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field. Mr. Porritt said that this species, in the neighhourhood 

 of Huddersfield, was often more spotted than the typical form, 

 but he had never before seen anything approaching in extent the 

 variation exhibited in these bred specimens. Out of forty-four 

 specimens (twenty-five males and nineteen females) not more 

 than eight were like the ordinary type of the species. Mr. 

 M'Lachlan exhibited a quantity of Palingona lowikauda from 

 Holland — the largest of the European EphemeriiUe (Mayflies), 

 and at the same time one of the most local. Mr. Jacoby 

 exhibited the following species of Phytophagous Coleoptera 

 from Africa and Madagascar, recently described by him in the 

 'Transactions' of the Society, viz. : — Lema laticolUs, Cladocera 

 iiignpennis, Ocdionychis madcif/ascaricnsis, Blepharida intermedia, 

 B. niriro)ii(iculata, Chrysomcla madayascariensis, Sayra opaca, 

 Blepharida ornaticollis, B. laterimaculata, MesodunUt submetallica, 

 Schematizella viridis, Sjiilocephalus viridipennis, Apophylia sma- 

 raydipcnnis, and Acthonca variabilis. Mons. Alfred Wailly exhi- 

 bited a large number of species of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, 

 recently received by him from Assam, from the West Coast of 

 Africa, and from South Africa. He also exhibited eggs and 

 living larvifi of Bomhyx cythenea, and made remarks on the life- 

 history of the species. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— J?/ /tc '28th, 1888. John T. Carrington, Esq., F.L.S., 

 Vice-President in the chair. Miss M. Kimber and Mr. A. E. 

 Hall were elected members. Mr. Hawes exhibited pupae of 

 Argynnis paphia and A. adippe, from South Suffolk. Mr. Slater, 

 a specimen of Claerocampa nerii, from Zululand, and remarked 

 on the difference in colour between the insect shown and 

 European examples of the species. Mr. West, of Streathara, 

 specimens of ('h<triclea umbra, bred from larva3 found at Folke- 

 stone. Mr. Tugwell, examples of Spilosoma mentJiastri, and var. 

 (xhrarca, bred from ova received from Dundee, the larvro having 

 been fed upon stinging-nettle. Mr. Tugwell mentioned that he 

 had recently bred several specimens of Scsia sphegiformis, the 

 larvffi having been found at Tilgate Forest, and remarked that in 

 his experience he was of opinion that the insect was three years 

 in the larval stage, the ova being laid in July, the larvae feeding 

 through tliat year ; tlie second year were found feeding close to 

 the ])ark ; and they al^d fed during the third year, pupating 



