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Xtflophasia monoglypha from Solihull ; also a Chelifer which he had found clinging 

 to a leg of an Anthomyia caught in his house at Solihull, when separated and put into 

 a test tube the Chelifer had made several attempts to secure a hold on the fly again 

 whenever the fly approached it : he also showed and read notes upon some abnor- 

 mally early developed Andrena Clarlcella and Nomada borealis ; he had long dug 

 these up at Solihull fully developed as early as October 6th, and although he searched 

 hard he could not find any larvse left at all, although usually the Andreiice remain 

 undeveloped until a much later date, the earliest previous recorded dates for perfect 

 insects being December 28th, when Mr. R. C. Bradley in 1893 got two A. fulva ( $) 

 and one A. cinerea {$) with larvm in Sutton Park, and December 30th, when Mr. 

 F. Enock dug up A. nigrocenea in 1884. The earliest date on which Mr. Martineau 

 has seen A. Clarkella on the wing in the spring is March 18th, and it is the earliest 

 Andrena. Mr. W. Harrison showed Lyccena Icarus from Hamilton, near Bridge- 

 north, the females being bluish ; Trypeta cardui bred from galls found on old 

 thistle, also at Hampton ; and other insects. Mr. R. C. Bradley, Plusia festucce 

 from Barmouth ; also, for Mr. R. W. Fitzgei-ald, a very remarkable Geometer taken 

 at Dursley, Gloucestershire. Mr. Barrett had referred it, after considerable hesita- 

 tion, to Thera jirmata, but added that it was so aberrant it might do equally well 

 for Lobophora polycommata. Mr. Bethune-Baker tliought it was wrongly referred 

 to the genus Thera, and expressed a wish for Mr. Barrett to see it again. Mr. G. 

 W. Wynn, Agrotis ohelisca from Sutton ; one Xylina petrijicata from Wyre Forest, 

 an insect quite new to the district ; and a pretty variety of Agrotis ohelisca from 

 Lapworth. Mr. P. W. Abbott, Sesia scoliceformis from Scotland and Llangollen ; 

 also Pachetra leucophcea, several specimens taken this year in the old locality in 

 Kent. — CoLBEAN J. Wainweight, Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natueal Histoey Society: 

 October 24th, 1895.— T. W. Hall, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Colonel Partridge was elected a Member. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited two specimens of Acherontia Atropos, L., one of which 

 had been washed ashore in Glamorgan and the other taken at the lighthouse of St. 

 Agnes, Scilly. It was remarked that the species had occurred singly in many places 

 this autumn. Mr. Oldham, series of Mamestra brassicce, L., from Wisbech and 

 Woodford, those from the latter place being darker ; two Cosmia paleacea, Esp., from 

 Lancashire ; Xylina semibrunnea. Haw., and several other species from Folkestone. 

 Mr. McArthur, a series of Noctua f estiva, Hb., var. conjlua, Tr., and specimens of 

 Agrotis vestigialis, Hufn., A. cursoria, Bork., and A. tritici, L., all from the 

 Orkneys this year. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, series of Agrotis ohelisca, Hb., and 

 Aporophyla aiistralis, Bdv., from Freshwater, and stated that the former had been 

 very common there this year. Mr. R. Adkin, two series of Himera pennaria, L., 

 from the New Forest and Abbot's Wood respectively, and contributed notes. 

 Mr. Thornhill communicated a series of observations upon a brood of Arctia Caja, 

 L., analysing the smaller variations shown. Mr. West, a bug, Zicrona ccerulea, L., 

 taken by Mr. Billups on the Fungus table at the Exhibition at St. Martin's Hall. 



