278 THE entomologist's record. 



species was allied to, but not identical with, the American species, 

 Sarcopsylla penetrans, L., one of the most troublesome pests in Tropical 

 America and the AVest Indies to man and various domestic and wild 

 animals, the female burrowing into the skin, usually of the feet, but 

 also of any other accessible region. He said that the distribution of the 

 chigoe was recorded over Tropical America and the Antilles from 3U°N. 

 to 30'' S., and of late years it had established itself in Angola, Loango, 

 and the Congo. Mr. F. C. Adams exhibited a specimen of MaUota 

 en'staloides, a species of Diptera new to Britain, taken by himself in the 

 New Forest on the 20th July last. He said the species had been identi- 

 fied l)y Mr. Austen, of the British Museum. Mr. Tutt exhil)ited 

 specimens of a form of Zygaena exnlans, well scaled, and with the 

 nervures and fore-legs of a decidedly orange colour, collected during 

 the last week in July, by Dr. Chapman, in the La Grave district of the 

 Alps, at a considerable elevation ; also specimens of the same species 

 taken by himself and Dr. Chapman near Cogne, and others from the 

 Graiison Valley, the females of which were less well-scaled. He also 

 exhibited Scotch specimens for comparison, and stated that he was of 

 opinion that the latter were probably as thickly scaled as the Con- 

 tinental ones, but that, owing to the differences in the climate of 

 Scotland and Switzerland, collectors had fewer opportunities of getting 

 the Scotch specimens in good condition. Mr. P. M. Bright exhibited 

 a specimen of Sterrlia sacraria, taken at light, at Mudeford, in October, 

 1893. Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited a living specimen of a large species 

 of Pulex, which he believed to be Hystricopsylln talpae, Curtis, taken at 

 Hartlip, Kent. Lord Walsingham read a paper entitled " A Catalogue 

 of the Pterophoridae, Tortricidae and Tineidae of the Madeira Islands, 

 with Notes and Descriptions of New Sj^ecies." In this paper thirty-six 

 species of Lepidoptera belonging to these families were recorded as oc- 

 curring in the Madeiras, of which, thirty were noticed as peculiar to 

 the Islands, twelve as common to the Madeiras and Canaries, of which 

 two were not known as occurring elsewhere, and one extends its range 

 only to North Africa. Over thirty species were added to the list, and 

 one new genus, seven new species, and two new varieties were described. 



On Oct. 17th, Mr. G. C. Champion read a letter, dated 15th 



August last, from Mr. J. Y. Johnson, of Funchal, Madeira, on the sub- 

 ject of a recent visitation of locusts to the Island, and exhibited 

 specimens. Mr. Johnson mentioned that Darwin, in his " Origin of 

 Species," recorded that in November, 1844, dense swarms of locusts 

 visited Madeira. He said that since then, until August last, these insects 

 had not visited the Island. Mr. Champion remarked that the species 

 sent by Mr. Johnson was Decticus alhifrons, Fabr., not a true migratory 

 locust. Mr. H. Goss read a letter he had received from Captain 

 Montgomery, of Mid-Ilovo, Natal, reporting large flights of locusts there, 

 extending over three miles in length, on the 31st August last, and ex- 

 hibited a specimen of the locust, a species of Acrklium. Captain Mont- 

 ti-omery stated that, as a rule, his district and most of Natal was free 

 from the pest, bv;t that an exceptional invasion had occurred in 1850. 

 Mr. Elwes exhibited a series of Clu'onobas alberta $ J , Chionobas iihlcri, 

 var. varuna, and Erebia discoidalifi, from Calgary, Alberta, N.W. Canada, 

 collected in May last, by Mr. VVolley-Dod. He said that the validity 

 of C. alberta, which had been questioned by Mr. W. H. Edwards, was 

 fully estal)lish('d by these specimens. — [We are unable to agree with 

 this, the specimens appearing to bear uo distinct specific characters, 



