab. ceronus, and ab. cinnides, from Folkestone, autumn 

 1907, Mr. Jacoby. Cryptophagus subdepressus, a specimen taken 

 at Garva, Ross, August 4th, 1907, Dr. Norman Joy. ^Egeria 

 andren^eformis, bred from pupae taken in Bedfordshire and Kent. 

 Nonagria cann^e, ova in situ, Mr. H. M. Edelsten, who explained the 

 manner of oviposition of the latter species. LygjEus equestris, a 

 specimen of this rare bug, found by Mrs. Hudson Beare upon a 

 flowering umbel, on the cliffs at St. Margaret's Bay, August 29th, 1907. 

 Only four previous records exist of its capture in this country — 

 Bath, 1837 ; Devizes, 1864 ; Dover, 1886 ; Sheppey, 1906, Professor 

 T. Hudson Beare. Hypera tigrina, specimens from St. Margaret's 

 Bay. Apion semivittatum, from St. Margaret's Bay, Professor T. 

 Hudson Beare, who gave some details of the habitat and occurrence of 

 both species. October lQth, 1907. — Exhibits. — Pieris napi var. 

 bryonle, from Peszer, near Budapest, in June 1907, showing a 

 wide range of variation ; P. napi and aberration napje.se, bearing a 

 strong resemblance on the underside to P. rap.e, Mr. A. H. Jones. 

 Apterygida albipennis, taken by Mr. Burr, at Dover, two years 

 since ; Decticus verrucivorus, male, an inhabitant of Scandinavia, 

 also taken at Dover by Mr. Burr, Mr. W. J. Lucas. Platycleis 

 roeselii, female, taken September 13th, 1907, near Heme Bay, by 

 Mr. H. Campion, also Sympetrum sanguineum, male, from Epping 

 Forest, September 15th, 1907, taken by Mr. E. W. Campion, Mr. 

 W. J. Lucas. Callicore aurelia, specimens, with photograph of its 

 larva, showing the remarkable branch-like horns rising out of the 

 head, Mr. Guppy, who is rearing the species in Trinidad, and writing 

 a detailed account of its life-history ; he found that the eggs hatched 

 in four days, the larval period being eight days, Mr. W. J. Kaye. 

 Anthtdium manicatum a teratological specimen, presenting segmental 

 confusion, Rev. F. D. Morice. Hestina nama, a melanic specimen 

 from Darjeeling, Papilio Krishna, a monstrosity in which the w T ings 

 on the right side were much larger than those on the left, from 

 Seuchal, in Sikkim, Lt.-Col. Neville Manders. 



