70 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



The series of Arctia vilUca in the same collection also pro- 

 duced good prices— Lot 426 (2), £1 Is. ; lots 427-8 (12), 16s. ; lot 

 429 (5), 6s. ; lot 430 (1), £4 15s. ; lot 431 (4), 5s. ; lot 432 (4), 7s. ; 

 lot 433 (2), £3; lot 434 (6), 7s. ; lots 435, 436 (6), 7s. ; lot 437 (1), 

 £2 5s. ; lot 438 (1), £1 12s. 6d. ; lot 439 (1),£1 Is.; lot 440 (1), £3 5s. ; 

 lot 441 (3), 10s. ; or £19 17s. Od. altogether. 



SOCIETIES. 



City of London Entomological Society. — Fehrnanj %iil, 1909. — 

 Exhibits : Ccenobia rufa — A series from various localities including 

 abs. lineola, pallescens, and fusca, and photograph (by Mr. Main) of 

 the ? anal processes used to deposit the ova in the central pith of 

 rushes, Mr. H. M. Edelsten. Noctua glareosa, taken at sugar in 

 Richmond Park, September, 1907 ; also specimens from Sandown, 

 Aberdeen, and the Shetlands, the specimens from the latter locality 

 being very dark, except one intermediate between the dark and light 

 forms, Mr. W. J. Kaye. Phlogophora meticulosa, taken freshly- 

 emerged on December 11th, at Rickmansworth, Mr. H. Leach. 

 Dianthcecia conspersa, bred from Bude larvfe, Mr. L. A. E. Sabine. 

 Tephrosia biundularia,''' three broods reared in 1906. Three pupa? of 

 the third brood " went over " to 1907, and the resulting imagines 

 differed in appearance from the bulk of the brood, having the lines on 

 the wings more continuous and more clearly defined, being, in fact, 

 more like the first (spring) brood, Mr. A. J. Wilsden. February 16th. 

 The exhibits were practically confined to Pseudoterpna ci/tisaria, which 

 was the subject of the paper appointed to be read on this occasion by 

 the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — February Wtli, 1909. — ^Egeria andreniformis. — Mr. Newman 

 exhibited portions of the stems of Viburnuui, and pointed out the 

 evidences showing that the larvae of .Fyeria andrenifuruiis were present. 

 They were found in a shady locality. Lepidopterous ova. — Mr. Tonge 

 stereographs of the ova of Tiliacca citrar/o in situ on lime twigs of 

 liuralix ht'tulae on sloe. Rearing Melampias epiphron. — Mr. INfain, a 

 second-brood specimen of Mdauipias epi/iliron, bred on September 20th, 

 1908 ; also Aberrations : a very light example of Stauroj)us fayi from 

 the New Forest, and a very dark form from Epping Forest. 

 Aberration of Brenthis selene. — Dr. Hodgson, a dark smoky specimen 

 of Brcnt/iis selene from East Sussex, with rayed submarginal markings. 

 Autumnal brood of Camptogramma fluviata. — Mr. R. Adkin, a series 

 of Camptoyramiiia t^uviata bred from November 21st to December 13th, 

 1908, from Eastbourne. Mongrelisation of forms of Aplecta 

 NEBULosA. — Mr. Harrison reported that the results of the cross-breeding 

 of the forms of Aplecta nebulosa by Mr. Mansln'idge, were yrey x 

 thoinpsoni = all robsoni, and robsoni x yrey = 50% of each of these forms. 



* Surely these were Tehprosia histortata {crepiiscularia), and not T. crepuscu- 

 laria (biundularia). It is well-known that the former is partially triple-brooded, 

 whilst a second-brood example of the latter is an amazing rarity. Yet one cannot 

 suppose that if these were T. histortdta, they would have passed a critical assembly 

 such as the City of London Entomological Society, as 7'. hiiiiidiiliirid. The only 

 known records of the second-brood examples of the latter species (in each case 

 single specimens only) are discussed Ent. Rec, ix., pp. 55-56. — Ed. 



