20 THE entomologist's REOORI). 



Phasmid, fire-fly, and glowworm. — Mr. Blair, the Phasmid Carau- 

 sius morosiis from India, the glowworm Lampyris lusitanua from S. 

 France, and the firefly Phntnris pemuylvcmica, bred from larvje from 

 U.S.A. 



Parasitic diptera. — Mr. H. Moore, dipterous parasites from a pupa 

 of Sphinx litiustri. 



Trichoptera. — Mr. Step, several species of Trichoptera. 



Larvae of C. bipunctata, etc.- — Mr. Enifer, larvje of Coccinella 

 hipimctata and of an Anthrenns. with the grain weevil Calavdra f/ranaria. 



Scorpion fly larvje. — Mr. Withycombe, larvfe of the Scorpion 

 fly, etc. 



Lepidopterous larv^. — Mr. Carr, larvfe of Bithys quercuK, Xan- 

 thorhoe montanata, Tephrosia conaonaria, etc. 



July Uth, 1921.— New Member.— Mr. G. S. Baker, of W. 

 Brompton, was elected a member. 



Exhibition and Discussion on X. rivata and X. alternata. — 

 There was a short discussion on Xanthorhoe {Cidaria) rivata and 

 X. (C.) alternata [soriata) introduced by Mr. Hy. J. Turner, who dealt 

 at length with the nomenclature and differentiation and briefly with 

 the variation. 



Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone exhibited series from several localities and 

 referred to a later and darker form of X. alternata (sociata). 



Mr. Mera, series of both species and referred to the variation 

 occurring in Britain dealing especially with the I. of Lewis dark race 

 of the latter species. 



The pinebeetle H. abietis. — Mr. Enefer read a note on his 

 exhibit of Hylobiits abietis a beetle recently becoming abundant in the 

 S. of England. 



Aberration of A. Berenice. — Mr. H. Moore, an ant-lion he had 

 bred from the larva given him by Mr. Main, from S. France, and also 

 an aberration of Anusia herenice with additional spotting from Florida. 



Winged form of V. currens. — Mr. Priske, the unusual winged 

 form of the water Hemipteron, Yelia CHrrens. 



An American Fire-fly. — Mr. Blair, the fire-fly I'/ienyodes laticullis 

 from Washington and read notes on its life-history. 



Californian Lepidoptera. — Mr. Turner, further species of Lepi- 

 doptera from California sent to him by Mr. G. B. Pearson. 



July 28tJi, 1921. — Digne insects. — Mr. Edwards, various insects 

 taken by him at Digne in April, 1897. 



Details of various Life-historiks. — Mr. Main, an example of the 

 2nd ecdysis form of Gryllns campestris ; puparia of the 1 setse-fly from 

 S. Africa; ova of the " Katydid " Locust of N. America; and a young 

 trap-door spider, Atypns affinis, from Epping Forest. 



The Ashdow^n Coccinellid^. — Mr. Ashby, the Coccinellidae from 

 the collection of the late Mr. Ashdown, 2,220 specimens. 



DAUPHiNi; insects.- — Mr. Goodman, a nest of the wasp Polistea 

 yallicHs and a larva of Hyles etiplmrbiae from the Dauphino. 



C. DisPAR VAR. RUTiLus REPORTED. — Mr. Farmer said that it was 

 reported that a specimen of the "large copper " had been taken at 

 Limpstield, and Mr. Edwards suggested that it was possibly an escape 

 from Capt. Purefoy's rearing experiments in Kent. 



