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and Douhledayaria, &c. Mr. A. Johnson showed a series of Chcerocampal Epenor, 

 Sphinx ligustri, &c., and some varieties of Arctia Caia from larvae fed on lettuce, — 

 CoLBEAN J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natijeal Histoet Society : 

 July 28ih, 1892.— C. a. Baeeett, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited seven specimens of Epinephile hyperanthus, L., bred 

 from ova ; also a variety of Sesia formiciformis, Esp., having the usual red colour 

 replaced by burnished gold ; likewise living pupae of Colias Edusa, Fb., Vanes.sa 

 cardiii, L., and V. Atalanta, L. Mr. South exhibited Zygcena trifolii, Esp., out of 

 a number taken in Middlesex, these showing great variation in the size and colour 

 of the spots, and in the colour of the hind-wings, and stated the series exhibited 

 contained all the known varieties ; also Asthena Blomeri, Curt., taken in Bucking- 

 hamshire near the London border, and made remarks thereon. Mr. C. Gr. Barrett, 

 Vanessa c-alhum, L., and pointed out differences between the first and second 

 broods ; a discussion ensued, the general opinion being that the species was certainly 

 double brooded. Mr. Frohawk remarked that he had recently been to the New 

 Forest, and took three white-spotted specimens of Argynnis Paphia, the variety 

 Valezina was fairly common, and Limenitis Sibylla exceedingly so, and very late in 

 appearance. 



August Wth, 1892.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. West (Streatham) exhibited a series of Apamea ophiogramma, Esp., and 

 Eupithecia succenturiata, L. Mr. Barrett remarked that the ophiogramma were 

 very dark, and one specimen unusually so ; Mr. J. A. Cooper said the species was 

 frequently taken at Chingford. Mr. Russell, a handsome specimen of Pieris napi, 

 L., from Woking, the upper wings being strongly suffused with black and the spots 

 unusually large. Mr. Barrett said the specimen was much more strongly marked 

 than those from the north of Ireland. Mr. Russell also exhibited a series of varieties 

 of EpinepJiile Janira, L., males and females, from Abbotts' Wood. Mr. H. 

 Moore exhibited three insects from the A.matola Mountains, South Africa — Platy- 

 pleura divisa, Grerm., a pretty Cicada with moth-like coloration and markings ; 

 Phylloptera prasinata, Stal, a green tree cricket ; and (Edipoda pictus, a grasshopper 

 showing considerable variation in the density of the colouring of the hind- wings, 

 the specimen shown having a faint tinge of yellow, while in others it is developed 

 almost to opacity. Mr. Hawes exhibited a larva of what he originally thought to 

 be Hesperia comma, L., but remarked that its lateness in that stage had made him 

 feel doubtful as to its identity, and he was now satisfied that it was Nisoniades Tages, 

 L. ; a discussion ensued, in which it was pointed out by Mr. Frohawk that the larva 

 of comma was distinguishable from Tages by the white markings on the 10th and 

 11th segments, and which were to be found on the under-side. Mr. Hawes also 

 called attention to the tendency to lightness in colour in many species of butterflies 

 during the present season. The President read a letter from Mr. Jager, in which he 

 reported the capture of Callimorpha Hera, L., from South Devon, and again came 

 forward to defend it as a British species, which he had always done from the first. — 

 H. W. Barkee and A. Short, Hon. Sees. 



