46 THE kntomowgist's rkcord. 



that a probable locality for both bird and beetle was Brandon. Dr. 

 Sharp exhibited a fine mass of the cocoons of Aplioinia sociella, picked 

 up in the neighbourhood. Also some remarkable Dipterous larvae, viz., 

 an undescribed Tabanid larva, from the New Forest, with feet dis 

 posed all over the body, and somewhat allied to Tabanus spodopterm : 

 he thought it might be the larva of Atijlutus ; larva of Scenopinun 

 feneHtralis, from Bucks ; he called attention to the importance of 

 ascertaining whether this larva is injurious, as commonly supposed, or 

 whether it is present in woollen goods only to destroy other larvae, 

 such as those of the clothes moth ; larva of Mii-rodon, found in 

 Portugal, by Colonel Yerbury, which shows no sign of segmentation. 

 Also IdidutJirips spectrum, sent by Mr. Froggatt, from New South 

 Wales. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Jan. 14th, 1897. — Aberrations of noctuid moths. — Mr. Koutledge 

 exhibited specimens of Fharetra uieni/anthidis, from Carlisle, with a 

 white thorax ; Xylophasia rurea from N. Devon, light grey, with fine 

 lines ; Aurotis scgetwn, with silvery fore-wings and unusually white 

 hind-wings ; Noctna c-nif/rum, with the c reduced to two spots, and 

 a Tripliaena promOm from Epping, with lunules on the hind-wings. 

 Tephrosia bistortata and T. crepuscularia (biundularia). — Mr. K. 

 Adkin : Tephrosia bistortata bred spring brood, March and April, and 

 summer brood, June ; some of the latter being equal in size to the 

 former; T. (■repmcularia (biundtdaria), bred May, all from the London 

 district. Melanic Dianthoeciacapsophila. — Also, on behalf of Mr. W. 

 F. de V. Kane : Dianthoeda capsophila from a small island ofl' the 

 Kerry coast, with examples from Howth and Isle of Arran (Galway) 

 for comparison. The Kerry specimens were unusually dark for the 

 species, and were bred. Aberrations captured in Yorkshire. — Mr. 

 Hewett, of York, exhibited a varied series of Taeniocampa tnunda from 

 York, including a fine mahogany-coloured form ; a melanic ab. of 

 T. pulveridenta ; a series of abs. of Abraxas (jrosmlariata, including a 

 specimen of the ab. rarlei/ata, bred from a wild larva ; the various 

 forms of Spilosdina lubricipeda, including a series of intermediate 

 forms ; a preserved hybrid larva from ova laid by a female T. inunda, 

 taken i)i cop. with a male T. stabilis, at York, 1896 [Mr. Bacot con- 

 sidered the larva typical >ini)tda] ; series of abs. of A. sijhuta (uhiiata), 

 one being suii'used, and several unusually free from markings ; three 

 females of Odonestis potatoria of the male coloration ; and three 

 Saturnia pavonia, one having the left hind-wing very pale, one very 

 dark male, and a female having hind-wings approaching the male 

 coloration. Irish lepidoptera. — Mr. Barrett, on behalf of Mr. Kane : 

 a specimen of Boarmia repandata ab. dcstritjaria, Phothedes capti- 

 unada, and Aciptilia tetradactj/la from Ireland. Inbred Eupithecia 

 consignata. — Also K'Hjdthecia consiiptata, hxed in-and-in by Mrs. Hutchin- 

 son continuously since 1874, and only on one occasion, some ten years 

 ago, had a wild strain been introduced. At first they gradually decreased 

 in size, but after the introduction of a wild strain, and the sleeving 

 out process, they increased in both size and depth of colour. Acherontia 

 atropos and its aberrations.- — Mr. Tutt : a long series of Acherontia 

 atropus, bred by Mr. Burrows, of Kainham, showing considerable 

 variation in the colour of the " skull," and said that he did not con- 

 sider the species adapted to exist in this country. They were forced. 



