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them having ah-eady entered the pupal state, whilst at the pi'esent 

 time (Oct. 2nd) I have in my breeding-cages a good number of larvge 

 of that species, still unchanged, and by no means full-fed. Tiie 

 great majority of the autumn brood of larvfe of Pieris 7'flj3«last year 

 pupated in August and September, but the corresponding brood 

 this season is so late that some of the larvfe are now to be found 

 about a quarter of an inch in length. The season altogether has 

 been so remarkable, that it seems well that a full record of the 

 dates of insect occurrences shouhl be made, if only for tlie sake 

 of comparison with future years, normal and otherwise ; whilst 

 the opportunity oflfered for testing the various theories respecting 

 melanism, to which Mr. White calls attention, should certainly 

 not he neglected by those who have material at command. — 

 Geo. C. Griffiths; 1, Hale Bank, St. Matthew's Road, Gotham, 

 Bristol, October 11, 18b8. 



Erratum. — Entom. p. 258, line 5, for railway read railing. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of Ijo^bos.— October Ard, 1888. — 

 Dr. D. Sharp, F.L.S., President, in the chair. Mr. Albert H. 

 Jones was admitted into the Society. Mr. F. P. Pascoe exhi- 

 bited a number of new species of Longicornia from Sumatra, 

 Madagascar, and South Africa. Dr. P. B. Mason exhibited, for 

 Mr. Harris, a specimen of Chcerocampa Nerii, recently captured 

 at Burton-on-Trent. Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a specimen of 

 Vanessa antiopa, which he caught in the Isle of Wight in August 

 last. Mr. Stevens asked whether Mr. Poulton or any one else 

 present could inform him wh}-, in British specimens of this 

 species, the border of the wings was almost invariably a pale 

 straw-colour. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. F. D. Godman, 

 Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Kirby, and Dr. Mason took part. Mr. E. B. 

 Poulton exhibited a living larva of Smerinthus ocellatus in the last 

 stage, fourteen larvge of Boarmia rohoraria and some cocoons of 

 Rumia cratcegata. The object of the exhibition was to show the 

 influence of special food-plants and surroundings on the colour of 

 the larvae and cocoons. Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a varied series 

 of Tituhaa sanguinipennis, Lac, from Central America. He 

 stated that many of the varieties exhibited had been described as 



