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imao"ines of Psyche racUeUa, Coleophora lineola, C. nigrkella and C. snttira- 

 tella, also examples of Stigmonota inter nana and Pterophonis pentadactyla. 

 Mr. Clark, two specimens of Smeriathus tilue, showing the extremes of 

 the pink and green forms, both bred from the same batch of eggs. 

 Mr. Tremayne, bred specimens of Vanessa polychloros awATheravariata, 

 including a dwarf specimen of the latter. Mr. Battley, living larvae 

 of Timandra amataria. Mr. Oldham, a specimen of Plusia moneta taken 

 at Woodford, and Abraxas idmata from Epj^ing Forest. Mr. Smith, 

 Halias quercana, Angerona primaria, and Pericallia syringaria, all from 

 Epping Forest. Dr. Sequeira, Papnlio machaon and larvae of same, 

 also bred specimens of Vanessa to. Coleoptera : — Mr. Heasler, Magda- 

 linus barbicornis, Cryptocephalus frontalis, and Tilliis elongatus (J , all from 

 Sudbury, Middlesex. Mr. Burrows, a female specimen of Tillus elonga- 

 tiis from Billericay. 



Dr. Buckell then brought forward the rough draft of the list of 

 London Lepidoptera. The list of Rhoi)aIocera was gone through, and 

 several additions made, and a vote of tlninks to Dr. Buckell concluded 

 the proceedings. 



July 18th, 1893.— Mr. B. G. Morris, of 18, Woburn Place, W.C., was 

 elected a member of the Society. Dr. Buckell made two interesting 

 additions to the Society's library, viz. the 1829 edition of Stephens' 

 Nomenclature of British Insects, and a copy of the English edition of 

 Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, the part of which relating to the Insecta 

 was by Latreille, and embodies his latest ideas of classification. 



Exhibits : — Dr. Buckell, a batch of ova of Eugonia quercinaria ; he 

 also exhibited a batch of ova of Melanippe fluctnata, as being in many 

 respects typical of Geometrid ova, viz. of an oval shape, and scattered in 

 deposition. The ova of E. qnercinaria, on the contrary, were cylindrical, 

 tapering slightly both at base and apex, and were slightly indented at 

 the latter extremity : they were, moreover, deposited in large batches, 

 the ova slightly overla})piiig one another. Mr. Morris : an example of 

 Melanargia galatea, from Swanage, having the white marginal spots on 

 all four wings extremely indistinct ; also Aniphidasys betularia, var. 

 doubledayaria, from Scarboro', and a ? example of Argynnis paphia 

 tending towards the var. valezina, or, in other words, a female, not 

 quite so highly specialized as usual. Mr. Dewey : examples of 

 JJiphthera orion, and an hermaphrodite specimen of Lyccena icarus, 

 from Eastbourne ; also a preserved larva of Tceniocampa mimosa. 

 Mr. Riches : two <? examples of Stauropus fagi, from Epping Forest, 

 one of them being an example of the dark variety; lie stated that 

 both these specimens had been taken from young trees. Mr. Lane: 

 series of Smerinthus ocellatus and S. tilicv, from N. London. Mr. 

 Heasler : a specimen of Calamia phragmitidis, bred from a pupa found on 

 the Barking marshes ; also examples of Harjialus rotundicollis, from the 

 same locality. He stated that the occurrence of this species at Barking 

 was strange, the locality given by Fowler being the Isle of Wight. 

 Mr. Riches announced that he had bred during the season a series of 

 Smerinthus ocellatus, which had spent two winters in the jDupa. Dr. 

 Buckell then read the records of " Sphingid^e " that he had received 

 for the Society's London Fauna List, to which the members j^resent 

 made many interesting additions. — A. U. Battley and J. A. Simes, 

 Hon. Secretaries. 



