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Mr. William Hewett, President of the York and District, Naturalists' Society, who, 

 whilst dealing very ably with the subject in general, also made special allusion to 

 many points of peculiar interest to Entomologists, more particularly with respect to 

 varieties in the Lepidoptera. An interesting discussion followed on the melanism 

 of Amphidasys betularia, var. Doubledayaria, and other moths, in which the 

 Chairman, Mr. J. Ray Hardy, of Owen's College, Dr. J. Cotton, Messrs. F. N. 

 Pierce, B. H. Crabtree, Or. O. Day, and others took part. On the motion of Mr. 

 Pierce, seconded by Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the 

 lecturer for his paper. The fine display of exhibits included amongst others : — the 

 drawing of an extraordinary abnormality in Prionus calif ornicus,vih'\c\\ was double 

 in every limb, and a series of cases of Coleoptera by Mr. Ray Hardy ; Tryphana 

 interjecta and Noetua glareosa and brunnea, &c, by Mr. R. Newstead, on behalf of 

 Miss A. Steele Perkins, of Rhyl ; bone variety of Arctia plantaginis, and var. 

 hospita, by Mr. Harold Milne ; Orgyia pudibunda, by Dr. J. Cotton and Mr. F. C. 

 Thompson ; Abraxas grossulariata, varieties, Ephyra, &&., by Mr. B. H. Crabtree ; 

 two rare Dutch volumes with coloured plates, by Sepp, and Lepidoptera varieties, 

 by Mr. Gr. O. Day ; varieties of Arctia Caja, by Mr. F. C. Johnson ; Arctia fubri- 

 cipeda, urticce, &c, by Mr. Herbert Massey ; Dianthecia conspersa, by Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce ; Perthshire Coleoptera and Cwlioxys mandibularis, a Hymenopteron new 

 to the British list, by Mr. F. Birch ; Hemiptera from Bolton, by Mr. Oscar Whit- 

 taker ; Anechura bipunctata, an Armenian earwig, with the Caucasian variety, 

 orientalis, by Mr. E. J. B. Sopp.— E. J. Burgess Sopp, Bon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Annual Meeting.— March 13th, 1902.— Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, in 

 the Chair. 



Mr. A. L. Rayward, of Wallington ; Mr. B. Stonell, of Clapham ; and Mr. 

 S. P. Harry, of Clapham ; were elected Members. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a number of species, which he was placing in the 

 Society's Collections, including Eupithecia consignata,Hyboma strigosa and Jochesera 

 ttlni, the first of which species was now only to be obtained in one very restricted 

 private locality. Mr. Kemp, living larvae and perfect insects of Endomychus 

 coccineus, Ptilinus pectinicomis, and Pyrochroa serraticornis, the two former from 

 Epping Forest, on hornbeam, and the latter from New Eltham, under moss. 

 Messrs. Harrison and Main, specimens of the dark v. nigrofulvata of Macaria 

 liturata, from Delamere Forest. Mr. F. M. B. Carr, a considerable number of 

 specimens from the New Forest, including Odonata, Ischnura pumilio, female 

 vars. of Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Agrion mercuriale, and Gomphus viilgatissimtts : 

 Lepidoptera, a large number of species, among which were Aventia JJexuIa, Lithosia 

 helvola, bred Gnophria quadra, Nola strigula, Triphmna subsequa, Heliothis dip- 

 saceits, Cleora glabraria, bred Cleora Jichenaria, Selidosema plumaria, and Hyria 

 auroraria. Mr. Nottle, examples of Ag rot is tritici and A. agathina from Keston. 

 Mr. Barrett, a living specimen of Nyssia hispidaria, female, from Chingford. Mr. 

 F. Noad Clark, two species of Tick, new to the British list, They were forwarded 

 to him by Mr. Hewitt, of York, who found them upon Guillemots, on the Yorkshire 

 cliffs. They had been identified as Ixodes fimbriates and Irodes borealis, both rare 



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