120 THE entomologist's record. 



Mr. Bacot, referring to a recent visit to Sandown with Mr. 

 Prout, said that a mixture of raspberry jam and methylated spirits had 

 proved more productive than the usual compound of treacle, rum, and 

 jargonelle essence. They had taken, amongst many other species, 

 Lencnnia alhipuncta, Aporoplii/la aust^-alis (common), ^^ro/t« saucia 

 (abundant), and all the Tryph;enas except T. inter jecta. 



October 1st, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Oldham ; a Leucania alhi- 

 puncta from Folkestone. Mr. Clark : a New Forest specimen of 

 Chora lichenaria, about as large as a Curemia ferrucjata. Mr. 

 Tremayne : a Mamestra hrassicae from Deal, which had a pale 

 yellowish-grey ground colour and very distinct dark transverse lines, 

 the usual dark mottling being almost entirely absent. Mr. Nicholson : 

 a short series of males of Ocneria dispar, bred this year ; one was 

 strikingly marked with pale buff, and several others showed consider- 

 able variation in the same direction ; the specimens varied in size 

 from an inch and three-quarters to an inch and seven-eighths across 

 the wings. Capt. Thompson : EuhoUa cervinaria, bred from larva) 

 taken at Hornsea, Yorkshire. Mr. Bacot : a specimen of Naenia 

 typica, in which the nervures were almost devoid of the usual white 

 scales, especially towards the centre of the wing ; also a very pale 

 form of Acronycta megacephala approaching A. aceris, and a very 

 dark specimen having a subterminal border of pale spots in the fore- 

 wings. Mr. Tutt : Lycaena aegon, from Westmoreland, also Dyschorista 

 snspecta, Celaena haworihii, Hydroecia paludis and H. lucens from 

 Warrington. 



October 15th, 1895. — Exhibits : — Mr. Nicholson : a specimen of 

 Mamestra hrassicae of an almost uniform lead-colour, the discoidal 

 spots and subterminal line being of a smoky yellow tint. Mr. Tre- 

 mayne : Acidalia contiguaria and other species from N. Wales. Dr. 

 Sequeira : amongst other insects, a very fine pale banded form of 

 Cidaria siterata, taken at ivy bloom in the New Forest. Mr. 

 Oldham : a male Odonestis potatoria with female coloration, bred 

 from a Cambridgeshire larva ; also a living example of Chelonia cata, 

 taken at Woodford on the evening before the meeting. Mr. Bayne : 

 Parnphila comvta, from Aylesbury, showing variation in the amount of 

 suli'usion with paler scales. Kev. C. R. N. Burrows : series of 

 Xanthia gilvago and X. circellaris, from Suffolk, showing some 

 beautiful dark varieties. He enumerated a list of 14 species, which he 

 had seen at sugar, at Eainham, before he left for the meeting ; these 

 included Calamia hitosa, Plusia gamma, Noctua c-uigrum, Caradrina 

 ciihicidaris and Orthosia Iota. Mr. Bate : a living Achcrontia 

 atropos, which was easily induced to squeak. In quality of tone the 

 sound resembled the cry of the corncrake in miniature, but it was 

 repeated incessantly instead of twice at short intervals, as in the case 

 of the bird. The vexed question as to the exact method by which the 

 sound is produced was not settled, but the proboscis and palpi seemed 

 instrumental in its production. Mr. T, W. Jackson : a very large 

 bred variety of Chelonia caia, in which the fore-wings were very 

 slightly marked with brown, and the hind- wings were uniformly 

 orange, except a blackish blotch near the apex. The left pair of wings 

 were less distinctly marked than the right. 



Dr. Buckell read a paper on " Coenonympha typhon," several of 

 the members exhibiting: their series of the insect. 



