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10. — The larvfe of Asthena hlomeraria are to be beaten during 

 September from wych elm. 



11. — During September the larva of Erastria fasciana (fuscula) is 

 to be swept by night ixoraMollnia caerulea{a,iiA perhaps other grasses). 

 The larva pupates about the end of the month. 



12. — Larvfe of Boarmia rohoraria hybernate well in London on 

 birch, and eat the bark of the twigs before the leaves appear. As 

 they sometimes kill the young shoots, early removal in spring to 

 another branch is necessary. 



13. — LarvfG of Pi/rausta pwiicealis are to be found during Septem- 

 ber feeding on the flower heads of Ncpeta cataria, under a confused 

 covering of silken threads. They spin tough cocoons about the 

 middle of October, and pupate irregularly in the spring. 



14. — During September search Galiwii (especially isolated plants 

 growing on shingly beaches) for larva of Macrof/lossa stellatariDii and 

 Deilephila (jalii. 



SOCIETIES. 



The City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 July 21st, 1896. — Mr, C. Nicholson, Secretary, in the chair. — 

 Exhibits : — Mr. Sauze : insects from the neighbourhood of Deal, con- 

 sisting principally of Tortricides, but including (JalUmorplia (hniiinula, 

 Brijnpldla perla, Liparis salicis, Melcaian/ia (jalatea, and Cupidu 

 tainma. Mr. Riches : Series of Semi myopaeformis from his garden 

 at Hornsey. Mr. Heasler : A specimen of the English Cicada ( Cicadetta 

 iiionata J ironi the New Forest in June. He said he had seen this 

 species in some numbers in the New Forest, and had his attention 

 drawn to the insect by the whirring noise which it made. He was 

 quite unable to say how this was produced, but it was certainly not 

 with the legs. Mr. Cox : A black Limenitk sibi/lla from the New 

 Forest. Mr. Cox gave a list of his captures at Brockenhurst during 

 the first week in July of this year. These numbered about 400 insects, 

 including nine species of Footmen, amongst which were LitJw.sia 

 deplaua, (jrnophria quadra, L.t/riseola and hJinijdia cribrum. Otherinsects 

 taken induced Cijmatoplwra jluctuosa, A. lepnrina, Tnjphaena auhaequa, 

 DjjHcJwruta siispecta, Aventia jie.vnla, Xochut stu/iiiatica, Cleora <ilabraria, 

 &c., &c. Several melanic specimens of Limenitis sybilla were reported 

 from the New Forest, Mr. Tremayne recorded lodif: rernaria from 

 Westerham. He referred to the general dearth of Lepidoptera by 

 DAY just now, and suggested that the abnormal heat of the season 

 might have caused an unusually large number of pup^e to dry up, as 

 had been the case in his breeding cages, in spite of regular damping. 

 Mr. Frost recorded the following species {inter alia) from Old Hall, 

 Ipswich: — July 11th, at dusk: Ci/aniris anjiolm, Ileiiiithea striyata, 

 llijpena proboscidalis, Nutodonta carmeUta (note date, Ed.) ; at sugar : 

 Caradrina alsines, Leucania convjera, Xylopliasia seolopacina, L'haretra 

 rumicia, Leucania pallem, Gonophnra derasa ; July 12th, by day: An/ynnis 

 aylaia, A. adippe, Euyonia polyclduros, Liworitis sibylla, Apatura iris, 

 llipparchia scincle, Enudia hyperanthus, Chrysophanus phlueas (in 

 good condition), Cyanirisaryiolm, Thyiiielicm thaumas, llcpialmsylranus ; 

 at dusk : Selcnia illunaria, Hoiiithea striyata, Timandra ainataria, 

 Macaria notata, Loinaspilix maryinata, Hypsipetes sordidata, Coremia 



