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the eyening the following specimens were exhibited by the Members named: — the 

 President, varieties of British Lepidoptera ; Mr. C. S. Grregson, varieties of Eupi- 

 thecia venosata ; Mr. R. Newstead, life-history of the bot fly, Gastrophilus equi ; Mr. 

 H. B. Jones, Phycis splendidella, captured at Wallasey, July, 1891 ; Dr. J. W. Ellis, 

 a fine web formed by the larvae of Ephestia ehdeUa ; and Mr. C. E. Stott, Scotch 

 Dasydia ohfuscaria, Noctua sohrina, &c. — F. N. Pierce, Hon. Sec, 143, Smithdown 

 Lane, Liverpool. 



The South London Entomological and Natfeal History Society : 

 January \Uh, 1892. — W. H. Tugwell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. A. Harrison, E.G. A., F.R.M.S., was elected a Member. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited Sesia ichneumoniformis, Fb. ; Mr. Tugwell remarked 

 that the larvae were supposed to feed on Lotus cornicidatus ; Mr. Weir said it used 

 to occur at Charlton, and he thought there was no Lotus corniculatus in this par- 

 ticular locality. Mr. Jager exhibited two varieties of Vanessa Antiopa, L., bred by 

 Mr. Werner, of Biedenkoff, Grerraany. Mr. C. Fenn showed Agrotis tritici, L., grey 

 and dark forms from Deal, and dark forms from the JN'orth of Scotland and Sligo. 

 Mr. Tugwell again exhibited the black specimens of the Eupithecia from Paisley, with 

 typical examples of E. virgaureata, Dbl., and E. castigata, Hb., and remarked that 

 he was quite sure it was not a black form of E. satyrata, nor, as Mr. Tutt suggested, 

 of E. virgaureata, but was undoubtedly referable to E. castigata. Mr. Tutt said 

 he was still of opinion that the species was virgaureata, which he had on many 

 occasions received from Paisley. Mr. C. Gr. Barrett said he was inclined to think 

 Mr. Tugwell was right in referring the examples to castigata ; and added that at 

 Cannock Chase he had taken dark specimens of castigata nearly as black. Mr. Tug- 

 well said he thought Mr. Tutt's specimens were castigata, and not virgaureata, but 

 Mr. Barrett said four of them were certainly the latter. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London : January 2^th, 1892. — The 59th Annual 

 Meeting, adjourned from the 20th inst. on account of the death of H.R.H. the Duke 

 of Clarence. — Frederick DuCane GtOdman, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts, showing a good balance in the Society's 

 favour, having been read by one of the Auditors, Mr. H. Gross read the Report of 

 the Council. It was then announced that the following gentlemen had been elected 

 as Ofiicers and Council for 1892 : — President, Mr. Frederick DuCane Grodman, 

 F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss, 

 F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; Librarian, Mr. George C. Cham- 

 pion, F.Z.S. ; and as other Members of the Council, Mr. C. G. Barrett, Mr. Herbert 

 Druce, F.L.S., Mr. Henry J. Elwes, F.L.S., Prof. Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., Mr. 

 Edward B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., Dr. David Sharp, M.A., F.R.S., Colonel Charles 

 Swinhoe, F.L.S. , and the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, LL.D., F.R.S. It was also 

 announced that the President would appoint Mr. Elwes, Dr. Sharp, and Lord 

 Walsingham, Vice-Presidents for the Session 1892—3. The President then delivered 

 an Address. — H. Goss, Hon Sec. 



