268 THE entomologist's RECORD- 



" match box," it is in excellent condition. — Edward Hali.iday, 

 Ackroydon, Halifax. 



Agrotis rip^ larv/E. — To find the larvae oi A gratis ripce dig round 

 the prickly salt wort, found so plentifully at many places on the coast. 

 At Hunstanton I found them very common, not less than 260 in four 

 hours ! I have, at other places, dug five hours for fifty, — William 

 Farren, Cambridge. September \']th, 1892. 



FooDLANT OF Odonestis ROTATORIA. — On July i8th, a friend and 

 I found ova of O. potatoria, laid on the upper side of the leaves of 

 alder. My experience of this insect associates the larva with various 

 species of grasses only. — F. B. Newnham, Church Stretton, Salop. [I 

 believe the species is restricted to grass as food. — Ed.] 



Societies. 



Entomological Society of London. — November 2, 1892. — Mr. S. 

 Stevens exhibited, for Mr. J. Harrison, of Barnsley, and read notes on 

 a beautiful series of Arctia labricipeda var. radiata, which had been 

 bred by Mr. Harrison this year. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker exhibited 

 specimens of Folyommalus dispar var. rutilus, taken in England by 

 his father about sixty years ago. He stated that it was generally believed 

 that this form of the species was confined to the Continent, but his 

 specimens proved that it formerly occurred in England. Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett exhibited dark varieties of Acronyda leporina, bred by Mr. J. 

 Collins, of Warrington ; also a white variety of Triphcena pronuba, taken 

 at Swansea by Mr. W. Holland. Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a specimen 

 of Sagra femorata, from India, with differently sculptured elytra, one 

 being rough and the other smooth. Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited a 

 long series of remarkable varieties of Liparis vionacha. Several of 

 the specimens were as light in colour as the typical form of the 

 species ; others were quite black ; and others intermediate be- 

 tween these two extremes. The Rev. Seymour St. John exhi- 

 bited a monstrosity of Abraxas grossulariata, and a specimen of 

 Tczniocampa siabilis, with a distinct light band bordering the hind 

 margin of the upper wings. He stated that he had bred both specimens. 

 Mr. E. B. Poulton exhibited two series of imagos of Gnophos obscurata, 

 which had been subjected to dark and light surroundings respectively. 

 The results were seen to be completely negative, the two series being 

 equally light. Mr. F. Merrifield showed a number of pupae of Fieris 

 napi. About eight of them, which had attached themselves to the 

 leaves of the cabbage plant on which they were fed, were of a uniform 

 bright green colour, with light yellowish edgings ; of the others, those 

 which had attached themselves to the black net covering the pot, or 

 the brownish twigs which supported it, nearly seventy in number, were 

 dark coloured, with dark spots and lines. The remainder were of a 

 green colour, much less vivid than in those which had spun up on 

 the leaves, with numerous dark spots and lines on ihem. Mr. R. 

 Adkin exhibited three bred female specimens of Vanessa c-album, two 

 of which belonged to the first brood, and the third to the second brood. 

 One of the specimens of the first brood was remarkable in having the 



