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Scodonia bclgmria, &c. itc. In the evening tlie party proceecletl to sugar 

 about half a mile of trees in Hurst Wood, and took the A'', trepida with 

 them for sembling purposes. Sugar however proved totally unattrac- 

 tive, as also did the N. trepida ; the latter result was not surprising, as 

 the speeimen, on further investigation, turned out to be a male. The 

 only captures made were some tine specimens of Larcntia liridaria. The 

 night was clear, cool, and damp, and there was a bright moon. On 

 Sunday Messrs. Bacot and Harvey spent the day at Stubby and Denny 

 Woods, and by beating obtained about 120 larvae of Taenlocampa mimosa, 

 and some two dozen of Asphalia ridens. Enclidia glijphica and Thera 

 variata were also captured in fine condition, likewise two male Pararye 

 egeria. After church Messrs. Kobbins and Nicholson went for a stroll 

 along the Minstead road, and took some good specimens of Tepjhrosia 

 hiundularia, Thera variata, and a freshly-emerged Hadena thalassina. 

 These were found at rest on young firs growing on a piece of boggy 

 land, which was plentifully besprinkled with the two Sundews (Drosera 

 rotnndifolia and D. comjifolia) and the Bog Asphodel (Narthecinm ossi- 

 fragnm). In the afternoon Mr. Quail turned up about four o'clock, 

 having taken a fresh specimen of Hadena geiiistae on the way from the 

 station. In the evening the whole party went to Matley Bog, but with 

 the exception of some good specimens of Hypsipetes trifasciata, Lobophora 

 sexalisata, Eupithecia nanata, and Pachycnemia h'ppocastanaria, nothing- 

 fresh was turned up. A nice lot of Scodiona helyiaria were captured 

 on White Moor afterwards in bright moonlight. On Monday morning 

 Messrs. Bacot and Quail were out early, but did not take anything of 

 note except a fine specimen of Cnspidia leporina. After breakfast the 

 party set out to spend the day at Stubby Copse, capturing on the way 

 some fresh specimens of Tanagra atrata and 12 Neineobins lacina. Larva- 

 beating produced about half a dozen Poecilocamrm popidi, two or three 

 Asteroscopns sphinx, one Thecla qucrcus, and many other commoner sj^ecies. 

 Mr. Nicholson found a larva of Limenitis sibylla suspended from a grass- 

 stem ready to pupate, and Mr. Harvey found another C. leporina at rest 

 on a fir-trunk. 



The Birmingham Entomological Society met on May 20th. Mr. 

 E. C. Bradley showed Pompilus viaticns from Wyre Forest, and remarked 

 on the extraordinary activity of the members of the family Pornpdidae 

 and the difficulty of capturing them. Mr. Valentine Smith exhilnted a 

 form of Rhagiwn bifasciatiua from Edgbaston with the white colour 

 much extended ; also one Elater balteatus from Edgbaston, and three 

 Hister piirpiirasccns from New Street, in the centre of the City. 



City op London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March 19///, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Bate : living examples of Amphi- 

 dasys bctidaria, a brood of which had been emerging since September 

 last ; also a specimen of Noctna xanthographa which bore a strong 

 superficial resemblance, both in colour and markings, to some of the 

 Caradrinas. Mr. May : a black specimen of Hybernia lencophaearia 

 from Epping Forest. Mr. Bacot : a very perfect hybernated female of 

 Gonepteryx rhamni, recently captured at Hayes Common. Mr. Camling : 

 a series of Selenia tetralnnaria, bred from Andover eggs ; the males were 

 all of the greenish form, as were also all the females except two, which 

 were of the reddish form. Kev, C. R. N. Burrows : a dead pupa of 

 Achcrontia atropos, which had been dug up, and which he supposed to 

 have been killed by the severe winter ; all the tail segments were 

 movable, owing to the rottenness of the pupa. Mr. May stated that a 



