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from members of the Society, in filling up forms he liad prepared, ask- 

 ing for certain information as to meteorological conditions, &c., when 

 sugaring for Nocture, and thus, by comparing results from different 

 parts of the country, Mr. Eobson hoped to come to some conclusion, re- 

 garding some of the anomalies of this sul)ject. Mr. Eobson said he would 

 be happy to send forms to any ajiplicant for same. Mr. Turner reported 

 the cajiture of Eupithecia nanata, Hb., Ematurga atomaria, L., and larvae 

 of Thera firmata, Hb., T. varmfa, Schiff., and Ellopia fasciaria, Schiff., 

 and Mr. Carpenter said that Theda ruhi, L., had been taken at Eynsford, 

 Kent, on April 3rd, and Syriddlms malvce, L., on April 9th. The re- 

 mainder of the evening was devoted to a long discussion Avith regard to 

 the proposed excursions of the Society during the ensuing summer. 



Ajm'l 27th, 1893. — Mr. Tutt exhibited a series of Tapinosfola con- 

 color, Gn., from Cambridgeshire, taken l)y Mr. Albert Houghton, and 

 remarked upon the apparently extremely restricted range of this si^ecies, 

 and in how very few localities it had been taken in any number ; and 

 Mr. Tutt also pointed out the confusion that had arisen with regard to 

 the nomenclature of this insect, in consequence of Hiibner's figure of 

 T. extrema, which has blackish cilia, having been supjDOsed to be concolor. 

 Mr. Weir mentioned that sjiecimens of Polyommalm dispar. Haw, had 

 fetched £6 each on Tuesday last, at Stevens' Auction Kooms. Mr. 

 W. H. Wright exhibited a very long and variable series of Bombyx 

 castrensis, L., bred from larvjB captured on the banks of the Medway, 

 and mentioned, that his experience was, that unless the larva? were, say, 

 within about a week of being full fed when captured, they usually re- 

 fused to feed, and seldom came to perfection. Mr. E. Adkin and Mr. 

 Tutt both corroborated this view, stating that the species was especially 

 resentful to a change of habitat. In jiroof of the recent extraordinary 

 fine weather, Mr. Tutt mentioned that Melikea cinxia, L., and other 

 June species, were on the wing in Guernsey, and that Lyccena argwlus, 

 L., were flying at Hereford during the first week in April, and Mr. 

 E, Adkin noted the rare occurrence of the blackthorn (Prmms sjnnosa) 

 and whitethorn (Crakegns oxyacantha), being in blossom at the same time. 

 In tlie course of some remarks upon Colias edusa, Hb., Mr, Tutt said 

 this species ought to have had a good chance of hybernating here in the 

 imago state this last winter, as circumstances were so entirely in its 

 favour, and that failure to do this, in a Avinter like that just past, Avould 

 point to its inability to do so at all in England. In Algeria and 

 Morocco, it could be obtained in all its stages, with the exception of the 

 egg, nearly the whole year through, and that in the Mediterranean 

 littoral, it practically did not hybernate at all, but one brood followed 

 the other in rapid succession. — F. W. Hawes and H. Williams, 

 Son. Sees. 



City of London Entomological Society. — Ajml 18th, 1893. — 

 Exhibits : — Mr. Tremayne, various Hyhernidce and a 3' example of 

 Nysst'a hispidaria from Epping Forest, Avhere the latter species has 

 been somewhat plentiful this year ; Mr, Eiches, bred examples of 

 Smerinthus ocelJatus, populi and tilice ; Mr. Clark, a series of Eupithecia 

 pumilata from Bournemouth, and a 5 specimen of Selenia tetralunaria, 

 recently taken in the New Forest ; Mr. Smith, a J example of Amphi- 

 dasys strataria {prrodromaria), also Aapthalia fiavicornis and Brephos 

 parthenias from Epping Forest ; he also remarked that the latter 

 species had been unusually alumdant there this spring ; Mr, Lane, a 



