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largo. Mr. Bloomfield : a somewhat variable series of Emi/dia cribrnm, 

 taken on Whit Tuesday, at Ringwood. Mr. Tutt referred to the 

 unusual abundance this year of larvie of CacnUia c/i(oiio)iiillacwheYe\ev 

 Matricaria inodora (corn feverfew) grows. Dr. Sequeira said that 

 in his garden at Hackney, treacle, flavoured with tincture of valerian, 

 proved twice as productive as that flavoured with rum or jargonelle 

 pear. Mr. Richardson recorded the recent capture of Erehia cassiope 

 in some numbers, and in fine condition, near Windermere; he had also 

 taken Nemeophila plantaginis \ii.i'. hosiiita in the same locality. 



July IGth, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Bate : a bred series of Hijpsiprtes 

 sordidata from Lee ; also some questionable specimens of Tephroda 

 biaiidularia and T. ere puscularia. Mr. Battley: a female specimen 

 of Saiarnia pi/ri from North Italy. He stated that some young larva) 

 bred from eggs deposited by this specimen Avere black, with red 

 trapezoidal warts and short bristles ; but after casting their skin 

 for the second time they became pale green with yellow Avarts and 

 long spatulate hairs. Mr. 8. J. Bell : a long series of Boarmia 

 roboraria, and a specimen of Tryphaena subscqua, both from the New 

 Forest. Mr. May : a series of Melitnea athaiia from Plymouth. Mr. 

 T. Clarke : Qeometra papiliouaria and Pericallia syringaria, from the 

 NeAV Forest. Mr. J. A. Clark : full grown larva) of Salurnia carpini 

 from Wicken Fen ; also a pair of pale-spotted Aryyiinis pa})hia from 

 Brockenhurst. Mr. Bacot : a series of Boarmia repandata, bred from 

 a dark female taken in South Wales ; only one of these specimens was 

 of the normal colour, all the others showing a strong tendency to be- 

 come melanic. Dr. Buckell : larviE of Dianthoccia capsincula, which 

 he had found feeding in the seed-pods of a solitary plant of Lychnis 

 diurna, in his garden ; he had never captured the imago, nor had he 

 hoard of its occurrence so near the centre of London ; in the Society's 

 Londmi List it is recorded from Clapton and Stamford Hill, and from 

 the Hampstead and Highgate district, but not from any more central 

 locality : alsolarv*, 14 days old, of Hadcna contigua, that were feeding 

 well on knot-grass, which they took to in preference to birch ; also an 

 ichneumoned larva of Biston hirtaria, with the parasite, and read a 

 letter from a gentleman who had actually seen the fly attack the larva. 

 From this it appeared that the larva was hanging by a thread when the 

 fly attempted to settle upon it. The larva endeavoured to keep it off 

 by twitching itself about, but was finally overpowered. An examina- 

 tion with a lens showed two eggs deposited outside the larva, near the 

 head, and a discussion took place as to Avhether this was the usual 

 method. Rev. C. R. N. Burrows : Leucania pallens, L. impura, and 

 L. strnminea from Rainham. Mr. May stated that he had bred a ^ 

 Smeriuthus (iccllatus, which paired with a J /S. tiliae, but the eggs 

 proved infertile. Mr. Bacot stated, with reference to these eggs, that 

 certain colour changes took place, which induced him to believe that 

 the embryo actually began to develop, but failed to continue. Rev. 

 C. R. N. Burrows said that he had taken a large number of Apamea 

 ophiogramma flying over the ribbon grass in his garden, and that the 

 eggs were laid in the shrivelled ends of the grass blades, from Avhich he 

 inferred that the larva), when young, Avere external feeders, 



August Gth, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Battley : series of Minna 

 strlgilis and M. fasciuncula from Clapton and neighbourhood, shoAving 

 gradations in the former species from the ordinary grey-marbled form 

 to var. acthiops, and both the rwd and the yelloAWsh form of the latter. 



