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dozen or so being all females, and then males and females emerging in 

 equal numbers. Among that portion of the brood which emerged in May 

 were one or two moths which pi'esented the characters of the usual 

 August brood (var. dehinaria), and one or two others Avere intermediate 

 between the spring and summer forms. Mr. F. Lovell Keays exhibited 

 a variety of L. icarns (female), in which the marginal ocelli on the hind- 

 wings were entirely without the usual orange-coloured lunules. The 

 specimen was ca])tured at Caterham, on May 22nd, 1894, and was the 

 first individual of the species observed liy the captor this season. Mr. 

 J. H. Durrant exhibited a series of Stccjanoptu ch a p niimaeana, Hb., taken 

 at Merton, Norfolk, between the 2oth March and the middle of April 

 last. Mr H. Goss read an extract from a report by Mr. J. E. Preece, 

 H.M. Consul at Isjoahan, to the Foreign Office, on the subject of damage 

 caused to the wheat crop in the district of Eafsinjan, 1 )y an insect which 

 was called " Sen " by the natives, and which he described as " like a 

 flying bug, reddish-olive in colour, with heavy broad shoulders." Mr. 

 Goss said he had been asked by Mr. W. H. Preece, C.B., to ascertain, 

 if possible, the name of the species known to the natives as •' Sen." 

 ])r. Sharpe said that in the alisence of a specimen of tlie insect, it was 

 impossible to express an opinion as to the identity of the species. The 

 Kev. Canon Fowler exhibited for Miss Ormerod, specimens of Diloho- 

 derus ahderus, Sturm, Encranium arachnoides, Brull., and Mcijathopa 

 vlolacea, Blanch., from the La Plata district of the Argentine Territories, 

 where they were said to be damaging the grass crops. Mr. Hampson 

 raised the important point as to what was the legal " date of publication " 

 of Part I. of the Transactions of the Society, 1894. He pointed out 

 that the question of the priority of the names of certain new species 

 described therein, would depend upon the date of publication. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Mai/ 1st, 1894. — The following gentlemen were elected members : 

 H. H. May of Balham, P. R. Eichards of Peckham Eye, G. H. Shields 

 and D. C. Bate of Dulwich. Exhibits : — Mr. Battley ; a series of 

 Brephos notha from near Broxbourne, with specimens of J5. partlienias 

 for comparison. He remarked that the cream-coloured Idotches so con- 

 spicuous in parthenias were practically wanting in notha, and tlie orange 

 band on the hind wings in notha was not so direct as in parthenias ; the 

 antenucG of male notha Avere most decidedly pectinated. ( )ne of the 

 specimens of notha had the left fore wing of a dirty- whitish colour, and 

 the hind wings were much suffused with black. Mr. Bacot ; a series of 

 Selenia tetralunaria captured by " assembling " at Epping Forest. Mr, 

 Gurney; Sdjyhaquadripunctata, CoccineUa l^-pmndata, and C.22-punctata 

 from the New Forest ; also Dermestes vidphms from the dead body of a 

 jay in Ongar Park Wood. Mr. Lewcock ; a small but perfect specimen 

 of Biston hirtaria from which a parasitic (dipterous) larva had emerged 

 and since pupated. Yonng hirtaria, larvae had also come forth from the 

 opening made by the parasite ; these had of course been hatched in 

 their parent's body from imdeposited ova. Mr. S. J. Bell ; some curious 

 ova laid on a primrose flower taken from a bought bunch. In shajie 

 they resembled l)utter tubs and Avere of a pale grey colour with a dark 

 brown ring round the to]) and another round the base ; there wei'c also 

 two brown spots between the rings. The eggs were laid in a row. Mr. 

 Battley remarked that queen wasps were extremely plentiful at South- 

 end, and recommended members to kill all they came across in order to 

 lessen the probability uf another pLigue like that of last year. 



