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to the wings. Mr. Battley, a series of Leucophasia situipis (2nd brood), 

 from Sidmouth, S. Devon ; the males with remarkably dark apical 

 marks. Mr. Clark, three varieties of Arctia caia, bred from Tottenham 

 larvee, the ground colour of the hind wings being suffused with black ; 

 and some fine forms of Arctia Inhricipeda vars. zatiiiia and deschangei, 

 bred by Mr. Harrison, of Barnsley. He also exhibited a large number 

 of insects taken during July, in the New Forest. These included 

 ArgynniA 'papliin, with its var. valeziaa and intermediate forms, xanthic 

 specimens of Sati/rus janira, suffused examples of Ennomos angularia, 

 E. erosaria, black Boarmia ahietaria. Lithosia quadra, a remarkable male, 

 with the fore wings yellow on the outer margin ; L. lidceoln, Catocala 

 sponsa, C. promissa, Ebidea stachydalis, Tortr ix piceana,i\.\\d.vaa\\j oi\\QVS. 

 With regard to the vars. of A. paphia, Mr. Tutt remarked, that several 

 of the males were distinctly green on certain j^ortions of the hind 

 wings, and that frequently, these specimens were those which de- 

 veloped i^ale spots, both on the hind and fore wings, thus showing a 

 double tendency towards var. valezina, the area round the pale spot 

 being the first to become green. Dr. Buckell, a series of Apamea 

 ocidea, all taken in one evening at Highgate, also other forms for com- 

 parison. Mr. Lane, a bred series of Thecla betulce, from Epping Forest. 

 He remarked that his experience of this species was directly contrary 

 to Mr. Nicholson's, expressed at the last meeting, only about one-fifth 

 of the specimens bred being females. Mr. Smith, Lithosia complamda, 

 L. griseola and var. stramineola, all from Dorset, and Eanomos erosaria 

 (bred) from the New Forest. Mr, Huckett, specimens of Arctia caia, 

 bred within the last few days (2nd brood), and a remarkable unicolor- 

 ous leaden-coloured male of Lyccena adonis, taken at Folkestone, on 

 23rd August, 1893. Dr. Sequeira, Boarmia repandata, Epliyra porata, 

 E. pimctaria, E. orbicularia, and the second brood of Lycaina argiolus, 

 all from the New Forest. Coleoptera : — Mr. Heasler, Staphilinus 

 stercorarius and Hippodamia 13-jnmctata, both from Teddington. Dr. 

 Buckell stated that he had counted the heart-beats in the larva of 

 Phlogophora meticulosa, and found them to be 44 to the minute. He 

 also made some remarks upon the experiments now being conducted by 

 Mr. Garner with regard to the powers of sj^eech in the apes. Capt. 

 Thompson recorded a specimen of Nonagria lutosa, in High Street, 

 Islington. Mr. Huckett stated that he had noticed a sallow and a pear 

 tree in blossom, at Folkestone, and several cases of second flowering 

 were recorded by other members. A discussion also took place Avith 

 respect to the absence of the autumnal larvce this season, Mr. Tutt 

 expressing his opinion that they had emerged from the egg early in the 

 season, and, feeding up rapidly, passed into the pupa towards the end 

 of July. Dr. Buckell and Mr. Biches, however, stated that the common 

 species had been comparatively scarce this season in their gardens. — 

 A. U. Battley and J. A. Simes, Hon. Sees. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 August 10th, 1893. — Mr. Weir exhibited some cases which had been 

 found under a sycamore by a neighbour of his, Mr. Tolhurst, at 

 Beckenham, Kent. He said attention had been called to these cases 

 by seeing them hojJiJing over a gravel walk, a power which they 

 retained for some days after they were obtained. The cases were 

 circular discs about 13 mm. in diameter, the upper cuticle of the 

 sycamore leaf, forming one side, and silk the other. Uj)on examining 

 the leaves of the tree, the round spots, from which the cases were 



