124 THR entomologist's record. 



Wyre during 1892, where he had been working new ground, and 

 turned up a lot of new things ; the other, upon a holiday spent at 

 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, in August. — Colbran J. Wainwright, 

 Hon. Sec. 



York and District Field Naturalists' Society. — February 8th, 

 1893. — Mr. W. Hewett exhibited Zi/gtena mhios from Galway ; Lopho- 

 pteri/x carmeh'ta, Marlow ; Emydia cribrum, New Forest ; and five very 

 fine varieties of SpiloKoma hhricipeda from Bai'nsley, Driffield, and York 

 one from Driffield having the hind wings of the var. radlata colour, viz. : 

 smoky black, tlie base, wing rays and fringe alone being cream-coloured ; 

 the head and thorax cream-coloured ; the body yellow, with six black 

 spots down the middle and on each side ; the antennfe simple ; the 

 fore wings typical ; an exceedingly fine variety of Arctia caia from 

 Hull. This variety has the fore wings of an almost uniform brown 

 colour, the hind wings, with the exception of the base and fringe, being 

 black ; Spjilosoma mendica from Ireland ; Stanropus facji from Eeading 

 and Marlow ; Acronycta myrkce from Aberdeen ; Bisulcia ligustri from 

 Willesboro' ; and Polia cM var. olivacea from Driffield ; Luperina testacea 

 bred from York, and dark forms from Hartlepool; Dasydia obfnxcar/'a 

 from Braemar ; and Enpifhea'a sidjfiih-ata from Brockley. (Is E. svbfnlvafa 

 now a Brockley insect ? Ed.). — William Hewett, Hon. Sec. 



The Cambridge Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Friday, January 20th. — Mr. Rickard exhibited some interesting Orthoptera 

 and other insects fi'om South Africa, among which were s})ecimens of 

 Harpax oceUaria and CysfocorJia iinmacidata ; Mr. Farren, si)ecimens of 

 Dasyramjya rulH'ginea bred from the egg by Dr. Biding, and, for compari- 

 son, four specimens from the collection of the late Mr. T. Ross. Dr. 

 Riding had described the specimens he bred as varieties, the variation 

 consisting of the presence of some white dots in the anterior wings, the 

 chief of which being a row of six near the subterminal line, and tAvo 

 near the base of the wing ; Mr. Farren jjointed out that these white dots 

 were also present in the specimens from Mr. Ross' collection ; Mr. S. 

 W. Key, a cocoon of Cossns ligniperda spun on a piece of firewood. 



Friday, February 3rd. — Mr. Farren read a paper " On the Variation 

 of Papilio machaon," which was illustrated by diagrams, and over 80 

 sijecimens, among which were some showing the development of red in 

 the posterior Avings, ranging through intermediate forms from some with 

 the sul)marginal yellow lunules quite clear, to others with all six lunules 

 suffused with red ; also several with a suffusion of red inside the sulj- 

 marginal band ; others had the submarginal band so wide as to reach, 

 and almost enclose, the black patch at the end of the discoidal cell. 

 Messrs. Jones, Rickard, Shrubbs and Farren, took part in the discussion 

 which ensued. 



February 17</i,1893. — Annual Meeting. — Mr.Gibson of Queen's College 

 was elected a member. An abstract of the Secretary's and Treasurer's 

 reports showed the Society to be in a very satisfactory condition ; 3 1 

 mendx'rs were elected during the year, and the meetings held fort- 

 nightly during the University Terms had been well attended, and the 

 exliibits numerous and interesting. 



The officers Avere then elected for the year, Mr. F. V. Theobald, 

 I). A., F.E.S., being cliost'u President. 



Mr. Rickard exhibited British specimens of Saperda carcharias, an 

 unnamed sjiecies of the genus Necrophorus, Trlchiosonut betuleti, Sirex 



