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partial thii-d broods ; A. paphia, a single specimen in the first week of 

 September; B. seieiie, second brood at the end of July ; (>. sainbucaria, 

 at light in October; P. meyera. early October. 



The Rev. J. E. Tarbat showed dwarf forms of P. rapae, Rninia 

 luteolata, Maiiiestra brassicae, Arirotis sup'usa, captured this year ; Mr. 

 S. W. Dale exhibited a six-spotted Z. nieliloti; Mr. E. Cornell sent 

 Rumicia phlaeas var. elens, bred in a greenhouse at Ventnor. Colias 

 crocens [cdusa), a lemon-coloured male, Pyrameis cardui, with practically 

 no markings on the hindwings, and Epinephele tithonus var. mincki, 

 and var. alhidn, all of which he presented to the Society ; Mr. F. J, 

 Killington, a unicolorous female of Hepialus Iiiniiidi, and varieties of 

 the beetle Coccinella bipiinctata. 



At the conclusion of the meeting a hearty vote of thanks was passed 

 to Mr. J. C. Moberley, who has presented the Society with a splendid 

 library of entomological books, and' a valuable collection of Lepidoptera 

 including many rare species. 



[The address of the Hon. Secretary is — Fredk. J. Killington, 1, St. 

 Catherine's Road, Eastleigh.] 



The South London Entomological Society. 



Jnite 9th. — Photographs of Mosses. — Mr. A. W. Dennis exhibited 

 stereophotographs of the mosses Mniuin hornuin and Bartramia pomi- 

 formis. 



Aberration of C. croceus. — Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone, series of 

 Colias croceus (ediim) with extended black border of forewings. 



Aberrations of British Lepidoptera. — Dr. G. S. Robertson, ab. 

 caeca of Aphantopua hyperaidiis from tbe Lakes, forms of Spilosoma 

 menthastrl with spots tending to run together, bred from Horsley, pale 

 forms of Tiliacea aiirago from Box Hill and dark ones from Torquay, 

 and var. lavaterae of Hesperia inalvae from Bude, etc. 



Exhibition of living imagines and larv.e of various insects. — Mr. 

 K. G. Blair, living specimens of the Phasmid Bacillus gallicus, young 

 larvae of Thais runiina and Papilio podalirius, the asparagus beetle 

 Crioceris 12-punctata, the pupae of the glowworm, and the female of 

 Epichnopteryx sp., on the life- history of which he communicated 

 notes. 



A captured melanic H. abruptaria. — Mr. 0. R. Goodman, the 

 melanic form of Hemerophila abruptaria, taken near its originallocality 

 in N. London. 



Larv^ of p. plumigera. — Mr. F. B. Carr, larvae of Ptilophora 

 plimiiyera. 



The Ant-lion. — Mr. Enifer, cocoon and pupa of the Ant-lion from 

 S. France. 



A LIVING T. crabroniformis and a hybrid Zyg.enid. — Mr. Grosvenor, 

 a living specimen of Trochiliain crabrnniformis and a hybrid between 

 Zygaena trifolii and Z. hippocrepidis. 



June 23rd. — Exhibition of Living Objects. — Insects, etc., from 

 S. France. — -Mr. H. Main, a number of objects obtained recently in S. 

 France, including toads, crickets, centipedes, spiders, trap-door spiders, 

 earwigs, harvesting-ants, larvae of the ant-lion, of the Ascalaphus 

 vwrosus, of Palpares. etc. 



Galls in ash. — Mr. Coxhead, galls in ash leaves of the Dipteron 

 Pgrrisia fraxini. 



