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Wisbech. Mr. Adkin : a yellow var. of Eumlurga atomarin. On 



July 25th, Mr. Hall exhibited a long and variable series of Dlanthoecia 

 carpophaga, bred from larvffi found on Lychnis vespertina; one 

 specimen had all the usual markings nearly obliterated, and at the 

 other extreme was a specimen in which the markings were much ex- 

 tended and intensified. Mr. Robson : an exceedingly pretty suffused 

 form of Zonosoma pendulnria. Mr. Turner : a series of Lycaena 

 aegon from Oxshot, including specimens in which the spots on the 

 undersides were amalgamated, blue-splashed females, and one female 



which was indistinguishable on the upper side from L. astrarche. 



On August 8th, Mr. Hall exhibited specimens of Hadena oleracea, in 

 which the reniform and orbicular stigmata could scarcely be traced. 

 Mr. Adkin : a series of strongly-marked Eapnthecia tenuiata from 

 Drogheda. Mr. Step: a specimen of the pugnacious squat lobster 

 [Galathea squami/era), from Portscatho. Mr. Turner: a specimen of 

 Euchelia iacobaene with a small additional spot. Mr. South, in 

 exhibiting a number of specimens taken near Macclesfield during the 

 present season, remarked on the absence of melanism in that district, 

 although the conditions were apparently favourable for its occurrence. 

 On Monday, August 5th, 1895, the North London Natural History 

 Society made an excursion to Redhill, arriving at Redhill station 

 about 11 o'clock, and proceeding at once to a chalk-pit on the opposite 

 side of the town, towards Reigate. The morning was fairly fine, but 

 there was very little sunshine, and the weather looked somewhat 

 threatening. Insects were not plentiful. EuhoJia bipunctaria was 

 taken in some abundance, but the " Blues " were almost entirely absent, 

 and very few other species were about. One or two Acidalia ornata 

 were taken, and Mr. Harvey captured a solitary specimen of CoHas 

 edusa. Later on, one or two good specimens of Lycaena icar^is turned 

 up. The party presently proceeded towards Reigate, but soon after 

 their arrival there a drizzling rain came on, which had evidently set in 

 for the day ; this induced them to take an early tea, and return home 



immediately. At the meeting on August 8th, Mr. Nicholson 



exhibited a moth of a leaden colour, and almost destitute of markings, 

 except the subterminal line and discoidal spots, which he believed to 

 be a variety of Mamestra hrassicae. Mr. Battley mentioned that he 

 and Mr. Rose had taken 50 larvte of Spilosoma urticae, at Broxbourne, 

 on the 3rd inst. Captures of the larva? of Choerocampa elpenor, at 

 Ponder's End, were reported. Mr. Prout wrote from Sandown that 

 Golias edusa had become fairly common, and that he had taken two 

 more specimens of var. helice, but that sugar on the whole had been a 

 failure. Mr. Smith reported the capture recently, at Barmouth, by 

 himself and Mr. R. W. Robbins, of Hipparchia semele, Argynnis 

 aglaia, Leucania littoralis, Agrotis vestigialis, A. tritici, A. corticea, 

 Plusia interrogationis, Larentia olivata, L. cnesiata and Melanippe 

 galiata. 



The Birmingham Entomological Society met on June 17th, 1895, 

 when Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited Sinodendron cylindriciun {$) 

 from Solihull ; Criorhina asilica from Trench Woods ; and some un- 

 usually fine Andrena rosae var. trimmerana from Clifton Downs. Mr. 

 R. C. Bradley : a number of heads of grass from Sutton Park covered 

 with great numbers of Melanostoma scalare, which had been killed by 

 a fungus ; they were found only in one spot a few yards square ; it 

 appeared as if, having been attacked by the fungus, they had assembled 



