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etc., taken in Wyre Forest, at Whitsuntide. Mr. G. H. Kenrick : 

 Hadena genistae from Kingswood ; Nola cristulalis, Melanippe has- 

 tata, Macroijlossa homhyliformis, etc., from Coombe Wood, near 

 Coventry. Mr. Bradley showed HelophiUis transfa^jus and H. frnte- 

 torum, from Sutton Park, and remarked upon the unusual abundance 

 of the genus there this year ; he had never before taken H. transfuyits, 

 and had only taken a few H.frutetorum, but this year he had obtained 



good series of both species. On August 19th the Hociety held its 100th 



meeting. Mr. R. C. Bradley exhibited a number of insects taken on 

 Cannock Chase, at Whitsuntide, including Leucorrkinia dnhia and 

 other dragon flies ; Noinada ochrosfunnt, N. rujicornis, N. fiavogutatta, 

 and other Aculeates ; also the specimens of the Sulenobia, which he 

 and Mr. A. H. Martineau took at Wyre Forest, last Easter, and which 

 Mr. C. G. Barrett had identified as loockii, and as new to the list. 

 Mr, A. H. Martineau showed the following Aculeates: — Myrmosa 

 vielauocejihala (1) from Sutton Park ; Antliidiuin iiianiratuiii from 

 Bridgnorth ; also a series of Grabro diinidialus, which he had taken at 

 Sutton, together with the insects they had captured ; these consisted 

 of 4 specimens of Dolirhojuts, 1 Scatophaga, and 2 different species 

 of Anfhomyia. Mr. Wainwright exhibited Syrphus annulipea from 

 Lynton, in N. Devon, and remarked that this species, which he found 

 for the first time in this country last year, near Stroud, had now been 

 taken in three widely separated localities. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society, 

 Jime 4th, 1895. — Exhibits: — Mr. Bate: a specimen of Rumia luteolata 

 from Brixton, which had brownish longitudinal streaks between the wing- 

 rays on the right fore-wing. Dr. Sequeira : a short series of Plusia 

 chrysoH, hved ivoni larvae from Chippenham. Mr. Hamling : a series of 

 Boarmia rohoraria, taken on tree-trunks and at sugar, in the New 

 Forest, in 1894 ; he remarked that, out of thirty-seven specimens so 

 taken, only one was a J . Mr. Fuller : four Choerocanqxi porcclhhs, 

 taken last night at Hayes, Kent, flying round the flowers of rhodo- 

 dendrons. Mr. Cox recorded the capture by him of two specimens of 

 Pachetra leucophaea, and a series of Sco7-ia Jineata {dealbata) on the 

 hills, near Canterbury. Mr. Riches, remarking on the great abundance 

 of larvte at Epping Forest, said he had obtained a dozen Trlchiura 

 crataegi. Dr. Sequeira said that the sale of the late William Machin's 

 collection had realised about £500, of which about £170 represented 

 the amount realised by the " Micros " ; some of the lots of the latter 

 reached £5. 



June 18th, 1895. — Exhibits: — Mr. Battley : a specimen of 

 Taeniocampa opima, taken on a lamp at Clapton, about May 10th. 

 Captain Thompson : specimens of Aiaiihidasys betularia var. double- 

 dayaria, bred from Halifax eggs, all of which produced the black form. 

 Mr. Richardson : Scoria lineaia (^de a I bat a) ; males of Agmtiti cinerca ; 

 and some fine examples of Pachetra leucophaea ; all from Wye, Kent. 

 Mr. Prout reported that he had bred a specimen of Noctua ditrajiczium, 

 from a larva taken at Hampstead, in the spring. Mr. Oldham, and 

 Rev. C. R. N. Burrows both recorded the capture of Agrotis suffuaa, 

 and A. piita, quite recently, and the latter gentleman stated that the 

 case of Ejiichnopteryx reticeUa exhibited by him, on May 21st, had 

 produced a male imago. 



July 2nd, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Bacot : several generations of 

 Seleniatetralunaria, many of the specimens being remarkably fine and 



