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purposes and is a tangled mass of shrubs and weeds. Spilosoina 

 luhricipeda and .S*. juenthasiri are in immense numbers, so is Mamestra 

 persicarict. How clearly this variable larva proves that it has 

 practically no close connection with its neighbour in our list, 

 M. brassucB. The larvae vary from the palest green, through every 

 shade of purplish and red to deep brown, some even being ochreous 

 in colour. These three species clear as they go — weeds, raspberry, 

 birch, elder, syringa, sallow, honeysuckle, all come alike. Gonophora 

 derasa is on the raspberries and endless Pvgcera hicephala on the 

 birches, one of which they have cleared completely, a sleeve I put 

 on a poplar branch with ova of Clostera anachoreta was soon cleared 

 by a brood of Smerinthus populi, the eggs of which must have been 

 on the leaves and so enclosed in the sleeve. Ncetiia typica, M, 

 brass iccE, Hadena chenopodii, Caradrina morphejis, Platyptilia gonodactyla 

 (now emerging) have also been or still are in abundance. — J. W. Tutt, 

 September- 2\th 1891. 



Hadena satura at Yaxley. — You may be interested to know that 

 in addition to records you mention, H. satura is stated in the " Fen- 

 land " list to have been taken at Yaxley Fen. — George Balding, 

 Ruby Street, Wisbech. September 28///, 1891. 



fgOCIETIES. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Thursday, October isf, 1891. — Exhibits :— Mr. Mead, Deilephila 

 eiiphorbice, bred from larvae taken on the banks of the Scheldt ; also a 

 long series of Noctua festiva from Scotland. Mr. Battley, light and 

 dark forms of Cuspidia psi from various districts, a pale variety of 

 Cidaria corylata from Epping, also a partly silvery specimen of 

 Polyommatus phlceas and a female of Lyccertia alexis with light spots on 

 the tips of the wings, both from Benfleet. Mr. Simes, a series of 

 Orthosia suspecta from York. Dr. Buckell also exhibited a very variable 

 series of this species from York, and some indistinctly marked speci- 

 mens from Aberdeen ; also living larvae of Acidalia immutata, bred 

 from eggs deposited by moths taken at Leigh. Mr. Tutt, two specimens 

 of Hadena satura from Wicken, and one from Aberdeen ; also for 

 comparison, H. adusta from various localities, including one very 

 strongly marked and variegated example from Unst. He pointed out 

 that although the upper wings of these two species were much alike, 

 satura invariably had the hind wings darker than adusta. Mr. Clark 

 exhibited Ardia menthastn from the north of Ireland, the si)ecimens 

 being much more buff in colour than the south of England form, Mr. 

 Bayne, a series of Cirrhoedia xeranipelina from Aylesbury, and a 

 specimen of Ennomos erosaria from Epping Forest. Mr. Prout, various 

 specimens showing asymmetrical markings or malformations, including 

 Xanthia silago, Arctia lubricipeda, Noctua xant/iographa, Triphana 

 orbona, and Lomaspilis niarginata ; also a very pale specimen of 

 Mela7iippe sociata {subtristata). Mr. Milton, a bred series of Plusia 

 chrysitis ; also, in Coleoptera, Byrrhus pilules and Hypera rujnicis. 

 Mr. Heasler, specimens of Cis bi/ameliatus,X2iker\ in fungus at Mitch am 



