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Metrocampa margaritaria, Ligdia adust at a, Eapithecia rectangulata, Mela- 

 nippe unangidata, Anticlea sinuata, August : Acidalia promutata, 

 Xanthia silago (from larvae taken in sallow-catkins in April). Septem- 

 ber : Xylina rhizolitha, Golias edusa (2), Orthosia lota (from larvas taken 

 in sallow-catkins in April), Polia flavicincta. 



St. Austell District. — June: Erastria fuscida, Tephrosia punctu- 

 laria. July : Emmelesia alchemillata, Melanippe unangidata, M. rivata, 

 Anticlea rubidata, Erastria fuscida. 



Falmouth District. — June: Anticlea rubidata, Emmelesia ajfinitata, 

 Bapta (Gorycia) temerata, Anticlea sinuata. July : Agrotis lunigcra, 

 Gleora glabraria, Emmelesia ajinitata, Eupithecia rectangulata. August : 

 Lasiocampa (Bombyx) quercus, Pyrantels (Vanessa) cardui (numerous). 

 This month were taken also larva of Bapta temerata, and in July 

 larvae of Emmelesia ajpnitata, Dianthcecia capsophila, Eupithecia venosata, 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, and Pieris napi. 



I should be glad to know if Gleora glabraria and Anticlea sinuata 

 have been previously recorded from Cornwall. — W. A. Rollason ; 

 The White House, Truro, Cornwall. 



[Anticlea cucullata (sinuata) has once been recorded from Cornwall. 

 Gleora glabraria is known to occur in Devonshire, but, so far as we are 

 aware, it has not been reported before from Cornwall. — Ed.] 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — February 1st, 1905. — Mr. F. 

 Merrifield, President, in the chair. — The President announced that he 

 had appointed Dr. Thomas Algernon Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S. ; Dr. 

 Frederick Augustus Dixey, M.A., M.D. ; and Professor Edward B. 

 Poulton, D.Sc, F.R.S., as Vice-Presidents for the Session 1905-6. — 

 Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of Oligota granaria 

 found in a granary in Holborn, the only other localities reported 

 hitherto being Shoe Lane and Scarborough. — Mr. W.J. Kaye, a speci- 

 men of the Erycinid butterfly, Mesosemia eamene, pinned in its natural 

 position of rest to show its resemblance to the head of a small 

 mammal, such as a mouse. — Dr. T. A. Chapman, a variety of the 

 female of Lycaena melanops. As a mere aberration it was interesting, 

 but it was of value as showing that the position in the genus for long 

 accorded to the species, whether by accident or design, close to the 

 Arion-Euphemus group, was correct. The considerable extension of 

 the blue in this specimen showed up certain black spots on the upper 

 surface of both upper and lower wings, strictly similar to these 

 characteristics of the Arion-Euphemus group. He had named the 

 variety, which seemed to be undescribed, var. uheeleri, in recognition 

 of the work done by the Rev. George Wheeler among alpine butter- 

 flies. — Mr. F. Enock, a living female H. defoliaria, taken as late as 

 February 1st, at rest on north side of oak-tree, and another female 

 taken January 28th in the same wood at Bexley. He also exhibited, 

 on behalf of Mr. Leonard Newman, of Bexley, two fine hybrids bred 

 from a male Notodonta ziczac and a female N. dromedarius, the colour 

 being that of dromedarius while the markings were those of ziczac. — 



