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lentis, from Egyptian lentils. He read the following notes : " This 

 species is erroneously stated to be without a thoracic tooth, by both 

 ' Cox ' and ' Fowler,' although the contrary is stated in the original 

 description." Field observations. — Mr. May said that he had found 

 Asphalla ftavivurnis, Taeniocampa stahilis, T. pidcendenta, T. incerta, T. 

 munda and T.tjotJnca, on Feb. 27th. Rare species. — Mr. Tutt exhibited a 

 series of Cedfi^tia (i!/>isdi.itell(t, Dup., captured by Lord Walsingham and 

 Mr. Darrant at Merton on July 4th, 1896 ; specimens of Stei/a7iop- 

 ti/i'ha pi/ftinacana, Hb., captured by Mr. Diirrant, also at Merton, on 

 April i9th, 1896. Also a specimen of Caratemna tevebrdla, Zk., bred 

 by Mr. Diirrant on July 18th, 1896, from Cephalo)iica, at Merton. 

 Loc-\i. CoLEOPTERA. — Mr. Heasler exhibited his collection of Club- 

 horned Coleoptera, the latest additions being Myrmestis picem, taken in 

 a nest of Formica rufa, in the New Forest, and Rhiznpliarjus fernujineus, 

 captured in Richmond Park, under bark. 



North London Natural History Society. — March 25th, 1897. — ■ 

 Notes on breeding Peridroma saucia. — Mr. Prout bred series of 

 P. saucia from ova, laid by Sandown J s, on which he read the follow- 

 ing notes : — " The brood. No. 2, is a small batch bred last winter from 

 a $ of the aberration nifp-ocosta, Tutt. It will be observed that 13 

 out of the 24 show a tendency, more or less pronounced, to follow the 

 parent $ , though varying considerably inter se. In the palest two 

 or three this tendency only asserts itself through a darkening of the 

 thorax, and the extreme base of the costa, and through the dark filling-in 

 of the orbicular. The remaining 11 are of the normal red-costa form — 

 saucia, Hb. — yet not precisely the same as brood 1, appearing to 

 me to be of a rather more purpled red. Brood 1 is a representative 

 selection from a large batch, bred in the winter of 1895-6, from a 

 typical ? . Not one of a large number, bred by myself and friends 

 (some hundreds, I should think), inclined tow-ards the ab. ni<jrocusta, 

 not even to the extent of showing the dark orbicular. They were very 

 constant, on the whole, the only deviation from type being in the 

 direction of paling off towards whitish-grey. Neither of the broods 

 contains a single example of the ochreous or mottled form known as 

 ab. aequa, Hb., nor ab. nian/aritosa, Haw., and it will be interesting to 

 breed a series from a $ of one of these forms when opportunity offers." 



Nonpareil Entomological and Natural History Society. — April 

 1st, 1897. — Brephos parthenias in Epping.— Specimens of both sexes 

 of B. parthenias, recently taken in Epping Forest, were exhibited by 

 Mr. Craft, sen., Mr. Craft, jun., and Mr. Harper. Mr. Lusby ex- 

 hibited a series of B. parthenias, taken in Epping in 1895 ; and on 

 comparison with those captured this year, a distinct inferiority in size 

 was noticeable. Recent captures. — Mr. Craft, sen., exhibited Larcntia 

 vmltistrigaria and Taeniocawpa pulveridenta, captured in Epping 

 Forest. Mr. Harper also exhibited Larentia multistriijaria, Anticlea 

 hadiata and Scopelosoma satellitia from the same locality ; whilst a very 

 fine, recently-bred series of T. miniosa was exhibited by Mr, Samson 

 from larvae obtained near Winchester last year. Mr. Stevens ex- 

 hibited Amplddasys strataria, both sexes, the S bred and the female 

 captured in Richmond Park. 



Entomological Society of London. — April 7th, 1897. — Photo- 

 graph OF Brachycerus apterus. — Mr. McLachlan showed, on behalf 

 of Mr. Gerald Strickland, a magnified photograph of Ihrirhprerus 



