276 THE entomologist's record. 



capture of a remarkable aberration of Ajiatura ilia by M. I'abbe Cabeau. 

 The right side wings are perfectly normal in colour and marking, but 

 the left wings are of a rich fawn ground as in the ab. silvia, Cab., and 

 the spots on the upper wings are changed from white to a pale fawn 

 colour, except that the three apical spots remain white. The specimen 

 is a male. Unfortunately it is in a damaged condition, having l)een 

 apparently attacked by a bird. 



In a recent Bidlctin de la Socii'te entoDioloj/iijiie do France some 

 valuable notes are given by M. P. Chetien on the early stages of the 

 three species of Kuvhln'e [Antltocharis) from Morocco, E. helewia, E. 

 fallniii, and E. cliarhmia. The larvfe of all three species feed in the 

 spring. E. belemia feeds on the flowers chiefly of Moricandia suff'ruti- 

 cosa, M. teretifoUa and Brassica tonrneforti. E. falloni feeds on the 

 flowers of the first named Crucifer only. While E. chaiionia feeds on 

 the leaves chiefly of another Crucifer, Diplota.ds pejidida. 



We would like to call the attention of our readers to the exchange 

 column, and to ask all those, who make the use of it, to indicate in 

 their covering letter, or to give us due notice, when they wish their 

 lists to be withdrawn, or to be modified. As a rule Duplicates are not 

 all disposed of at once, nor are all Desiderata obtained at once, hence 

 it has been our custom to continue to publish the Exchange Lists for 

 a longer period than the one month for which they are first inserted. 

 It is disappointing to correspondents to find that they have applied for 

 duplicates already disposed of. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — June 21th. — Mr. Sothern Dekter, of Lee, was elected a member. — 

 Jumping cases of Sawfly Larv.e. — Mr. Gahan exhibited some 

 sycamore leaves showing the mines of larvaB of the saw-fly 

 Phyllotoma aceiin, and the remarkable cases, in the form of little 

 circular discs, constructed by the larvfc. These cases become 

 detached and move on the ground by little hops somewhat like 

 the Mexican jumping bean. Coleophora agramella. — Mr. A. Sich, 

 specimens of the rare Micro-lepidopteron, Coleophora a;ira)iiella, 

 from Hailsham. Pup.e of B. hirtaria lying over four years. — 

 Mr. R. Adkin, a short series of Biston hirtaria bred from 

 Aviemore larvre which fed up in 1908. The imagines exhibited 

 emerged in March and April of this year. Exotic Butterflies. — Mr. 

 Edwards, a pair of the beautiful Lycicnid, Eniiwens debora from 

 Mexico and a fine specimen of the rare Epiphcle eriopsin from Bogota. 

 Variety of A. grossulariata. — Mr. Cowham, a fine symmetrical 

 variety of Ahra.vaa (/rassidariata taken in his garden, the usual yellow 

 markings were almost absent, and the black markings were of smaller 

 area and very symmetrical. Aberrant cocoon of P. cecropia. — Mr. 

 Dods, a cocoon of I'latjjsatnia cecropia from which the imago had 

 emerged by the wrong end. Dark B. eupiirosyne. — Mr. Goff", some- 

 what heavily marked specimens of Brcnthis ciiphrtini/)ir from Kent and 

 Surrey. Report. — Mr. Step I'ead the Report of the Delegates to the 

 Congress of the South-Eastcrn Union of Scientific Societies held at 

 Folkestone in June. — Jidi/ 11th. — Galls on Poplar-trees. — Mr. Dennis 

 exhibited the pyriform-petiole gall of Byrsocrypta pyriformis and the 



