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alluded to {%) has the ground very clear and the markings almost 

 black. — Wm. Farren, Cambridge. October 6th, 1891. [My want of 

 exact knowledge about this species makes me bow to the opinion 

 expressed by my friend Mr. Barrett, but I am still rather dissatisfied 

 with the determination, and trust Mr. Farren will be in a position to 

 give us further information next year, especially regarding its early 

 stages. — Ed.] 



Abund.-\nce of Bombyx rubi LARV.E. — Larvae of Bombyx rubi are 

 very common here this year, about five persons having obtained 300, 

 and without having searched more than three times each ; the best 

 time to find them appears to be in the early morning with a heavy 

 dew. — A. A. Bradburne, Brockhurst, Church Stretton. 



Erratum. — At the beginning of my notes on collecting in Bedford- 

 shire {Ent. Record, vol. ii., p. 206), for Liparis c/irysorrluva read Liparis 

 aiiriflua. — D. H. S. Steuart, North Leigh, Prestwich, Lancashire. 

 October S,th, 1891. 



Societies. 



Entomological Society of London. — -November j^th, 1891. — Mr. 

 W. F. Kirby exhibited a series of a very dark-coloured form of Apis 

 reared by Mr. John Hewett of Sheffield, from bees imported from 

 Tunis, and which he proposed to call "Punic Bees." They were 

 larger than the black Apis imicolor, Latr., of Mauritius and Bourbon, 

 and were almost entirely black, except in the legs, which were of a 

 nore or less reddish colour. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited five melanic 

 specimens of Aplecta nebulosa, reared by Mr, Collins of Warrington, 

 from larvae collected in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, and described by 

 him in the " Proceedings of the Lancashire and Cheshire Natural 

 History Society " as A. nebulosa var. robsoni, in honour of Mr. John 

 E. Robson of Hartlepool. Mr. Barrett also exhibited a beautiful 

 variety of Argynnis agiaia, taken in Norfolk by Dr. F. D. Wheeler, and 

 two specimens (male and female) of Lyccena argiades, taken in August, 

 1885, on Bloxworth Heath, Dorsetshire, by Mr. C. O. and Mr. A. 

 Pickard Cambridge respectively. Mr. H. St. John Donisthorpe ex- 

 hibited a collection of Coleoptera, comprising about thirty-six species, 

 made in a London granary in 1890 and 1891. The genera represented 

 included Sp/wdrits, Pristouyc/iits, Calatfms, Qiiedius, Creophihis, Oina- 

 liiim, Trogosifa, Silvam/s, Latliridiiis, Dertnesfes, Anthrenus, Corynetes, 

 Ptifuis, Niptus, Aiwbinni, Blaps, Teuebrio, Cala?idra, Bruchus, etc. 

 Mr. A. B. Farn exhibited a series of specimens of Enbolia iineolata, 

 bred from eggs laid by a specimen taken at Yarmouth. The series 

 included several remarkable and beautiful varieties, and the size of the 

 specimens was much above the average. The Rev. Dr. Walker ex- 

 hibited specimens of Argynnis ino, A. pales and A. frigga, from 

 Norway. Mr. B. A. Bower exhibited, for Mr. J. Gardner, specimens 

 of Nephopieryx spkndidella, H.-S., Botys lupitlinalis, Clk. and Bryo- 

 tropha obsciirella, Hein., taken at Hartlepool last June and August. 

 Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two very dark specimens of Fero?iea crisfana, 

 from the New Forest. Colonel C. Swinhoe exhibited, and remarked 

 on, types of genera and species of moths belonging to the Tineina, all 



