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powdered Selenia illuxtraria: two (rnophns obxciirata ab. mundata from 

 Lewes; a rayed form of Pterin napi ; a yellow aberration of Noctua 

 riihi ; and a lon,2; bred series of Arm/nnis aglaia, with much variation, 

 Mr. Newman. Euvanessa antiopa. — A line $ of Km-anefisa antiopa, 

 taken at Vitznau on August 10th, and a well-marked and brilliant $ 

 underside of Erebia aetkiopx, taken at Gersau on July 27th, Mr. 

 Turner. Photographs of Eggs of Lepidoptera. — Photo-micrographs 

 of the ova of Colcopliora viriiaurcella laid on the pappus hairs of 

 Solidano vin/at(rea. They were upright eggs, and the young larva3 

 emerged from the micropyle, Mr. Noad Clark. Aberration of Diloba 

 c.eruleocephala. — A Diloba caendencephala, bred by his son, in which 

 the " 80 " mark was blurred and extended, Mr. Step. New British 

 Coleoptera. — Specimens of Aleochara cramiiscula, a Coleoptcra new 

 to P>ritain, discovered by him at Great Yarmouth, and also the rare 

 and local Homopteron, Lleocerxs scxrvo, from Blackheath, on poplars, 

 Mr. West (Greenwich). Abnormal larva of Tri^na psi. — A larva of 

 Triaena psi having an unusual development of the fleshy " horn," Mr. 

 Moore. Larva of Aristotelia herjiannella. — Larvfe of Aristotelia 

 hernmnnella mining a leaf of C/ienopodium album ; reference was made 

 to its colour changes, Mr. Sich. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 September \st, 1908. — Public Eights of Way Bill. — A resolution was 

 passed in support of the Public Rights of Way Bill and the Access to 

 Mountains Bill. Exhibits — Arctia caia aberration taken at Hailsham, 

 June, 1908. The upperwings deep chocolate-brown, with only slight 

 traces of the usual cream ground colour. The underwings smoky- 

 black, with intense black spots, and pinkish margin, Mr. J. A. Clark. 

 Nemoria viridata, from Surrey, May and June, 1908, including a 

 female with the usual white lines very faintly marked, and another 

 female, with two white stride, one on the costa of the hindwings and the 

 other just above the centre of the forewings. Also larvae of the same 

 species found feeding on Getiista anglica and heather blossoms. Dr. 

 G. G. C. Hodgson. Malacosoma castrensis from Essex, including 

 a unicolorous buff aberration, Mr. A. W. Mera. Plusia moneta, a 

 series from Hornsey, Mr. J. Riches. September Ibth. — Sirex juvencus, 

 a female, 2^ inches in expanse, taken in his garden at Crouch End, Mr. 

 J. A. Clark. Cqenonympha pamphilus, a variable series, including a 

 specimen with the ocelli on the underside of the forewings obsolete, 

 Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor. Agriades bellargus. — Pupae in lightly- 

 spun cocoons of silk and leaves. Brenthis euphrosyne, a bleached 

 specimen taken in Sussex, May, 1908, Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson. Anosia 

 ARCHippus. — A specimen found dead in the grass at Sandown, Isle of 

 Wight, on September 13th, 1908, while searching for ApnropJn/la 

 aitstralis, Mr. G. H. Heath. Ckymodes exulis from Shetland, 

 including a female which was stated to be rarely captured. Abraxas 

 GRossuLARiATA. — A Variable series, including var. varlcyata, from Yorks. 

 Dryas paphia ab. with upperwings suffused with black, except a small 

 area at the base. Callimorpha dominula, a yellow ab., in connection 

 with which the exhibitor stated that the progeny of this specimen 

 paired with a typical one, were all typical, but that the progeny of 

 these typical specimens produced 25 per cent, of the yellow form, Mr. 

 L. W. Newman. Enodia iiyperanthus var. ohsoleta from Dawlish, 

 July, 1908. Camptogramma bilineata, ahurration, with inner line on 

 forewings much accentuated, forming a black blotch, Mr. C. P. Pickett. 



