20 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — December 7th, 1887. 

 — Dr. David Sharp, F.Z.S., President, in the chair. Mr. C. E. 

 Stanley-Phillips, of Shooter's Hill ; Mr. H. W. Barker, of 

 Peckham ; and Herr E. G. Honrath, of Berlin, were elected 

 Fellows : and Lord Dormer, Mr. Francis Galton, F.R.S., and 

 Mr. Frederic Merrifield were admitted into the Society. Mr. 

 Jenner Weir exhibited, and made remarks on, twelve specimens 

 of Cicadctta hcematoides, collected last summer in the New Forest 

 by Mr. Charles Gulliver. Only one of the specimens was a male, 

 from which it was inferred that the males were more active than 

 the females, and quickly retreated when disturbed. Mr. M'Lachlan 

 exhibited a specimen of Pterostichus madidus, F., which he had 

 recently found in a potato. It seemed questionable whether the 

 beetle had been bred in the cavity or had entered it for predaceous 

 purposes. Mr. Theodore Wood, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. Herbert Cox 

 took part in the discussion which ensued. Mr. M'Lachlan also 

 exhibited two specimens of a species of Trichoptera — Neuronia 

 clathrata, Kol. — which occurred rarely in Burnt Wood, Stafford- 

 shire, and elsewhere in the Midlands. On enquiry he was in- 

 formed that the two specimens exhibited had been found in the 

 Tottenham Marshes by Mr. C. J. Boden. Mr. Porritt exhibited 

 a series of sjjecimens of Cidaria trimcata, from Yorkshire, the Isle 

 of Man, the Hebrides, and the South of England. The speci- 

 mens from the two first-named localities were almost black. Mr. 

 Verrall exhibited a specimen of Mycetcea hirta, Marsh., which 

 was found devouring a champagne cork. The Rev. Canon 

 Fowler remarked that certain Cryptophagi had the same habit. 

 The discussion was continued by Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Jenner 

 Weir, Dr. Sharp, and others. Canon Fowler exhibited specimens 

 of Acronycta alni and Leiocampa dictcea, which came to the electric 

 light on Lincoln Cathedral during the Jubilee illuminations. 

 He also exhibited a specimen of Harpalus melancholicuSjDei., from 

 Kingsgate. Mr. Billups exhibited, for Mr. Bignell, an interesting 

 collection of British oak-galls. He also exhibited the cocoon 

 and pupa-case of a South American moth from which he had 

 bred 140 specimens of a species of Chalcididse. Mr. 0. Janson 

 exhibited, for Mr. C. B. Mitford, a collection of Lepidoptera 



