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and the Congo. Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. McLacblan, Lord Walsingliam, 

 Mr, Champion, Mr. J. J. Walker, Mr. Barrett, and others took part in 

 the discussion which ensued, Mr. F. C. Adams exhibited a specimen 

 of Mallota cristaloides, a species of Diptera new to Britain, taken by 

 himself in the New Forest on the 20th July last. He said that the 

 species had been identified by Mr, Austen, of the British Museum, and 

 that he had presented the specimen to the National Collection. Mr. 

 Verrall made some remarks on the species and on the distribution of 

 several allied species in the United Kingdom. Lord Walsingham, as a 

 Trustee of the British Museum, expressed his satisfaction at the pre- 

 sentation of the specimen to that Institution. Mr. Tutt exhibited 

 specimens of a form of ZygcBna exulans, well scaled, and with the ner- 

 vures and fore legs of a decidedly orange colour, collected during the 

 last week in July by Dr. Chapman in the La Grave district of the Alps, 

 at a considerable elevation ; also specimens of the same species taken 

 by Dr. Chapman near Cogne, and others from the Grauson Valley, the 

 females of which were less densely scaled. He also exhibited Scotch 

 specimens for comparison, and stated that he was of opinion that the 

 latter were probably as densely scaled as the continental ones, but that, 

 owing to the differences in the climate of Scotland and Switzerland, 

 collectors had fewer opportunities of getting the Scotch specimens in 

 good condition. Mr. P. M. Bright exhibited a remarkable series of varie- 

 ties of Arctia menthastri h-om N. Scotland, also series of Liparis monacha 

 (including darkvars.j, Boarmia roboraria and Tortrix j)icearia, from the 

 New Forest; Zyga^na exulans ivoxn Braemar; Noctua glareosa from Mont- 

 rose and the Shetlands ; Agrotis ■pijrophila from the Isle of Portland, 

 and Pitcaple, N.B. ; red varieties of Taniocampa gracilis ; and a speci- 

 men of Sterrha sacraria, taken at light, at Mudeford, in October, 1893 ; 

 also living larvae of Eidepia cribrum. Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited a 

 living specimen of a large species of Pulex, which he believed to be 

 HystricopsijUa talpce, Curtis, taken at Hartlip, Kent. Mr. Verrall and 

 the Chairman made some remarks on this and allied species. Mr, K. 

 J. Morton communicated a paper entitled " Palsearctic NemoursB." 

 Lord Walsingham read a paper entitled " A Catalogue of the Ptero- 

 phorida), Tortricidfe, and Tineidte of the Madeira Islands, with Notes 

 and Descriptions of New Species." In this paper sixty-six species of 

 Lepidoptera belonging to these families were recorded as occurring in 

 the Madeiras, of which thirty were noticed as peculiar to the Islands, 

 twelve as common to the Madeiras and Canaries (of which two were 

 not known as occurring elsewhere), and one extends its range only to 

 North Africa. Over thirty species were added to the list, and one new 

 genus, seven new species, and two new varieties were described. Mr. 

 Jacoby and Mr. Bethune-Baker made some remarks on the species 

 and their geographical distribution. Mr. Blaudford read a paper 

 entitled " A Supplementary Note on the Scolytidse of Japan, with a 

 list of Species." — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 September 27th. E. Step, Esq., President, in the chair. Mr. Auld 

 exhibited a larva of Phorodesina smaragdaria, Fb., which had been 

 feeding fourteen months. Mr. Jager exhibited the series of Cullimorpha 

 hera, L., taken by him in S. Devon this year, while accompanied by 



