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females especially being very dark and heavily banded. Mr. Mounfield, of War- 

 rington, showed, in addition to his very fine series of //. nictitans, lucens, and 

 paludis, a very dark brown form of Drepana falcula, pale and dark forms of 

 Hadena adnata and Macaria liturata var. nigrofulvata, all from Delamere ; also 

 varieties of Abraxas (jros.su/ariata from Warrington. -II. R. Sweeting and 

 Wm. Manshridgk, Hon. Secretaries. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 Thursday, April 2.3rd, 1908.— Mr. R. Adkin, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a specimen of Argynnis aglaia with the left fore-wing 

 only about half-size, but otherwise perfect. It was taken at Eastbourne. He also 

 showed a larva of Torlrix pronubana with a parasite larva attached to its under 

 surface. Mr. Gadge, light forms of Orgyia antiqua and Rumicia phlxas. Mr. 

 Kaye, an asymmetrical form of Anliclea badktta. Dr. Chapman, living larvae of 

 Polyommatus icarus and P/ebeius argus (asgon), the former quite and the latter 

 nearly full-grown. .Mr. Newman, stems of Viburnum containing larvae of Sesia 

 andreniformis. larvae of Camptogramma Jiuviata and Agrotis ashworthii, and 

 imagines of Cucullia scrophularim and C. verbasci. Mr. Moore, two Indian 

 Pierids, Catopsilia catilla and Delias eucharis with bleached wings. Mr. B. 

 Adkin, specimens of Cucullia scrophularix, C. verbasci, and C. lychnitis for 

 comparison. Mr. Main, larva, pupa, and imago of the Meal-worm, Tenebrio 

 molitor. Mr. Sich, specimens of Xanthia fuloago (cerago) var. flavescens from 

 Forres. Mr. Ray ward made some remarks on the life-history of Sesia andreni- 

 formis. 



Thursday, May 1-itk, 1908.— Mr. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a larva of Lycxna semiargus from a Pyrenean ovum, 

 nearly full-grown, and he called attention to the curious fine brown scaling in a bred 

 Pyrenean example of Tanayra atrata. Mr. Adkin, from Mr. McArthur, from 

 Aviemore, nodules of resin on twigs attacked by Retinia resinana larvae, a curious 

 '• mop " of twigs on a branch of fir no doubt caused by a gall-insect, and cocoons of 

 Dicranura vinula opened by birds ?. Mr. Harrison, a living larva of Phorodesma 

 smaragdaria. Mr. Newman, larvae of Dryas paphia, Argynnis aglaia, and 

 A. adippe, one set had been wintered outdoors and were very small, the others 

 kept in a cool house were in their last instar. He showed ova of Vanessa atalanta 

 just hatching. Mr. Edwards, specimens of Papilio astorion and P. philoxenus 

 from Northern India, and P. warscewiczii from Bolivia. Mr. Rayward, a con- 

 siderable number of Lepidoptera, which he was placing in the Society's cabinets. 

 Mr. A. H. Jones, a number of butterflies taken in Hungary to illustrate his paper, 

 " Notes on Hungarian Butterflies," including Neptis lucilla, N. aceris, Limenitis 

 populi, L. Camilla, and L. sibylla taken together in one forest opening, Chryso- 

 phanus alciphron extremely large and boldly marked, Colias myrmidone ab. alba 

 (a parallel form to var. helice of C. edusa), the local Erebia melas (with which he 

 had placed E. lefebvrei from the Pyrenees and E. glacialis var. nicholli from Cain- 

 piglio for comparison), E. medusa var. psodea, Chrysophanus thersamon, Pararge 

 climene, P. roxelana, Ccenonympha cedipus, &c. 



