08 tSE entomologist's RECOftD. 



SOCIETIES. 



At the meeting of the South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society on Dec. 13th, 1894:, Mr. Brooks exhibited a long 

 series of Folia chi from Kotherham, particularly remarkable for the 

 general suffusion which many of them presented, the suffusion tending 

 largely to obscure the ordinary markings ; also, from the same locality, 

 melanic forms of Phigalia pedaria, Boarniia repandata and Hyhernia 

 defoliaria. Mr. McArthur : Coleophora laricella from North Devon. — 

 On Jan. 10th, 1895, Mr. W. A. Pearce exhibited a bred specimen of 

 Acherontia atropos ; it was stated that the pupa of this species had no 

 free segments, and was thus unable to work its way through the 

 earth. Mr. E. Adkin : a bred specimen of Vanessa urticae from Sunder- 

 land, in which the central costal blotch was united to that on the inner 

 margin. 



The BiRMiNGHAai Entomological Society met on Nov. 19th, 1894, 

 when the following, among other exhibits, were made : — Mrs. P. W. 

 Abbott : Sesia sphegiformis, from Wyre Forest. Mr. H. J. Sands : 

 living Grapta c-album, which had emerged two months before ; some 

 of the same batch were still in the pupal condition. Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley : the following Diptera : — Idioptera prdchella, from Sutton, 

 with its semi-ajiterous female ; Limnobia nigro-pmictata, from Sutton 

 and Wyre Forest ; Trimiera pilipes, from Tring. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Nov. 20th, 1894. — Exhibits : — Mr. Battley : Anchocelis pistacina and 

 A. lunosa, showing the strong resemblance between the species. The 

 most evident difference in the specimens shown, lay in the subterminal 

 line, which, in A. pistacina, consisted of a series of crescentic spots, 

 similar in colour to that of the wing, whilst in liinosa these spots were 

 black. Mr. Clark : Taeniocampa (jracilis from the New Forest, one 

 specimen being light reddish, and the other dark purplish-brown. Mr. 

 Bacot : Gortyna ochracea, bred from burdock-stems from Ponders End ; 

 two of the specimens had a light blotch on one of the fore wings, which 

 Mr. Tutt believed was caused by pressure on the pupa during develop- 

 ment. Mr. Prout : Orthosia lota from Hale End and Sandown ; the 

 former were all tyjjical, the latter nearly all var. mfa. Mr. Tutt : 

 Zygaena achilleae and vars from Courmayeur, Piedmont. Mr. Battley 

 gave a short account of a recent visit to (Jharmouth, Dorset, from which 

 it appeared that although Lepidoptera were scarce by reason of the in- 

 clement weather. 111 species of plants were observed which were 

 actually in flower ; these included the primrose, cowslip, dog violet, 

 wild strawberry (also in fruit), and j^rivet. The principal insects 

 captured at ivy were : Xylina socia (one, about the middle of 

 November, in perfect condition) ; Epunda nigra (5, three of them 

 bad) ; Orthosia macilenta and 0. lota (mostly var. rtifa), also a few 

 Xylina rhizolitha and Cidaria siterata ; two sj^ecimens of Dasypolia 

 teuipli were taken at light at Lyme Regis on November 5th, and one 

 specimen of Pararge egeria was seen on October 2oth, on which date, 

 Orrhodia vacciim began to ajipear. 



The following gentlemen were nominated as Officers of the Society 

 for 1895 : — President and Treasurer, Mr. J. A. Clark ; Vice-Presidents, 

 Mr. J. W. Tutt and Dr. Buckell ; Curators, Messrs. Bayne and C. B. 



