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ling very slowly at the time, and I was able to have a good view of the 

 insect. This is the only one I have seen this year, and in fact since 

 1892, when they were fairly plentiful in this district as they were in 

 most parts of the country. I am sorry to say I have found this season 

 a most unprofitable one, and I have scarcely added to my collection at 

 all— S. G. KussELL, Priory Villa, Woking. Oct. lird, 1894. 



Callisiorpha uera in South Devon. — I had a very enjoyable 

 time in South Devon with Mr. Jiiger hunting for Calliinorpha hera 

 and obtained twenty specimens, but only some half-dozen were line 

 enough for cabinet purposes. I kept the damaged females for eggs 

 and have some from all three forms, viz : those with red, orange, and 

 yellow under-wings. We took the species over miles of ground, and 

 1 should say it has been there for many more years than most people 

 imagine and has not been taken because the district has been practically 

 un worked, whilst from the nature of the ground there is no fear of its 

 extermination. Fyrameis cardui and Plusia gamma were both common 

 and several Colias edusa occurred. As elsewhere sugar was of no use 

 whatever and indeed it was quite an event to see a Noctua at all. — G. 

 T. PoKRiTT, Iluddersfield. Sejjt. Uh, 1894. 



OCIETIES. 



The September meetings of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society were marked by many interesting exhibits, 

 among which were the following. — Sept. Vith : — Mr. Step: several 

 specimens of Fohjponis j^ercnnus from Oxshott. Mi'. E. Adkin : a branch 

 of the rare Star-thistle {Centaurea culcitrap a, Ij.) from Eastbourne. Mr. 

 Manger: a specimen of the rare Stalk-eyed crustacean {Gonoplex 

 aiKjuhita) which had been dredged off Weymouth. Mr. West of Green- 

 wich : a specimen of the rare beetle, Lehia cyanocephala, from Bookham, 

 and specimens of the two races of L. cJilorocephala for comparison. 

 Mr. A. Hall : a splendid var. of Fyrameis myrinna from Bogota, South 

 America, with the type form for comparison. Mr. C. G. Barrett : a 

 specimen of Plusia moneta, taken at Norwich by Mr. Tillett ; also a 

 beautiful red var. of Ocnocera ahenella, taken at Folkestone by Mr. 

 Purdey. Mr. Murray (per Mr. E. Adkin) : a bleached var. of Erchia 

 acthiops from the neighbourhood of Carnforth. Mr. W. F. de V. Kane 

 (per Sir. R. Adkin) : a pale grey form of Agrotis seyefiun from the north 



of Ireland. Sept. 27th. — Mr. Winkley : four clutches of young 



of the mollusc. Helix jjomatia which had recently hatclied. Mr. R. A. 

 Adkin (per Mr. Adkin) : the following molluscs from Eastbourne : — 

 Helix aspersa, H. ericetorum, an unusually large H. virgata, H. caperata, 

 the first three species having abnormally high spines. Mr. Perks : a 

 photograph of the Fox shark {Alopecias vidpes), recently caj)tured off 

 the coast of Devonshire. Mr. Williams : a specimen of the intestinal 

 worm, Gordius aqiiaticus, which had emerged from the body of a water 

 spider. Mr. Auld : a larva of Fhorodesma smaragdaria which had been 

 feeding for fourteen months. Mr. Jiiger : a series of CaUimorplia hera 

 taken by him in S. Devon this year ; the red, yellow, and terra-cotta 

 forms were all represented. Mr. Winkley : two specimens of a second 

 brood of Siiterinihus popnli, bred this year. Mr. Filer : a bred series of 



