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whatever, so fur as a cursory examination of the specimens when being 

 exhibited allowed us to judge. — Ed.] 



At the Meeting of the South London Entomological and Natural 

 HisTOKY Society on October 11th, Mr. R. A dkin exhibited a bred series 

 of Enpithecia jasioneata from Ireland ; also on behalf of Mr. South, 

 Paedisca sordidcDia, Peronea hastiana, P. comparana, P. comariann, and 

 P. schuUeriana, from Macclesfield. Mr. H. Moore : a $ Lycaena corrj- 

 don, with male coloration. Mr. McArthur : Toxocainpa craccae, Noctna 

 (jlareosa, Acroni/cta rnmicis and Agrotis agathina, all from N. Devon. 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs : types of Pliisia ni. Mr. Winkley : a specimen of 

 Jffefe jj*oy/ui^m, showing the temporary epiphragm formed at the com- 

 mencement of hybernation. Mr. Tutt : a narrow- winged specimen of 

 Enpithecia subnotata, bred from Artemisia by Mr. Baxter, of St. 

 Anne's-on-Sea. Mr. Tugwell and Mr. Tutt both exhibited a large 



number of specimens of Zygaena exulans. On Oct. 25th: Mr. 



Johnson exhibited a specimen of Abraxas groasxdariata, from his 

 garden at Walthamstow, which had only a few black scales, in place of 

 the usual markings. Mr. McArthur : bred series of Hypsipetes sordi- 

 data, the lighter specimens being from bilberry-fed larvaj, and the 

 darker ones from sallow-fed larvae. Mr. Mansbridge : the dry carcase 

 of a mole, taken from a barn-door, which was covered with lepidop- 

 terous cocoons and jjupa-cases. Mr. H. Moore : two specimens of the 

 Violet Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea), from the Gironde. Mr. E. 

 Adkin : a sijecimen of Lycaena aegon from Oxshott, having the two 

 costal spots on the underside of the hind-wing united. 



The Meeting of the Birmingham Entomological Society on Sep- 

 tember 17th, was chiefly characterized by the exhibition of specimens 

 from the New Forest. The exhibit of Mr. R. C. Bradley and Mr. ('. J. 

 Wainwright was the outcome of ten days spent there in the middle of 

 July, and included the following Lepidoptera : freshly emerged speci- 

 mens of Litlionid mesonieUa and Erastria fasciana, which were thus a full 

 mouth late ; Cleora glabraria and CaUigenia miniata, etc. ; there were 

 eleven species of dragon-flies, and a number of Aculeate tlymenoj^tera, 

 including Aiiiinophila sabnlosa, Crabro vagns and C. cribrarins ; the chief 

 feature of the exhibit, however, was the collection of Diptera, among 

 which were : — Alophora hemiptera and Echinomyia grossa (both common), 

 E. lurida (2), Myolepta luteohi (2), Laphria marginata, Dioctria reinhardi, 



D. Jiavipes, Limnobia bifasciata, and many species not yet fully identified, 

 including a probably hitherto undescribed species of D/cranomyia. Mr. 



E. C. Kossiter had spent the month of July at Brockenhurst, and showed 

 Triphaena subsei/ua, Cleora^ glabraria, Macaria aUernata, etc. Of insects 

 obtained nearer home, Mr. E. C. Eossiter exhibited Asthena blomeri, 

 Cymatophora Jinctuosa, etc., from Arley, and Hejna I us relleda iromClent ; 

 the latter species liad occurred more freely than usual this year, but the 

 specimens were much below the average size. An interesting anti- 

 (piarian exhil>it was made by Mr. C. F. Haines, who showed insects 

 captured by his father thirty years ago ; among them was Cymatophora 

 octogesima, from Bewdley. 



The opening meeting of tlie Lancashire and Cheshire Entomolo- 

 gical Society for the Avinter session, took place on Oct. 8th. Mr. 

 C. S. Gregson stated that Dasychira fascelina, which he had supposed to 

 have been exterminated from the sandhills, was in profusion at Formby 

 in the larval stage ; he exhibited specimens of Lithosia sericea, taken 

 Ijy himself this year ; also Mclanippe hastata var. haslidata from Suther- 



