240 THE entomologist's record. 



Sharp referred to the death, on the 14th September last, of Mr. E. W. 

 Janson, who had been a member of the Society since 1843, '^^^^ ^^^^ 

 had furmerly filled the ofhces of secretary and librarian respectively. 

 The Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited a long series of several species of 

 Erebia^ and of Argynnis pales, which he had recently captured near 

 Roldal, in Norway. Mr. W. L. Distant exhibited specimens of Danais 

 cJirysippus, with its two varietal forms, alcippus. Cram, and dorippus, 

 Klug., all \\ hich he found together in the Pretoria district of the Transvaal. 

 Mr. Jenner Weir, Colonel Swinhoe and Mr. Distant took part in the 

 discus-ion which ensued as to these forms and their distribution. The 

 Rev. W. F. Johnson sent for exhibition specimens of Ve/ia currens from 

 stagnant water near Armagh ; also a specimen oi Nahis limhatus, killed 

 whilst holding on to its prey, a very hard species of Ichneumon. Mr. 

 Saunders thought that, from the nature of the Ichneumon, the only 

 chance the Nahis had of reaching its internal juices would be through 

 the anal opening, as recorded by Mr. E. A. Butler m a similar case, in 

 the Ent. Mo. Mag., October, 1891. Mr. F. P. Pascoe exhibited two 

 British species of Diptera unnamed. He said they had been submitted 

 to Mr. R. H. Meade, but were unknown to him, and are probably 

 new to the British list. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two specimens of a 

 supposed new ■B.^itcxes oiToxixxx {Totirix doneiana, Carpenter), bred from 

 larvae found on pine trees at Tuam. Mr. C. G. Barrett said he examined 

 the specimens with g eat care, but he did notconsider that they belonged to 

 a new species. He was unable to distinguish them from Tortrix viburnana. 

 Mons. A. Wailly exhibited preserved larvse, in various stages, of 

 Citheronia regalis, which he had bred from ova received from Iowa, 

 United States. He said that the natives called this larva the Hickory 

 Horned Devil, and that the specimens exhibited were the first that 

 had been bred in this country. Mons. Wailly further exhibited three 

 female specimens of Anthercea yama-viai bred from cocoons received 

 from T^I'^T^'^ ; ^Iso a nest of cocoons of Bot?ibyx radama, received from 

 the west coast of Madagascar. Prof. J. B. Smith, of the United States, 

 and Col. Swinhoe took part in a discussion on the habits of the larvae 

 of Citheionia regalis, and as to the period at which they dropped their 

 spines prior to pupating. Dr. Snarp exhibited several specimens of a 

 weevil, Ectopsis ferrugalis, the ends of the elytra of which bore a close 

 resemblance to the section of a twig cut with a sharp knife. He said 

 he had received the specimens from Mr. G. V. Hudson, of Wellington, 

 New Zealand, who stated that they were found resting in large numbers 

 on dead trunks and branches of Panax arborea in the forests. Mr. 

 G. C. Champion stated that the species of Forficulidce, captured by 

 Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., in Tasmania, and exhibited by himself at the 

 meeting of the Society in April last, was, he believed, referable to 

 Anisolabis tasuianica, Bormans, described in the " Comptes Rendus " 

 of the Ent. Soc. Belgique, 1880, p. Ixviii. The Rev. A. E. Eaton 

 made some remarks on the synonymy of the PsychodidcB, and stated 

 that since August, 1890, he had identified all of the British species 

 in Mr. Vtrrall's list, except Sycorax silacea. Mr. Gervase F. Mathew, 

 R..N., communicated a paper entited "The Effect of Change of 

 Climate upon the Emergence of certain species of Lepidoptera." A 

 discussion followed, in which Mr, Stainton, Mr. Barrett, Dr. Sharp, 

 and Mr. M'Lachlan took part. — H. Goss, Hon Secretary. 



