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reti-ospective glance at the jDast season. The outdoor excursions, which 

 are a special feature of the Society's work, had been generally failures, 

 so far as entomology was concerned ; that to the New Forest at Whit- 

 suntide was more productive than the others, Macroglossa hoinbyliformis, 

 Scodiona behjiarki and a larva of Apatura iris having rewarded the 

 ardent seekers. Noctua diatra2)ezium had been turned up at Cromer by 

 a " Limited Company, consisting of the new Curator and the ancient 

 Librarian ; whilst Vanessa c-albimi had fallen to the net of the Secretary 

 at Llandudno." Other captures mentioned were: — Larvte of CJioero- 

 campa elpenor on the marshes at Ponder's End ; Lohophora viretata at 

 Eastbourne (Mr. Smith) ; larva? of Trichiura crataegi in Epping Forest, 

 on June 2nd (Messrs. Woodward and Tremayne) ; Agrotis praecox at 

 Llandudno (Messrs. Bobbins and Tremayne). 



At the meeting of the L.^ncashire and Cheshire Entomological 

 Society on Dec. lOth, 1894, Mr. Douglas Walker exhibited specimens 



of Phihalapteryx lapidata, captured by himself in Argyleshire. 



The Annual Meeting was held on Jan. 14th, 1895. The veteran 

 President, Mr. S. J. Capper, was again elected to that office. The office 

 of Secretary went a-begging, but Mr. F. N. Pierce, 7, The Elms, Dingle, 

 Liverpool, consented to continue in office pro. tern. Mr. Tutt read a 

 paper which will be published in The Entomologist's Record later on. 

 Mr. Eoxburgh exhibited Folia nigrocincta from the Isle of Man. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Dec. 18th, 1894. — Exhibits: — Mr. Hanbury : a specimen of Choerocampa 

 celerio, found by a gardener on a potting-shed at Hassock's Gate, Sussex, on 

 Nov. 7th, 1894 ; the specimen was perfect, except that it was somewhat 

 rubbed by its captor. Mr. Tutt remarked that most of the rare Hawk- 

 moths captured in this country had been introduced with foreign plants, 

 as they were not known to breed regularly in this country. Mr. Han- 

 bury also showed a fine example of Crocallis elingnaria, having the 

 central spot very large and dark, and the usual transverse lines almost 

 obsolete and brighter than the ground-colour, which was of the normal 

 tint ; the insect was bred from a batch of Sutherlandshire eggs. Mr. 

 Prout : continental types of Caradrina alsines, C. arubigua and C. 

 siqjerstes. The Kev. C. R. N. Burrows : Cerastis vaccinii vars. variegata, 

 Tutt, mixta, Stgr., and siifftisa, Tutt ; also C. lignla, and vars. snbnigra, 

 Haw., and spadicea, Haw. ; all from Eainham. Mr. Battley also ex- 

 hibited these species from Winchmore Hill and Dorset. Mr. Riches: 

 a specimen of Caradrina ctibicularis taken about the middle of last 

 month while drying its wings. Mr. Sauze : an example of " Symbiosis " 

 (or the "living together" of two or more animals of totally different 

 orders, families, or species) represented by Pinnotheres pisum (the Pea 

 Crab) and Mytilns edulis (the common Mussel), the former amicably 

 sharing the latter's shell with its rightfid owner. He read notes on 

 the subject giving other instances of this curious habit. Mr. Tutt : 

 Colias phicomone and C. palaeno from Mont de la Saxe and the Cogne 

 Valley. 



Jan. 1st, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Prout : Agrotis cursoria from Aber- 

 deen and St. Anne's-on- Sea, the former being considerably darker than 

 the latter. Capt. Thompson : Vanessa urticae, Epinephcle ianira and 

 Lycnena icarus, all from Sligo. The V. urticae were somewhat rougher- 

 looking than the English form ; the E. ianira paler, and more clearly 

 barred on the underside ; one of the L. icarus had a series of pale blue 

 crescents on the inner edge of the orange spots on the hind- wings. 

 Mr. Clark : Scoparia cembrae and vars. 



