7Q [December, 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, October ^^th, 1906.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Kaye exhibited a specimen of the extremely rare Thyridid, Dracenta riisina, 

 from Trinidad, resembling an irregularly injured leaf, the surface of which had been 

 eaten by larvae. Mr. Sich, the pupae of Pieris daplidice, and a photograph of the 

 larva by Mr. Tonge ; they were from Geneva ova. Mr. Step, a larva, probably of 

 Prodenla littoraUs, found feeding inside the skin of a banana. Mr. Jager, (1) fine 

 series of dark green and light yellow forms of Bryophila muralis from Starcross ; 

 (2) Hellothis peltigera bred from S. Devon larvae; (3) Agrotu vestigialis, with 

 unusually clear white markings, taken at sugar at Starcross ; with (4) specimens of 

 Laphygma exigua. Mr. R, Adkin, a series of Feronea permutana reared from larvae 

 feeding on Rosa spinosissima, from Wallasey. Mr. South, nearly full-fed larvae of 

 C. (L.) exigua, feeding on plantain, dandelion, and groundsel ; they were from ova 

 of a female taken at Kingston by Mr. Richards ; (2) Euchloe cardamines, from 

 larvae fed on wallflower ; for Mr. Hayward (3) a Cahera pusaria leaden-grey in 

 colour, and the transverse lines obsolete ; (4) a dark form and a red form of 

 Xylophasia monoglypha ; (5) an almost black Txniocampa ineerta ; (6) a smoky- 

 grey Cymatophora duplaris ; a grey-brown Grarmnesia trigrammica with only 

 very faint transverse lines ; a unicolorous fuscous-brown Ematurga atomaria ; and 

 (9) several dark powdered and sprinkled forms of Tephrosia crepuscularia from 

 near Burton-on-Trent. Mr West (Greenwich), the extremely local Hemipteron, 

 Lihurnia lepida, from Esher. Mr. Barnctt, varied forms, including var. Jlavescens, 

 of Xanthia fulvago from Wimbledon. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, two extremely large 

 Argynnis aglaia $s from Gavarnie, Pyrenees, with two c? s from the Alps, 

 extemely small, and var. eris, with typical forms of Argynnis niohe. Messrs. Main, 

 Dennis, and Lucas, a large number of photographic slides of ova, larvae, and 

 imagines at rest. 



Thursday, October 25th, 1906. — The Pi'esident in the Chair. 



Messrs. Ilarrison and Main exhibited bred scries of large light forms and small 

 dark forms of Boarmia cinctaria from the New Forest ; and of Spilosoma fuliyi' 

 nosa from Cornwall. Mr. Newman (1) a Drepana falcula bred on October 25th 

 with others ; (2) long series of Agrotis obelisca, Aporophyla australis, and Ancho- 

 celis lunosa from the Isle of Wight ; (3) very dark to very liglit forms of L. exigua ; 

 (4) very dark A. segetum and A. saucia ; (5) B. muralis and Polyommatus corydon 

 taken on September 16th in the Isle of Wight ; (6) full-fed larvae of L. exigua ; 

 (7) long series of var. artaxerxes of P. astrarche from Aberdeen ; (8) fine series 

 of Lobophora hexapterala from Bexley ova ; and (9) short series of Eupitkecia 

 togata and E. venosata from N. Wales. Mr. Tonge, a photograph of a pear stem 

 with a ring of ova of Malacosoma neustria. Mr. South, for Rev. W. Ciaxton, an 

 Aglais urticse with nearly the whole fore-wings whitish in ground colour ; and for 

 Mr. Hayward, a Cerastis ligula (spadiceaj, with the left antenna duplicatedj but 

 both shorter than that on the right. Mr. Brown, a living Mantis rellgiosa from 

 S. E. France. Mr. MacArthur, a Mygale avicularia from S. America, and an 

 unusually large Sirex gigas from Mus Tor, Dartmoor. Mr. Barnett, short series 



