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tain {riauta(i<i lanci'ulaia), pupated on the ground, amongst dead 

 leaves, spinning a loose Spilosoina cocoon ; being kept indoors, they 

 emerged in March, producing eight females and six males. Being 

 unable to get them to pair, I obtained nothing but infertile eggs, and 

 the race is therefore lost ; the imagines were ke^jt in a large glass- 

 topped cardboard box. The females remained perfectly motionless 

 for days together, but the males fluttered about for hours 

 during the period of darkness and, although they often ran right 

 over the females, they took no notice Avhatever of each other. 

 Although the males battered themselves to pieces in twenty-four 

 hours, the females were in fair condition after living a fortnight. I 

 suggest that in nature the male searches for his mate." 



Dr. Sequeira exhibited very dwarfed specimens of Selenia tetni- 

 hinaria, KiunUa InipcranthuH, Mdanari/ia (/alatea, A;/lais (J'anessa) urtUar 

 and others ; also four British specimens of Euvanefisa antiopa, with data 

 of capture. ]\Ir. Bate said he had been unable to induce Spilofunna 

 iiicudica to pair in captivity, although he had sacrificed many specimens. 

 Mr. Tutt said that this species would not pair in captivity, unless a 

 current of fresh air were allowed to pass freely through the cage 

 containing the moths. Messrs. Prout, Nicholson, and Riches ex- 

 hibited series of Mdanippe jiuctiiata. Mr. Prout's series illustrated 

 the various forms mentioned by him in a paper, which he read, on 

 that species. 



The North London Natural History Society held a meeting 

 on Thursday, April 9th, 1896.— Exhibits :— Mr. R. W. Robbins : 

 Choerocampa clpenor, bred from Cheshunt larva ; Mr. L. J. Tremayne : 

 ova of Ampkidasiis strataria. Mr. Jennings recorded two additions to 

 the local list of Diptera, viz., Gunia fa.sciata ( $ netted from flowers 

 of chickw^eed, by the side of the Chingford Road), G^cliiniiijta {Serrtllia) 

 ursiua, from sallows near High Barnet. He had also found Chchmia 

 i/rossa in limited numbers, and a smaller species which he believed to 

 be C. Jiariaintis. Both these species are well known to mimic most per- 

 fectly the bees of the genus Andrena, and this mimicry renders them 

 most difficult of detection. Mr. Jennings had also met with Fioid- 

 bi/Uits major : but this was not yet fully out. Mr. R. W. Robbins 

 mentioned that Mr. Woodward, in company with Mr. Lovis, had 

 taken 150 Panolis pi)iip(i<la at Oxshott, on Easter Monday. Mr. Rose 

 had taken Taeuiocaiiipa iiiiniosa in some numbers in Abbott's Wood, 

 on Easter Monday. Mr. C. B. Smith, on behalf of Mr. R. James, 

 recorded one specimen of T. miniusa on Epping Forest, this year. Mr. 

 Bishop said he had taken one there seven or eight years ago. Mr. 

 Battley recorded T. ininiosa from Brentwood, where, in fact, he had 

 taken all the specimens of the genus in one night, except T. upi)iia. 

 Mr. Nicholson had noticed that, though the sallows were over, the 

 usual " sallow " insects were still in fine condition, except T. iinuida. 



The South London P^ntomological and Natural History Society 

 met on April 9th, when Mr. Tunaley exhibited a lantern for entomo- 

 logical purposes, designed to obviate the inconvenience and smell 

 of oil. It was thought that it would be, when completed, a capital 

 success. Mr. South exhibited a banded specimen of Aijlais (Vanessa) 

 urticae, taken alive in his house at Tooting, on March 22nd. Mr. 

 Williams : a living specimen of BomhyUns vwdia. Mr. McArthur : a 

 bred series of llnpsipctis trifasciata, from Hoy. They were of a rich 



