226 THE entomologist's record. 



varieties, being a bred series from robsoni <y and thoinpsoni 5 , which 

 did not conform to the anticipated Mendelian proportions ; 26 per 

 cent, were grey, 42 per cent, rohsoni, and 32 per cent, thompsoni, 

 i.e., robsoni is not hybrid, and the grey and thompsoni forms 

 are not pure. Hybrid Biston. — Messrs. R. Adkin, Harrison 

 and Main, and L. W. Newman, hybrids of Biston hirtaria and 

 Nt/ssia zonaria. It was stated that $ s had not yet been 

 obtained in the cross B. hirtaria ^ and X. zonaria $ . Mr. Adkin 

 read detailed notes on the characteristics of the hybrid specimens 

 shown by him. Aphantopus hyperanthus var. arete. — Mr. Gough, 

 specimens of the arete form of Aphantopus hyperanthus from Kent and 

 Surrey, together with intermediate and type forms. May 25th. — 

 Living Scorpion and Young. ^ — Mr. Hugh Main exhibited a living $ 

 Scorpion just received from the West Indies. It had two young on 

 its back where, it was stated, the parent deposited them, and where 

 they usually remained two or three weeks. Reference Collection op 

 Coleoptera. — Mr. W. West (Greenwich) called attention to the 

 Society's collection of Coleoptera, which had now been completely reset 

 and cleaned, and to which Messrs. Ashby and Ashdown had recently 

 made numerous additions. Aberrant Nyssia zonaria. — Mr. R. Adkin, 

 a bred series of Xyssia zonaria reared from Wallasey, and called 

 attention to the laying over of numerous pupa3 for two winters, and to 

 the much paler general coloration of a number of the specimens. An 

 Ant Mimic. — Mr. Blenkarn, the Coleopteron, Myrmedonia funesta, and 

 the ant it cohabited with, Formica fnliyinosus, from Sandown. 



City of London Entomological Society. — April 4.th.- — Rush blossom 

 VERSUS " SUGAR."- — Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited series of Noctua baia 

 and Cidaria immanata, taken in Epping Forest in July, 1910, at rush 

 blossom on an occasion when sugar failed to attract lepidoptera. April 

 18th, 1911. — Abraxas GROssuLARiATA abs. — Mr. Huggins, two specimens 

 with black nervures on hind wings, and Knnomos alniaria with melanic 

 tendency. Mr. Huggins also exhibited a somewhat dark example of 

 the latter species from Gravesend, and stated that it seemed to be 

 getting gradually darker in this district. Bombyx rubi. — Mr. J. Riches, 

 15 bred specimens, all 3 s, being all that emerged out of a brood of 

 about 40 larvae. Triph.ena comes vars. — Mr. V. E. Shaw, a long series 

 bred August, 1903, from Findhorn ova, including vars. clarkii, niyrescens, 

 pallida, rafescens, and cnrtisii, and also forms intermediate between 

 clarkii-nit/rescens and pallid a- nifescens. May 2nd. — Triphaena pronuba. 

 — Mr. G. R. Baldock exhibited a series from Galley Hill, Essex, 1910, 

 the dark forms predominating and many specimens showing almost 

 unicolorous blackish brown superiors. Mr. P. H. Tautz, long series 

 from Pinner, Studland Bay and Hampstead ; those from Pinner 

 included many with grey costal streak, while the Dorset specimens 

 included many red examples and one with straw coloured inferiors. 

 Lepidoptera from Exmoor. — Mr. J. E. Gardner, a number of Lepidop- 

 tera taken in August, 1910, including Xylophasia scolopacina, common 

 at ragwort, To.vocawpa craccae, Asthena blomeri, Abra.ras sylvata 

 (ulmata), Cidaria populata, and a number of micros in which latter the 

 district appeared to the exhibitor to be particularly rich. Mr, G. H. 

 Heath, dark Gnophos obscurata, Cleora ylabraria, and Cidaria silaceata, 

 from Exmoor, 1910. Hybrid Nyssia zonaria and Biston hispidaria. — 

 Mr. L. W. Newman, a series of hybrids ( c? s) ex Xyssia zonaria 2 and 

 Biston hirtaria g , also hybrid J with narrow pointed wings, ex 



