142 THE entomologist's record, 



that the various species of Neptis were usually protected and imitated 

 by other insects, and did not themselves mimic anything, and that the 

 pattern of the N^epiis in question was very common among the butter- 

 flies in the Timor group. Mr. jenner Weir, Prof. Meldola, Mr. 

 Trimen and others continued the discussion. Mons. A. Wailly exhi- 

 bited about fifty species of Australian Lepidoptera, mostly from Queens- 

 land, and fertile ova of Trilocha varians, which are arranged in small 

 square cells, fastened together in large numbers, and present an appear- 

 ance quite different from the usual type of Lepidopterous ova. Mr. 

 F. Merrifield exhibited a series of Drepana falcataria, half of which 

 had been exposed for a week or two, in March or April, to a tempera- 

 ture of about 77°, and the other half had been allowed to emerge at 

 the natural out-door temperature. The latter insects were in all cases 

 darker than the former, all being equally healthy. Mr. McLachlan, 

 Mr. Barrett, Mr. Tenner Weir and others took part in the discussion 

 which followed. Mr, C. G. Barrett exhibited a curious variety of the 

 male of Ardia mendica, bred by the Rev. W. F. Johnson, of Armagh. 

 Canon Fowler exhibited the egg-case of a species of Mantidce from 

 Lake Nyassa, and specimens of Bledius dissimilis, Er., from Bridlington 

 Quay, Yorkshire. Mr. McLachlan called attention to the reappearance 

 in large numbers of the Diamond-back moth, Plutella cr'/ci/erarum, 

 which was very abundant in gardens near London, and expressed his 

 opinion that the moths had been bred in the country and had not 

 immigrated.! Mr. Jenner Weir, Mr. Bower, and Prof Meldola stated 

 that they had recently seen specimens of Colias edusa in different 

 localities near London, Mr. Jenner Weir and others also commented 

 on the large immigration of Plusia gamma, and also on the appearance 

 of a large number of Cynthia cardiii and other Vanessidae. The Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild communicated a paper on two new species of 

 Pseudacrcca. — W. W. Fowler, Hon. Sec. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — Thursday, May igth, 1892. — Exhibits : Lepidoptera. — Mr. Riches, 



living larva of Agroiis nigricans and pup?e of Hepialiis humuli. Mr. 

 Clark, a cabinet drawer, containing thirty-three species of Depressarim. 

 Dr. Sequeira, a large number of dwarfs of various species, with types 

 for comparison, the most notable being Vanessa polychloros, LyccBna 

 corydon, Setina irrorella and Sesia chrysidiformis. Mr. Bloomfield, a 

 large number of T(2nioca)npa and two Selenia illustraria from Epping 

 Forest. Mr. Bacot, Tceniocampa incerta from Epping Forest, and a 

 living example of Lophopieryx camelina, taken the same morning at 

 Clapton. Mr. Bayne, a series of Amphidasys strataria from Epping 

 Forest, and three examples of Taniocampa populeti from the same dis- 

 trict. Mr. Hill, a series of Tceniocampa goihica and var. gothicina from 

 Rannoch ; also examples of Hyiophila prasinana with the green colour 

 changed to yellow by the action of cyanide. Mr. Southey, a very fine 

 series of Notodonta dromedarius from Highgate Woods. Dr. Buckell, 

 a series of Selenia bilunaria, bred from ova from a female of last 

 summer's brood. Two larvae, from these ova, fed up and emerged last 

 autumn and were of the aestival form, but the remainder went over until 



^ I quite agree with Mr. McLachlan with regard to this species. The larvse were 

 very abundant in my garden last autumn, the moths being equally so at the present 

 time. — Ed. 



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