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Zealand. It is impossible for a wandering entomologist to attack a larva of these 

 habits ; I should, therefore, be interested if any reader can give me a clue to its 

 rrjjj I systematic identification. I suppose that it is carnivorous, feeding on minute insects, 

 which it entangles in the slimy network ; and I conjecture that it uses its lamp (as I 

 : do mine) to attract them, or, perhaps, to see to eat them. — E. Meteick, Wellington, 

 ]Sr. Z. : Jamiary 24th, 1886. 



[There is distinct necessity for further information (with examples in fluid) 

 respecting the animal noticed above. The larvse of Stapht/linidce are ordinarily so 

 like the perfect insect in form (allowing for absence of elytra, &c.), that we venture 

 to doubt the connection of the animal with that family. — Eds.] 



The South London Entomological and Natueal Histoet Society, 

 February 18th, 1886 : R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. South exhibited a long series of Sydrcecia nictitans, Bork., for the purpose 

 of comparison with a specimen of the same species exhibited at the last meeting 

 by Mr. Chaney, and which was not then identified. Mr. Adkin also exhibited a 

 specimen which closely resembled that of Mr. Chaney. Mr. Rose exhibited series 

 of Bryophila perla, Fb., from Lea Bridge and Eastbourne, Boarmia repandata, L., 

 from Rannoch, and a variety of Acidalia emarginata , L., taken at Heme Bay. Mr. 

 Hall, series of Cleoceris viminalis, Fb., and Xanthia fulvago, L., both bred from 

 Derbyshire larvee. Mr. South said that some of the specimens of the latter insect 

 looked like dark forms of X.fiavago, Fb. Mr. Tugwell exhibited specimens of the 

 supposed new Crambus, together with C. inqidnatellus, SchifP., and C. contaminellus, 

 Hb. Mr. Tugwell stated that he first took this Crambus at Deal in 1877, and he 

 believed the time of appearance to be July and August. Mr. Tutt had taken the 

 species in some numbers at Deal, and Mr. Coverdale had found it at Shoeburyness. 

 Mr. Adkin also exhibited a specimen of this Crambus, and the species to which it 

 approached very closely, viz., C. inquinafellus, C. contaminellus, and C. geniculeus. 

 Haw. Mr. Billups exhibited the following species of Coleoptera, viz., Meligethes 

 exilis, Sturm, and Anthicus Schaumi, Wol., from Lincoln ; Hydnobius Ferrisi, 

 Fair., Mycetoporus nanus, Grrav., and Omalium rugulipenne, Rye, from Hartlepool ; 

 also three species from West Africa belonging to the family CetoniidcB : Ceratorhina 

 Morganii, White, C. Grallii, Buq., and C. Hornimanii, Bates. 



March 4th, 1886 : The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a female specimen of Sirex gigas, L. Mr. Wellman 

 exhibited a series of BanJcia argentula, Hb., from Cambridge. Mr. Oldham, dark 

 forms of Satyrus Janira, L., taken in North Wales. Mr. Adkin, specimens of 

 Nyssia hispidaria, Fb. Mr. South, two specimens of Lyccena Icarus, Rott. {Alexis), 

 one of them a remarkably small specimen, the expanse of wings being only 10 lines, 

 taken at Folkestone, 1885, while the other, from Sligo, measured 1 inch, 5 lines. 

 Mr. Frohawk, a case containing a long and varied series of Melitcea Aurinia, Rott. 

 {Artemis, Fb.), coloured drawings of the larvse and pupse, also specimens of an 

 ichneumon he had bred from the pupee of this species. Mr. Billups stated the 

 ichneumon was Fanteles glonieratus. Mr. Tugwell again exhibited specimens of the 



