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the Forest are a shade darker than those from outside. H. aura^itiaria 

 occurs commonly, both hght and mottled forms, and H. defoliaria is 

 very plentiful, as is also H. marginaria, of which I have some fine 

 dark forms, as well as very light, from the same trees. The ? of the 

 last three species can be found plentifully on tree-tiunks after dark by 

 the use of a lantern. — Ambrose Quail, Stamford Hill, N. 



Theydon. — On Saturday, at Theydon Bois, I took Brephos parthenias. 

 The first one I saw about i p.m., drying its wings, and by 2 p.m. thev 

 '.vere flying freely. I also took two Asphalia flavicornis. — A. U. 

 Battley. March 2^th, 1892. 



Rugeky — Asphalia flavicornis has been fairly abundant. I took 

 Thecla ruhi on April loth. Saturnia carpini has also been very 

 common this year. — R. Freer. April \/\th, 1892. 



Poole. — Since April ist, Taniocampa gofhica, T. instabilis, and T. 

 stahilis have been plentiful at sallows, together with an occasional T. 

 7?mi!da, T. crnda and Orrhodia vaccinii. Eiipithecia piimilata has 

 appeared in some numbers. Though I have worked hard for 

 Dasycampa rubiginea in last season's locality, I have failed to find 

 another specimen. — J. H. D. Beales. April 11th, 1892. 



Reading. — On April 21st, at 4.30 p.m., I took a ? Endromis versicolor 

 which laid a large batch of eggs ; on April 29th, at 2.30 p.m., a pair of 

 Notodonta chaonia, the $ also obliging me with ova. Eupithecia 

 abbreziia/a, E. irrignala, Lobophora lobitlata, Tephrosia crepuscttlaria., 

 T. pimctulaia, Aficropferyx piifpiirella, subpurpurella, nnii/iaculella, etc., 

 have occurred, some in abundance. — E. Bazett. May ']th, 1892. 



Societies. 



Entomological Society of London. ^^/Jr// 13///, 1892. — Mr. R. 

 McLachlan exhibited specimens of Anomalopteryx chauviniana^ Stein, 

 a Caddis-fly remarkable for the abbreviated wings of the male, the 

 female having fully developed wings ; he alluded to the PerlidcB as 

 including species in which the males were frequently semi-apterous. 

 Dr. Sharp inquired if Mr. McLachlan was aware of any order of 

 insects, except the Neuroptera, in which the organs of flight were less 

 developed in the male than in the female. Mr. C. G. Barrett and Mr. 

 H. J. Elwes cited instances amongst the Bombycidce in which the wings 

 of the male were inferior in size and development to those of the 

 female. Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of both sexes of an apparently 

 nondescript " phasmid " insect allied to Orobia, obtained by Mr. J. J. 

 Lister in the Seychelle Islands, together with Phylliiim gelonus. He 

 also exhibited specimens of both sexes of an Acridiid insect, of the 

 group Proscopides, remarkable for its great general resemblance to the 

 Phasmidce, though without resemblance, so far as is known, to any 

 particular species. In reference to the Phyllium, Dr. Sharp called 

 attention to the fact that the similarity of appearance of parts of their 

 organisation to portions of the vegetable kingdom was accompanied by 

 a similarity, amounting almost to identity, of minute structure. He 

 said that it had been stated that the colouring-matter is indistinguishable 

 from chlorophyll, and that Mr. Lister had informed him that when in 



