166 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



CoLEOnERA IN THE HASTINGS AND EaSTBOURNE DISTRICTS. The 



following species, together with many of less note, have been taken in 

 the above districts since October, 1893 : Agathidhnn marginatum, Amaru 

 spinipes, Anchomenus oftlongus, Badistcr sodalis, Bledius atricaj)illus, B. 

 tricornis, B. unicornis, Brachinus crepitans, CJioIeva angustatn, C. agilis, 

 Coenopsis waltoni, Cryptarchia strigata, Dromius nigriveniris, Dyschirius 

 thoracicns, Elaphroiis cupreus, Gronops lunatns, Haltica consobrina, 

 Harpalns rotundicoHis, Helodes marginatus, Heterocerus laevigatus, H. 

 obsoletns, H. sericans, Hydroporus ferrugineus, Hylastes obscurtis, Lathro- 

 binm longuhm, L. terminatum, MyUoena Icraatzii (?), Philonthus therrnarum, 

 riectroscelis subcaertdea, Plinthns caliginosus, Phytobius velatus, Polystichus 

 vitiatus, Pterostichus gracilis, Rhagium bifasciaiwn, B. inquisitor, Saprinus 

 metallicus, Stenus jmbescens, Strophosomus obesus, S. retusus, Sunius 

 intermedins, Tkiasophila angulata, Trogophloeus halophilus, Tropiphorus 

 carinatus. The following were taken in the neighbourhood of 

 Chatham : Bledius opacus, Otiorrhynchus tenebricosus, Plinthus caliginosus, 

 Silpha laevigata. — W. W. Esam, St. Leonard's. May 21st, 1894. 



Ueiopeia pulchella in Hertfordshire. — I have recently seen, in 

 the collection belonging to the Boys' Farm Home at East Barnet, a 

 specimen of this moth, which was captured by Mr. Riihl, the school- 

 master, in May, 1892, on the bank of the G. N. Ky. near Oakley Park 

 Station. Although a search has been made, no other specimens have 

 been seen. — A. E. Gibbs, St. Alban's. May, 1894. 



SOCIETIES. 



At the meeting of the Entomological Society of London on May 

 2nd, Mr. vS. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Argynnis aglaia var. char- 

 lotfa, taken ]>y the late Eev. James Watson in the New Forest in 1870. 

 Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited a curious variety of xirctia caia, having an 

 extraordinary wedge-shaped marking extending from the outer margin 

 to: the base of the left hind wing, and also, on the same wing, a small 

 spot which was brown and white in colour, and had the appearance of 

 having been taken from the fore wing and inserted in the hind wing. 

 The specimen was said to have been taken at Abbott's Wood, in July, 

 1892. Prof. E. B. Poulton exhibited living specimens of the larvje of 

 Lasiocampa qtiercifolia, which had been surrounded respectively during 

 the early stages of growth, by black twigs and lichen-coloured twigs, 

 .the food being the same in both cases. All the larvai were shown upon 

 a Avhite paper back-ground, but examples of the surrounding twigs 

 which i)roduced the change of colour, were shown beside each batch. 

 The presence of darker or lighter twigs and spills of paper of various 

 colours, was found to cause very great modification in the colour of the 

 larvse. When lichen-covered twigs were used, the larvaj assumed a 

 mottled appearance, which caused them greatly to resemble their 

 surroundings. Mr. A. E. Gibbs has found that larvee of Amphidasys 

 hetnlaria, fed on birch, assumed a shining brown tint resembling the 

 twi<'"s of the food-plant ; others, however, that were fed on the leaves 

 of the garden acacia, which have a bright green petiole, were green in 

 colour. The latter, however, is not uniformly the case ; Ur. Buckell 

 reared a brood exclusively on acacia, and these contained both browu 

 and green forms, the brown predominating. 



