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THK KNTOMOl.OlilST S KKCORI). 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner, the race ale.cainlrina of Mditaea auriuia with 

 other races for comparison. There was an abundance of light yellow 

 markings on the fore- wings. 



Mr. Bell, larvae of Cenira bifida and C. furcida, he stated that the 

 ova were laid on the under sides of the leaves not as the books 

 stated on the upper. Also he showed larvae of Notodonta ziczac. All 

 were from ova found near Hatfield in June. 



Atti^iist 10//(.— Mr. D. W. Seth-Smith, 34, Elsworthy Road, was 

 elected a member. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Arctia rillica reared from larvae 

 picked up on Eastbourne Parade. They were common this year 

 whereas larvae of A. caja were unusually scarce. 



Mr. Tonge, a bred specimen of Melenydris salicata from Langridge 

 Fell. 



Mr. Prideaux, aberrations of Rinaicia phlaeas from Kent, and a 

 remarkable aberration of Mesoleuca alhicillata bred from Brasted. 



Major Gillet, a unique black-banded form of Ac/rotis corticea, a very 

 light J and a dark 2 oi A. cinerea, and aberrations of A. exclamationis, 

 all taken in his light-trap. 



Mr. Bunnett, larva and imago of Ledra aurita (Hem.), and the 

 cicada Centrotiis coriuitus, from Box Hill, with the scarce beetle Agiilnx 

 siuKcitKs, and Rlnnomacer attelaboides. 



Dr. Robertson, Lepidoptera taken by him at Grindelwald in July. 

 Pierix napi var. bri/aniae, Albidina pheretes, Acidalia imiiiorata, Xynaena 

 achilleae, Cra tubus tui/elliis, etc. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner, species of the S. American genus Aiitoiiteris 

 mostly sent by his friend and fellow member Mr. Lindeman, and read 

 notes on the distribution and characteristics. 



Messrs. Tonge, Ham and Carr reported the abundance of A. rillica 

 larvae, the scarcity of A. caja and the occurrence of P. c-album near and 

 in Oxford, and fresh C. croceus, respectively. 



y OBITUARY. 



Dr. David Sharp, M.B., CM. (Edinb.), F.R.S., etc. 



Born 15th October, 1840. Died 'iTth August, 1922. 



The death of David Sharp leaves a gap in the ranks of British 

 entomologists that will be difficult to fill.' 



Sharp was born at Torchester, Northamptonshire, but his family 

 moved to Stoney Stratford when he was an infant, and his early boy- 

 hood was spent at that place. About 1851 he came to London with 

 his family, where he resided till 1864. He was educated at St. John's 

 Foundation School, Kilburn, and when he left there he worked in his 

 father's business in London for a short time. But David soon con- 

 cluded that a commercial life was not congenial, and so in 1862 he 

 began to study medicine at St. Bartholomew's. In 1864 he entered 

 the University of Edinburgh and graduated in 1866. He then returned 

 to London and worked for a short time under the Sharp's family 

 doctor. In 1867 he proceeded to Scotland, where he took up his 

 residence at Thornhill, Dumfries, in charge of a patient. In 1875 he 



