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snff'nfia. I netted Chcsias rufata, Scoparia ambiguah's and Srricoris 



cemjitnna. June loth, Conntess Wells Wood, Aberdeenshire (wind N., 



clear sky, bright moon). At sugar: 12 Hi/ppa rectiliuea, 3 Acronijcta 

 meiii/anfhidis, I Thijalyra balls ; a few each of B. tenebrosa, H. adasta, 

 H. thalassiiia, X. riirea and var. coinbiista, N. plecta and A. gemiaa ; 1 

 Macaria h'turata and 1 Gidaria cori/laia. At rest : 2 A. meayaiithidis, 

 several Enpithecia nanafa and E. safyrata. Netted : Hi/psipetes tri- 

 fasciata.^^ June 16th, same place (wind S.W., cloudy). At sugar: 13 

 H. rectiliuea, 2 A. ineni/anthidis, 2 T. batis and others, as on the loth. 



At rest : Enpithecia pulchellata, E. puiiiilata and E. castigata. June 



18th, Sand Hills, Peterhead, East Aberdeenshire (wind W., sky clear, 



frosty) only 2 H. dentina and 4 H. oleracea. June 19th, Conntess Wells 



Wood (wind S.W., raining heavily). At sugar : 28 H. rcctilinea, 5 A. 



menyanthidis, other species taken on 15th. and 16tli abundant. June 



22nd, Qnantarness Moor, Orkney (wind VV., rather strong, sky clear). At 

 sugar : Nothing. Netted : Hepialns hninnli, Acidalia diinidiata, E. satyrata 



and Melanippe montanata. June 23rd, Countess Wells Wood (wind 



S.W., rather cloudy). At sugar : 20 H. recfilinea, 2 A. menyanthidis, 2 

 Noctna brunnea, 1 Agrotis exclaiaationis, 1 Triphaena pronnba, B Noctua 

 /estiva, 3 Boarmia repandata, etc. — A. Horne. June '25th, 1894. [Is 

 our correspondent quite sure that it was the typical form of X. rnrea 

 which was found so aljundantly ? In our experience the typical form 

 is very rare. — Ed.] 



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The Entomological Society of London ajstivates ; we are not sure 

 that other kindred societies would not do well to follow its example. 

 The last meeting till the autumn was held on June 6th, 1894, and was 

 a very interesting one. Mr. W. F. H. Blandford exhibited a series of 

 eleven male specimens of Rhina barbirostris from British Honduras, of 

 which the largest and smallest examples measured respectively 60 and 

 17 mm. The diffei'ence in bulk, supposing the j^roportions to be 

 identical, is as 43 to 1. He remarked that this variation of size is 

 es2:)ecially common in the Brenthidae, Cossonidae, and other wood-boring 

 Coleoptera. Mr. A. J. Chitty exhibited specimens of Cardiophorns 

 equiseti taken near Braunton, on the north coast of Devon, in May, 1891. 

 Mr. McLachlan exhibited for Mr. J. W. Douglas, male specimens of a 

 Coccid (Lecanium prunastri), bred from scales attached to shoots of 

 blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) received from Herr Kael ISulo, of Prague. 

 Mr. Douglas communicated notes on the subject, in which he stated tiiat 

 the species was common on blackthorn in France and Germany, and 

 should be found in Britain. Lord Walsingham exhibited a series of 

 Cacoecia podana, Scop., reared from larvas feeding on Lapageria and 

 palms in Messrs. Veitch's conservatories in King's Koad, Chelsea, in- 

 cluding some very dark varieties. The Hon. Walter Kothschild stated 

 that he had taken the species on lime. Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a long 

 series of Selenia lunaria, part of one brood from eggs laid in May, 1893, 

 by a $ taken at Bexley. In all, Mr. Fenn bred about 80 specimens ; 

 of these, 17 emerged in August, 1893, one in October or November, 

 1893, and one in January, 1894 ; all the foregoing were females with 

 one exception : after Jaiiuiuy (lie rest of the Ijrood emerged, the first 



