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or Spcelotis cataleuoa). This insect was very rare with us in those clays, but, 

 occurring not uncommonly on the steep stony slopes of Arthur's Seat, an Entomolo- 

 gist settled at Duddingston had unusual opportunities of investigating its habits. 

 Mr. Logan had bred the insect from a larva found under a stone in February, 1845, 

 and thus became acquainted with the locality and habit of the species. A description 

 of the larva followed at p. 1347 of the Zoologist for 1846. 



His next notice was in the Zoologist for 1848, p. 2034, being a " Description of 

 Tlphippiphora iurbidana, a new British Moth of the Family Tortricidce." In the 

 Zoologist for 1849, p. 2626, are three short notices by Logan : — " Olyceria Jluitans 

 attractive to moths," " Moths and Honey-dew," and " On setting Lepidoptera flat." 



It is rather singular that none of the foregoing communications to the Zoologist 

 are recorded in Hagen's Bibliotheca Entomologica, but the note on Olyceria fluiians 

 seems to have been honoured with a German translation in Froriep's Tagsbericht, 

 and thereby appears in Hagen as Logan's first article : " Olyceria Jluitans zieht die 

 Nachtschmetterlinge an." 



Thenceforward, Logan was a contributor to the Transactions of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London, to the Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of 

 Edinburgh, to Morris' " Naturalist" (where, in 1852 and 1853, in conjunction with 

 Dr. W. H. Lowe, he brought out " The LepidojDterous Insects of Mid-Lothian," 

 extending to 17 pages), the Entomologists' Weekly Intelligencer, &c. 



After attending almost exclusively for many years to Lepidoptera, Logan had 

 latterly turned his attention to Coleoptera, and, during the last few years, several 

 notices of the capture by him of scarce Scottish beetles have appeared in the pages of 

 this Magazine. 



One of the day dreams of Mr. Logan's youth was the production in numbers 

 of a work entitled " Illustrations of Scottish Lepidoptera," giving the transformations 

 of a variety of species ; of this, the first number was, we believe, prepared, but never 

 published, and we fear the work never made further progress. 



The South London Entomological and Natueal History Society : 

 July 28th, 1887 : R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. W. F. Johnson was elected a Member of the Society. 



Mr. J. T. Williams exhibited bred examples of Phorodesma smnragdaria, H., 

 and DianthcBcia irregularis, Hufn. Mr. West (Stroatham), Apamea ophiogramma, 

 Esp., taken in his garden. Mr. TugwcU, Apatura Iris, L., with pupae cases. Mr. 

 Hall, varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, L. Mr. South, two varieties ( J ? ) of 

 Melitcea Cinxia, L.,the usual dark fulvous marginal band of the undei'-side breaking 

 up into spots, or having a tendency to form ocelli ; taken in the Isle of Wight, in 

 the same spot, on the 11th and 17th June respectively. Mr. Dobson, Lepidoptera 

 from the New Forest. Mr. R. Adkin, living larvae of Spilosoma mendica, Clerck, 

 reared from ova obtained from the Cork form of the species. Mr. Sheldon, Pempelia 

 palumbella, H., from Leith Hill ; Ephippiphora nigricostana. Haw. (bred) ; and 

 Hupoecilia amandana, H.-S., which he stated he had taken in great numbers near 

 Croydon. 



August 11th, 1887. — R. South, Esq., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. Watson exhibited Catocala proniissa, Esp., from the New Forest. Mr. 

 West (Streatham), bred series of Sesia asiliformis, Rott. ; varieties of Lyccena 



