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also a gynandrous specimen of Saturuia carpiui, L., belonging to Dr. 

 Mason, one side being male, the other, female. Mr. Hall : two speci- 

 mens of the rare var. unicolor, Stand., of Mamestra persicarkw, bred by 

 a northern collector from a dark specimen derived from suburban 

 larva? ; also several specimens of an Enpithecia from Mr. Machin's 

 collection, which members thought were E. luinutata var. hiautiata, 

 Greg. Of several members who had larvae of CalUviorpha hera, most 

 had been only partly successful in getting them through the severe 

 frost. A long discussion took place as to the felling of trees in Epping 

 Forest. The general consensus of opinion was that no harm had been 

 done, and that none was intended to be done. Mr. Carrington and 

 others thought that a periodical cutting of the undergrowth would be 

 of great advantage to entomologists, and instanced the method of cutting 

 woods in Surrey and Kent. 



The North London Natural History Society made its first 

 excursion of the season on May 18th, to Epping Forest. The weather 

 was cold and dull, and rain threatened. Theydon Bois was reached 

 soon after 3 p.m., and the memljers at once proceeded into the Forest, 

 but it soon became evident that there was very little to be done. 

 Solitary specimens of Nola confu.salis was found on tree trunks, and 

 Acidalia reiuutarid and Bapta temerata were netted. Larva? of Nyssia 

 hispidaria, Phujalia pedaria, Opovabia dilutata, liypsipetes sordidata, 

 Miselia oxi/acanthae, Hyhernia aurantlarla and Hhiiera pennaria were 

 obtained by beating, liut not in any large numljers. At the meet- 

 ing of the Society on May 28th, Mr. Eobbins exhibited a freshly-bred 

 specimen of Dianthoccia capsincola from (Jromer. Mr. Woodward : bred 

 Choerocampa elpeuor from Ponders End. Mr. Prout said he thought 

 the season was an average one, larva? being fairly forward, and imagines 

 not far behind them. Mr. Woodward rejDorted the occurrence of 

 Drepana biiiaria and D. lacertinaria in the Forest, three weeks ago. 



The Birmingham Entomological Society met on April 22nd, when 

 Mr. K. C. Bradley exhibited Crabro ran'ns and C anxins from Wyre 

 Forest, and a specimen of C jmbescens from Sutton ; he said that only 

 four other specimens of the latter species were known to Mr. Saunders. 

 Mr. Martineau : two specimens of Andrena amjiiMlor, a rare species, 

 allied to A. furcata, from Solihull. Mr. Runge : eggs of Aspludia 

 tiavicornis as found ; they were laid singly, in the forks of thin twigs. 

 IMr. Martineau read a pa})er on a collection made in his house at 

 Solihull. He made the collection in conse(|uence of the statement, that 

 100 species enter a house in a year, being (juestioned. He had taken 

 136 species during the past year, and believed that if he had been able 

 to do more work in the day time, the number might have been increased 

 to 200. Tlie most unexpected species were Acidalia virgnlaria and 

 Tinea scniifulvella, neither of which had i)reviously been taken locally. 

 He noticed that Culex uiuiulatufi and C [lipiens, which w'ere common in 

 the cellar, only settled on the brickwork, never on the plastered lathes 

 which covered part of the ceiling. 



The meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological 

 Society on March 11th, 1805, was chiefly notable on account of the 

 very interesting paper entitled '* Observations on insects found in birds' 

 stomachs," read by Mr. II. Newstead, F.E.S., the Curator of the 

 Grosvenor Museum, Chester. The author has, with great kindness, 

 furnished us with the following epitome of the paper: — '■ The lecturer 



