258 tAl'ril, 



broocl. Probably all tho lai'va3 descended from the norraallj-winged females hibernate, 

 and the imagos produeed by these in the following year form a part of the spring 

 brood. — (Translated by J. W. Mat from the " Verslag " of the Dutch Entomological 

 Society, Meeting of 18lh December, 187o). 



Does Folia Jlavocincta ever hibernale in the imago stale ? — I suppose it is gene- 

 rally understood that all the three Bi'itish species of Polia spend the winter in the 

 egg state ; and doubtless, in most cases, if not in all, it'is so. How then is the fol- 

 lowing circumstance to be accounted for? Last winter I planted (to be in readiness 

 for larva3 when required) a quantity of dock roots, in the corner of a yard at the 

 back of my house. It is scarcely likely that any Jlavocincta wei'e about the yard 

 previously ; and it is quite as doubtful if the species would occur on the spot from 

 whence the dock roots were brought ; yet in the early summer, when the I'oots had 

 produced tall plants, I was surprised to find the leaves being eaten away by fine 

 healthy larvse of flavocincta ! If the imago were known to hibernate, of course the 

 reason would appear to bo explained at once ; but if it never does, how did the larvse 

 get on these plants? I may aUdi, flavocincta was very abundant in the larval state 

 throughout this district last summer, even on the docks on the roadside just outside 

 the town ; they did considerable damage in gardens also. — Q-EO. T. Poebitt, Hud- 

 dersfield : Fehnian/ Uh, 1876. 



Entomological Society of London: 1st MarchjlSlG. — Professor West wood, 

 President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Gr. Kraatz, President of the Entomological Society of Berlin, and Mr. Clemens 

 Miillcr, of Berlin, were elected Foreign Members ; and Mr. O. E. Janson, hitherto 

 a Subscriber, was elected an Ordinary Member. 



Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited two grasshoppers in an apterous state, taken 

 by himself in the Ehone Valley, in copulA, a peculiarity which has been frequently 

 noticed among the Hemiptera. He also exhibited a remarkable moth from Mada- 

 gascar, belonging to the family UraniidcB, bearing a very striking resemblance to 

 a Pajnlio, except that it had the antcnnre of a moth and the hind wings were 

 destitute of tails. 



Mr. E. Y. Western exhibited some Coleoptera taken chiefly in Switzerland. 



Mr. W. Arnold Lewis exhibited a specimen of Argynnis Dia taken in England 

 by Mr. Wallace A. Smith, whom he introduced to the Meeting. Mr. Smith stated, 

 in answer to several enquiries by the President, that he captured the specimen liimself 

 in the year 1872, while sunning itself on some palings near his own house at Worcester 

 Park, Surrey ; and it was on an exceedingly hot day, though he did not remember the 

 month. He had only commenced collecting insects in the preceding summer, and it 

 was the first fritillary he had ever had in his possession, and the specimen had never 

 been out of his possession since. He was unable to identify the species at the time, 

 and was not awa^-e of the rarity of the insect until he shewed it to Mr. Lewis. The 

 specimen was handed to the Members and pronounced to be undoubtedly an .4r_9'?^Hnts 

 Dia. Mr. Lewis remarked that he had seen so many attacks in past publications on 

 those who asserted that Dia was a British species, that he was desirous that the 

 testimony connected with the present capture should be recorded. 



