190 THE entomologist's record. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — Thursday^ September ^rd, 1891. — Exhibits : — Mr. J. A. Cooper a fine 

 var. oi Abraxas grossulariata from Forest Gate, having a solid black band 

 across the wings, the yellow markings being entirely absent. Mr. Mera, 

 a specimen of Noiiagria coucolor, dark vars. of Badena suasa, and pale 

 forms of Agrotis ripce and A. tritici; also living larvae of Acronycta 

 {Cuspidia) iridens. Mr. Smith, Liparis monacha, a fine dark banded 

 form of Ennomos angular ia, and Scoiosia rhanmata, all from Epping 

 Forest ; also varieties of Ypsipetes ehctata from Lyndhurst. Mr. 

 Nicholson, Lithosia muscerda, Minoa euphorbiata, a fine specimen of 

 Boarmia repandata var. conversaria, dark forms of Ypsipetes ehttata, 

 and a specimen of Sirex gigas, all from the New Forest. Dr. Buckell 

 exhibited a long series of Acronycta {Cuspidia^ megacephala, bied this 

 year from larvae found on poplar trunks in North London last autumn. 

 One of these was the variety ochrea, Tutt ("like the type, but with 

 the ground colour of the anterior wings decidedly suffused with 

 ochreous "). The remainder were examples of the type, but showed 

 tendencies to variation in two directions : — (i). The pale blotch about 

 the reniform becoming obsolete, thus giving the specimens a dark, 

 unicolorous appearance; (2). the presence of a pale longtitudinal dash 

 under the orbicular, showing a tendency towards a pale form (var. 

 turanica, Stdgr.). Two specimens alone, had the reniform distinctly 

 present, for, although some of the other specimens appeared to the 

 naked eye to have a reniform, it disappeared when a lens was used. 

 He also exhibited Strenia clathrata from Leigh, in which the ground 

 colour was golden yellow, instead of " dingy white " as described by 

 Newman ; and a specimen of Hesperia lineola from the same locality 

 having the left fore-wing about two-thirds the size of the right. He 

 also showed some larvae of Demas coryli, and pointed out that they 

 varied from yellowish-white, through brown, to black, and that the tufts 

 of hair were sometimes light brown, and sometimes black, according to 

 the ground colour of the larva. Mr. Gates exhibited Toxocampa 

 pastiniiin from Sevenoaks, Bryophila glandlfera from Brighton, and 

 Spilodes palealis from Heme Bay ; also an albino of the common 

 starling from Brentwood. Mr. Tutt, Cuspidia megacephala vars. rosea 

 and ochrea ; Tephrosia biundjilaria var. delameretisis, and a parallel 

 black variety of T. crepiiscularia, both from South Wales ; also a series 

 of Agrotis obscura and its varieties from Wicken. Mr. Goymour, 

 Vanessa polychloros, Bombyx quercus, Acronycta ( Viminia) rumicis, 

 Agrotis puta, etc., from Suffolk. Mr. Simes, several species of 

 preserved larvje, mounted on the foodplants. These included Papilio 

 jnachnon, Calliuwrpha dotniiiula, Liparis salicis, L. aurifiua^ Acronycta 

 {Cuspidia) aceris, Cucullia verbasci a.nd Fseudoterptia cytisaria. Coleop- 

 tera : — Mr. Heasler exhibited JS/itidula obscura and Rhizophagus 

 cribratus. Mr. Beck, series of Donacia crassipes, D. dentata, D. 

 sericea, D. affinis, Lixus paraplecticus, etc., chiefly from Christchurch, 

 also a specimen of Lepijira saiiguitioletita, one of the rarest of the 

 Longicorn beetles, which had not been taken in Britain for many years. 

 Mr. Milton, Colymbetes pulverosus, C. notatus, Agabus conspersus, 

 Jlybius fenestratus, I. obscurus and Mordella fasciatus ; also a specimen 

 of Tabanus autumnalis, and an apple twig infested with the scale 

 insect {Coccus agathinum). Mr. Battley exhibited a flower of laburnum 



