826 THE entomologist's record. 



a male with female markings, specimens of yellow general coloration, 

 etc. Hemiptera. — Mr. West (Greenwich), Teratocoris ante)matiis and 

 Nahis lineatns, two uncommon species of Hemiptera from near 

 Gravesend. Corsican forms qf British species. — Mr. Gibbs, long 

 and varied series of Satynts seiiiele var. aristoeiis, Fararife )iieiiaera var. 

 tiiielitia and Kinnepheh' jurtina Ya,r. hispulla from Corsica. The Pepper- 

 corn GALL OF THE OAK. — Dr. Chapman, empty and full galls of Andricits 

 ostaeiis the peppercorn gall, which has been so apparent this season. 

 Syntomid LARViE. — Ml. Barrett, living larvae of Si/ntoniis iilKi/ea from 

 Sicily. — Septe>iiberti8th. — Ephyra pendularia ab. subroseata. — Mr. Kaye 

 exhibited a long series of this species including some very beautifully 

 marked examples of the variety. Hadena contigua bred from ova. — 

 Captain Cardew, a beautiful series bred from ova laid by a New Forest 

 5 , 49 imagines were obtained from 62 fertile ova. "Butterflies in 

 THE Forest of Arques." — Mr. Moore read a short note on a visit 

 recently made, and exhibited a number of species he obtained. He 

 referred to the abundance of Pieris napi and the scarcity of P. rajiae 

 in the Forest about August 12th last. Agrius convolvuli in Deptford. 

 • — Mr. Moore, the only one noted by him this season. Aplecta 

 pRAsiNA (herbida), IRREGULAR FEEDING UP. — Mr. Main, a bi'ed example 

 remarkable for the delicacy of its colouring. Some of the larvae were 

 still small, some were in pupa, and this had emerged. Myxogasters. 

 — Mr. Step, and gave a short account of the organisms, considered by 

 some as plants, by others as animals. Hadena protea, Anthrocera 



HIPPOCREPIDIS (?), and TERATOLOGICAL a. FILlPENDUL.iE. Mr. BuxtOD, 



a long series of the first from near Tonbridge, at sugar ; of the last 

 species one specimen had the antennae short but very thick and con- 

 torted.— Or^^icc 12«//. — Mr. H. R. Sweeting, M.A., of S. Woodford, was 

 elected a member. Lithosia deplana. — Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited bred 

 and captured series, in which some of the former were much darker 

 than usual. Mr. Barrett, three series, one taken many years ago, one 

 in 1909, and one this year, the 1909 were generally darker in colour, 

 but not so dark as Mr. Kaye's bred specimens, although several speci- 

 mens were without the yellow costa of the forewings. Xylina furcifera 

 (coNFORMis). — Mr. Barrett, a specimen taken in 1901 in the east of 

 England, and an example bred in South Wales in 1876 by Evan John. 

 The latter was var. siitf'nsa, Tutt. New food for Gracilaria syrin- 

 gella. — Mr. Sich, specimens bred from I'/dlli/rea media, a foodplant 

 not hitherto recorded. Second brood of Tortrix podana. — Mr. R. 

 Adkin, an example bred on September 13th from a pupa taken in a 

 shoot of PJiuini/iiins at Eastbourne, and reported that the Rev. W. 

 Claxton had reared several specimens in mid- September. Sterrha 

 sacraria and Rumicia phl^as var. — Mr. B. H. Smith, a specimen of 

 Sterrha sacraria ( 5 ) taken by him just recently near the Lizard, and 

 a Poimicia pJdaeas with right forewing ab. schniidtii. White cocoons 

 OF Philosamia cecropia. — Mr. Dods, the huge cocoons of Pliilummia 

 cecropia, all of which had become dark brown in colour, except one, 

 which had kept its pure white colour. Grub in a Coquillo-nut. — 

 Mr. Main said that the grub shown in the Coquillo-nut exhibited at the 

 last meeting was that of the large " pea weevil," Caryohorus nwtuorinu, 

 a native of Brazil. Boreus hiemalis. — Mr. Blair, specimens from 

 Stanmore Common, in Essex. Coleoptf.ra in 1911. — Mr. Blenkarn, 

 many species of Coleoptera taken by him during the season, including 



