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in Surrey on sugared leaves of black poplar — Mr. Pratt. ^Egeria 

 ANDRENiEFORMis, bred from collected pupae, with its ichneumon 

 Meniscus bilineatus — Mr. Edelsten. The rare grasshopper Cheli- 

 DOPTERA rceselii, froui Heme Bay — Messrs. F. and H. Campion. 

 Melit^a AURiNiA, bred from Cumberland, much under-sized and 

 darker than usual ; Melampias epiphron, three specimens of a second- 

 brood, bred from ova laid by a Honister female ; the remaining larvae 

 were hybernating — Mr. J. Alderson. Argynnis adippe and Anticlea 

 siNUATA, from Arundel — Mr. Garrett. Epinephele ianira, male, 

 measuring only 88mm. ; a pale, ochreous-brown female specimen of 

 the same species ; a male with numerous pale ochrenus blotches and 

 white fringes ; Eubolia plumbaria, with dark purplish slate-coloured 

 fore-wings and ochreous-edged transverse lines, all from Devonshire — 

 Mr. South for Mr. Pope of Exeter. Epinephele tithonus, a specimen 

 with the usual fulvous markings, but with the marginal area Avhitish 

 instead of dark brown, from Salisbury — Mr. South for Mr. Haynes. 

 Melanippe fluctuata, with the transverse band reduced to a mere 

 speck (ab. costoiHita) ; Boarmia roboraria, a dark suffused specimen ; 

 Abraxas grossulariata, specimen with yellow shaded ground — Mr. 

 E. Adkin. Aporia crat.^gi, Tapinostola morrisii (bondii), Bryophila 

 MURALis (glandifera) and ^Egeria chrysidiformis, from East Kent — 

 Mr. Schoon. Crocallis elinguaria, a gynandromorphous specimen 

 from Manor Park — Mr. Willsdon. 



City op London Entomological Society. — December S/v/, 1907. — 

 Exhibits. — Urbicola comma, from Surrey, including a male with 

 cream ground-colour, and another male with the underside as dark as 

 in the normal female. Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson. Dicranura bicuspis, 

 three cocoons, containing living pupje, found on birch-trunks in Tilgate 

 Forest, Mr. L. W. Newman. Officers for the year 1908: President: 

 Mr. A. W. Mera. Vice-presidents : Dr. T. A. Chapman, Messrs. J. A. 

 Clark, F. J. Hanbury, and L. B. Prout. Treasurer : Mr. P. H. Tautz. 

 Librarians: Messrs. G. H. Heath and V. E. ShaAV. Curators: Messrs. 

 G. G. C. Hodgson and A. J. Willsdon. Secretaries : Messrs. S. J. 

 Bell and P. H. L. Grosvenor. Members of the Council : Rev. C. R. 

 N. Burrows, Messrs. H. M. Edelsten, C. Harris, J. Riches, and A. Sich. 

 December 11th, 1907. — Exhibits. — Aglais urtic^., from North Lap- 

 land, larvae. The specimens were slightly smaller, darker, and brighter 

 than normal British specimens, and the brood included some examples 

 of ab. polaris, said to be common in those latitudes, Dr. T. A. Chapman. 

 Lepidoptera from East Aberdeen, 1907, including very dark Xylo- 

 phasia. polyodon and Noctua xanthographa, a red form of Noctua 

 neglecta, dingy yellow-brown form of Crocallis elinguaria, and a 

 single specimen of Agriopis aprilina, with the usual bright pea-green 

 ground-colour replaced by pale green, Mr. E. A. Cockayne. Aglais 

 URTic.qs, from Aberdeen, with a slight trace of a third spot above the 

 two usual black spots on forewings. Also a specimen from Surrey, 

 with these spots almost obsolete. Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson. Anthrocera 

 puRPURALis (minos) and A. filipendul^e from North Argyle, and a 

 six-spotted Anthrocera with flufiy body, from the same district, Mr. 

 L. W. Newman. Aglais* urtic^, with pale yellowish ground-colour, 

 Dr. H. C. Phillips. Aglais urtice ab. atrebatensis, Bdv., Bexley, 

 August, 1905, also from the same district specimens of the same 

 species, with the upper of the two central spots on the forewing almost 

 obsolete, and the lower much smaller than usual. 



