258 THE ektomologist's record. 



species similar, though not allied to Elymus was common on their 

 •coast. During the same month, however. Captain Thompson received 

 a number of pupa3 of T. eli/mi from Mr. Inchbald ; these had been 

 found by that gentleman and his sister, Miss Inchbald, whilst working 

 what Avas thought to be Ainmophila, but was in reality the Elymus 

 growing side by side with it on the sandhills, in hopes of obtaining 

 Leucania littoralis. The fact was that Elymus arenarim occurred in 

 some plenty on the Hornsea sandhills, ])ut that the species is difficult 

 to separate from A. armidinacca except by its inflorescence, and so had 

 been overlooked. Mr. Heasler exhibited a strange var. of PhilonthiiH 

 splendkhdus from Beckenham ; the curious point about the insect being 

 the absence of the dorsal series of punctures on each side of the thorax, 

 which are so characteristic of the genus. 



Tuesday, Amjmt loth, IS'J.S. — Exhibits :— Mr. Oldham: a series of 

 the males of Odonestis potatoria, varying from dark brown to yellow, 

 some being j)aler than the ordinary females ; also Tripliama fimbria, 

 T. orhona and Cosmia affinis from Woodford. He also brought some 

 ova of Strenia clathrata for distribution. Mr. Nicholson : a bred series 

 of Thecla betuke from Epping Forest. He remar]s;cd upon the large 

 preponderance of females in this species. Mr. Clark : Tnphana fimbria, 

 Lyccena (egon, L. argiolus, Cerostoma radiatellu and Crambus adipellus, all 

 from the New Forest. Mr. Battley : living larvae of Polyommatus 

 phlceas. Dr. Buckell : larvae and puptB of Eutlunuonia russula. He 

 stated that most larvaj out of a brood of this species had fed up 

 rajjidly and passed into pupa, but the remainder appeared to be about 

 to hibernate. He also exhibited a series of Agrotis pnta from Fresh- 

 water. Mr. Bloomfield : a specimen of Gonepteryx rhamni from the 

 New Forest, intermediate in colour between the two sexes. Mr. Gates : 

 Arctia mendica, Hecatera serena, Tanagra clio'ropliyllnta, Platyptilia 

 (jonodactyla, Cemiostoma laburnella, Lithocollelis trisiriyeUa, Argyrestliia 

 gtedartella, etc , all from Shepherd's Bush. Mr. Bacot : a bred series 

 of Vanessa polyddoros from the New Forest. Mr. Huckett: a bred 

 series of Ennomos angnlaria. He remarked that these had begun to 

 emerge from the pupa during June. ]\Ir. Southey : a bred series of 

 Cerura vinula. Coleojitera : — Mr. Heasler: Oodes helopoides ai^d Posderus 

 riparius, both from Hanwell. Mr. Clark stated that while sugaring in 

 the New Forest he n(jticed a hornet pounce down upon a wasp and, 

 after a long struggle, kill and cat it. He also remarked upon the large 

 numbers of these tAvo insects this season. Mr. Huckett stated that 

 some larvae of Arctia caia reared from the egg were already spinning 

 up. Mr. Southey reported that Hepialus sylvinns was common on 

 Hampstead Heatli, but that the usual Nocture apj^eared to be very 

 .scarce. Mr. Bloomfield gave an account of an excursion to Wicken 

 Fen on August 5th, Ccenobia rufa, Tapinostola hellmanni and Helotroplia 

 fibrosa being some of the best insects observed. The larvae of Papilio 

 macliaon were scarce and very small, the greater part being only just 

 out of the egg.* 



Tuesday, oth September, 1893. Exhibits : — Mr. Trout, a variety of 

 the underside of Lyccena corydon, two specimens of Leucania alhipmncta, 

 and a dark reddish unicolorous vai'iety of Hadena suasa, all from 

 Sandown. Mr. Hollis, a specimen of Arctia caja, with orange hind 

 wings, and a jDale specimen of Coenonympha pamphilus, with dark borders 



* These were undoubtedly from the July insects, vide ante, p. 234. — Ed. 



