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of Spilosorna liibricipeda var. radiata, St., bred from ova received from 

 Mr. Tugwell, Gnophos obscurata, Hb., from Folkestone, and Macaria 

 notata, L., bred from ova. Mr. Fenn also exhibited Selenia lunaria, 

 Schiff., and read a note tliereon. Mr. E. Adkin exhibited a series of 

 Thecla betul(e, L., and read a note with reference to the order of sexual 

 emergence. He also showed a short series of Pygcera piijra, Hufn. 

 (reclusa, Fb.) bred from larvae taken in Sutherlandshire last aixtumn. 

 Mr. Jenner Weir read a note, in which he stated that in a recent tour 

 in Belgium he had seen no Colias hjale, L., and but one C. edusa, Fb. 

 He also stated how exceedingly abundant the third brood of Pohjoni- 

 matus pidceas, L. had been in his garden at Beckenham this September. 

 Mr. Tutt gave his experience of a day amongst the lepidoptera in the 

 suburbs of Paris at the beginning of August, when Colias hyale, L. was 

 abundant, with Agrophila sidplmralis, L., Acontia luciuosa, Esp. and 

 many other species occurring rather freely. Mr. Enock exhibited 

 wheat stems containing puj^a^ of the Hessian fly from Sidmouth, where 

 he found it infesting the wheat and barley ; also examples of Cldorops 

 keniopus, the destructive ribbon-footed corn fly. 



September 28th, 1893.— Mr. South exhibited, on behalf of Mr. 

 Sabine, some fine varieties of Polyommatus pihhxas L. from Dartford, 

 one being intermediate between the type and the var. schmidtii, some of 

 the others being very dark. Mr. Frohawk exhibited two boxes of 

 Polyommatus pidceas, L. from Balham, &c., showing great variation in 

 size and markings, two approaching the var. schmidtii, and two Avithout 

 copper bands on the secondaries ; also a living pupa of Argynnis paphia 

 L., and a nearly full-gi-own larva of Argynnis adippe, L., these two 

 latter exhibits being a result of the phenomenally fine and hot weather. 

 Mr. Jiiger showed six specimens of Lyccena arion, L., captured by Mr. 

 Bignell in Cornwall last June. Mr. Fenn exhibited a series of Dasy- 

 campa rubiginea Fb., bred September, 1893, from Devonshire, also long 

 and variable series of Acidalia aversata, L., Acronycta rumicis, L., and 

 interesting varieties of other sjiecies. Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited a 

 second brood of Argynnis enpjhrosyne, L., the larva?, after apparently 

 commencing to hybernate, having rapidly fed up during August. Mr. 

 R. Adkin exhibited a series of Cymatophora duplaris, L., taken in 

 Sutherlandshire, they being very dark compared with the Southern forms. 

 A paper by Mr. F. W. Hawes was then read " On the unusual abund- 

 ance of Polyommatus phlceas in 1893," in which he reviewed the early 

 appearance of this species in April, and its gradual numerical increase 

 during the succeeding months, also noting some interesting points in its 

 life history, the paper being illustrated by the exhibition of two plants 

 of Eumex acetosa, having thereon a number of ova laid in a state of 

 nature, some few of which had recently hatched. — H. Williams, Hon. 

 Sec. 



City of Londok Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Tuesday, September 19th, 1893. — Exhibits : — Mr. Huckett, a smoky 

 var. of Arctia caia, a partly silvery specimen of Polyommatus pidceas, and 

 bred series of Anger ona prunaria, Boarniia repandata, Numeria pulveraria 

 and PericaUia syringaria. He stated that the specimen of Arctia caia 

 was one of a second brood, and that some pupee that failed to emerge 

 were found upon examination to include several dark and pale varieties. 

 Mr. Clark, bred siDccimens of Cerura rinula, including a specimen with 

 a pale patch around the discoidal spots on the forewings. Dr. Sequeira, 



