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Mr. Win. Mansbridge exhibited some fine series of Hlaxtoha^is li/pwa 

 and its dark variety adKstclla, and also a pale variety from Grange. 



Mv. C. P. Kimmer showed a series of Abraxas f/rossidariata, with 

 some dark forms from Neston, Cheshire, and one very pale form from 

 Abergele, N.W. 



Mr. S. Gordon Smith, F.L.S., F.E.S., showed a fine collection ot 

 varieties he had secured this year, inclnding the following : — From 

 Chester, FercHophtilnta finviata, a bred series obtained from specimen 

 which came to light ; Ai/rotis pnta, series taken at light ; I >ia)it/t(>ecia 

 carpojihaiia, dark var. taken at light ; A'potis cxclaniatitnii.'!, varied series 

 at light ; Lupei imt testacea, dark var. at light. From Delamere, 

 Anisiiph'ii/.i- aescidaria, var. with almost unicolorons forewings, at light; 

 Diacrisia sanio, three, including one var. with the band on the hind- 

 wings missing; Spilowma liibricipeda, vnv. Si,p])voaGhing fasciata ; I'oh/- 

 j)loca jiavicurnia, two vars. without the cross Imes, one var. with the 

 cross lines joined together, one var. with thorax and body black, one 

 var. very pale. A specimen of Drepana binaria, taken at Houldsworth ; 

 K. jihlaeas, var. with the orange red band of hindwings missing, from 

 Waverton. P'rom Witherslake, Maiiwstra dentina, dark var.; liiisina 

 tencbiom, very dark specimen. Series of PacJij/s betidaria ; Lumaspilis 

 nian/iiiata, varied series taken at light. From the New Forest, two 

 females of Lytuauti-ia monac/ia, one being a var. with whitish instead of 

 pink body. AspJudia ddnta, varied series. A var. of Xoctiui c-iiii/ruin 

 with the costal mark pinkish brown. A specimen of Aijyatix rinerea, 

 taken at Pare Lhvydiarth. A specimen of Xijlina sncia, taken at Dol- 

 gelley, and Sdeiita hilnnaria, dark form from Dolgelly. A var. of 

 Arctia caia, from a Formby larva, and a var. of Aip-otis stn'i/ida, from 

 Moel Fammau. 



Mr. Robert Tait, F.E.S., exhibited Carterocephalim palaemou, hlame- 

 aris Incina, Kiiiatiirga atoiiiaria, from Northants. Liiiienitia sibilla 

 Ar(jijnnis cipUppe {adippe), Ueiiiaris boiiibi/lifiDiiiis, Tripliaena siibseqna 

 {orhnna), liipterijyia j>inastri, Apdecta hcrbida, and A. neb idosa, including 

 a var. with dark band on the upper wings, Phorodcsma bajidaria, 

 Epin/ra tillinearia, Liinacodes tentiido, etc., from the New Forest. Also 

 a fine series of iioarwia repandata, bred from Penmaenmawr larvae. 



Thk South London Entomological Society. 



October 12t/t. — Exhibits. — Mv. Withycombe exhibited a queen 

 hornet, \'c^pa crabm, caught when flying over a tram car at W'altham- 

 stow. 



Mr. H. Main, recently hatched young of the slug Arioji ater, the 

 larvae of the glow-worm, Lam/ii/rk liisitanka, a wolf spider found under 

 stones, closely allied to Fabre's Pijrosa narboneni>is,Sindaj black scorpion 

 abundant at Pont du Gard, S. France. 



Mr. Blenkarn, the Coleoptera il/ar/(/rt^/.sca;-6o)?f(r/«, from Mickieham, 

 not hitherto taken south of Sherwood Forest, and Rhynchitrs pnbeu-eni^, 

 which was not uncoijimon at "Westerham in June. 



Mr. L. W. Newman, a painting of an aberration J of Afiriadca 

 corido)! from Royston, with various streaks of ? coloration, and an 

 extremely pale Ejiinejdiele jirrtina from the Chilterns. 



