148 THE entomologist's record. 



.SOCIETIES. 



Entomologial Society of London. — May Gth, 1908. — Aberrant 

 Tephrosia consonaria. — An example of the melanic ab. ni/ira of 

 Tephroaia consonaria bred from a wild 5 taken at Wateringbury, near 

 Maidstone, by Mr. W. Goodwin. Larva of /Egeria andreniformis. — 

 A living larva of .Kf/eria andreniformis feeding in the stem of Vihurnitm 

 lantana, Mr. A. H. Jones. Insects in amber. — A number of specimens 

 of insects in amber apparently of great geological age, showing several 

 forms closely allied to those of existing insects; one orthopteron being 

 very near to Ectobia la))ponica, Mr. R. Shelford. A living Blatta. — 

 A living example of Blatta found in bananas from Mexico, which 

 Mr. Shelford said he thought was Panchlora nivea, Linn., Mr. 

 C. Waterhouse. Nudaria senex and Calligenia miniata. — A living 

 larva of Nudaria senex; and living larva and pupa of Calligenia miniata, 

 attention being drawn to the incurved and most curious clubbed bristles 

 of the former, and also to the hair-tufts on the 5th segment of the 

 latter as being much darker than on the remaining segments, Mr. 

 H. M. Edelsten. Albinism in Epinephele jurtina. — A whitish aber- 

 ration of Epinephele Jurtina, taken by Mrs. Elliot in Holme Park, 

 Sussex, in June, 1904 ; the wing coloration was practically white, 

 with the fulvous blotches on the anteriors decidedly bright and fulvous, 

 Mr. 0. E. Janson. Food of Glow-worm. — A glow-worm found at 

 Oxshott on May 4th, inside the shell of a snail. Helix cantiana : there 

 was no doubt that the larva was feeding on the snail, for, on breaking 

 away parts of the shell the moist remains of it were found near the apex. 

 Type of Oxygastra. — The ^ , J , and nymph, of the dragonfly 

 Oxipjastra cnrtisii, first described by the late J. C. Dale, and at that 

 time supposed to be confined to the British Islands, Mr. W. J. Lucas. 

 New British Beetle. — Xantholiniis distans, Kr., taken at Helton, near 

 Dumfries, on May 1st, 1908, Mr. H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe. Distinction 



OF CERTAIN SPECIES OF EvERES, DETERMINED BY THEIR GENITALIA, 



Photographs were exhibited to illustrate the result of investigations 

 showing that Evercs argiades, Pall., and the so-called var. coretas were 

 separate, whilst American examples referred to E. amyntula appeared 

 to connect the distinct European forms, Dr. T. A. Chapman. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 April 2B;y/, 1907. — Teratological ex.\mple of Argynnis aglaia. — 

 A specimen of Argynnis aglaia with the left forewing about half size, 

 but otherwise perfect ; it was taken at Eastbourne. Parasite on larva 

 OF ToRTRix pronubana. — A lai'va of Tortrix pronuhana with a parasitic 

 larva attached to its undersurface, IMr. R. Adkin. Lyc.enid larv.i^. — 

 Living larvae of Polyounnatus icarus and Plebeius argus {aegon), the 

 former quite, and the latter nearly, fullgrown, Dr. T. A. Chapman. 

 Larv.e OF .Egeria andreniformis, etc. — Stems of Viburnum contain- 

 ing larva' of .Egeria andreniformis : also larva? of Camptogramuia 

 tiuviata and Agrotis ashworthii, Mr. L. W. Newman. Albescent 

 lepidoptera. — Two Indian Pierids, Catopsilia catulla and Delias 

 eucharis, with bleached wings, Mr. H. Moore. Mealworms. — Larva, 

 pupa, and imago of Tenehrio niolitor, Mr. H. Main. Aberration of 

 CiTRiA fulvago. — Specimens of ('itria fulrago (cerago) ab. fiavescens 

 from Forres, Mr. A. Sich. 



