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Walker : insects collected this summer at Morthoc and Woolacombe, in 

 Devonshire, among others being Epeolns rnftpes ; also Psilhyrus vestalis, 

 from Trench Wood. Mr. Bethune Baker remarked upon the unusual 

 abundance of Syrphidne in his garden this autumn ; Mr. Wainwright 

 had had the same experience, Syrphns halteatus and S. corollas being 

 specially plentiful ; Mr. Bradley testified to the same fact, and said 

 that S. selenUica, which he had never seen in the district before, had 

 been quite common this autumn in Sutton Park. Mr. W. Harrison had 

 succeeded in breeding Trochilinm api/onuis from larvae obtained at 

 Artey, in April last ; he had on several previous occasions obtained 

 larvte in the autumn, but had not been successful in rearing them ; he 

 had found the larvfe taken in April, after hybernation, mucli easier 

 to rear. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Oct. IGth, 1894. — Exhibits : — Mr. Battley : a drawer containing most of 

 his Ar/rotidae ; also a copy of " The Photogram," having as a supple- 

 ment a plate of colour photo-prints of Chelonta caia, Vanessa to and V, 

 atahmta, the likeness to the originals being extremely good. Dr. 

 Buckell : a 2 Epinephele ianirn and a 2 Satyriis semele, both captured 

 at Folkestone Warren, on September 2nd, last ; the specimens were in 

 perfect condition, and he raised the question as to whether the lanira was 

 part of a second brood, or whether that species continued to emerge 

 over a period of two months. Mr. Bate : a specimen of Arctia fidi- 

 ginosa, bred from a ? taken at the end of June, the rest of the l)rood 

 being still feeding. Dr. Dudgeon : a young slow- worm (Anguis fragiUs) 

 and its mother ; the latter was captured at Heme Bay, and the young 

 one was one of a brood of five ; it was about five weeks old and very 

 snaky-looking, being longitudinally striped with pale yellow. Mr. 

 Clark : Zeuzera pyrina from London Fields. Mr. Southey : a long series 

 of Xylophasia scolopacina from Highgate Woods, bred by himself, and 

 preserved larvae and ichneumons of the same. Mr. Smith : Scodiona- 

 helgiaria and Asphalia ridens from the New Forest. Mr. Bacot : a series 

 of Boinhyx trifolii, sembled near Liverpool ; he remarked that the species 

 did not seem to be very closely allied to any of its congeners, most of 

 which he exhibited with their preserved larva?. Mr. P. J. Robinson, 

 of Brixton : an androgynous specimen of Crocallis elinguaria, bred from 

 the New Forest. The antenna and wings on one side were distinctly 

 male, and on the other side, female. Capt. Thompson, on l)ehalf of 

 Mr. Mutch of Hornsey : a series of Agrotis cursor/a from Morayshire, 

 N.B. He also exhibited series of Agrotis vestigialis from Co. Sligo 

 and Pembrokeshire, and MeliUica aurinia from (^o. Sligo ; also an miset 

 series of Dasypolia tcmpli, taken at light b}' Mr. E. Halliday at Halifax, 

 where he found them common, having obtained eighteen in this way. 

 Mr. Bayne : Hydrelia nncida, Tlioloiiiiges tnrfosalis, Hypenodes costacstri- 

 gaJis, and others from the New Forest; he reported the capture of both 

 sexes of Hyhemia defoliaria at Ejiping Forest, early in the month. Mr. 

 Pearson : an onion stem, having al)Out half-way up a small onion, whicli 

 had begun to grow in that position, when the seeds had commenced to 

 dLJvelop. Mr. Tutt : Emydia cribrnia from the New Forest, and for com- 

 parison its var. Candida, taken liy himself and Dr. Chajunan, near 

 Courmayeur, on the Italian side of Mont lilanc. jMr. Prout : Tryjihacna 

 mdiscqnn, from Sandown and tlie New Forest; also Noctua c-nigvnm, 

 Aporopliyla australis (with dark vars.) and Caradrina amhigua, from 

 Sandown. Mr. Prout read the following notes : — 



