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Mr. Gurney exhibited fine specimens of Cidaria truncata, Cah/mnia 

 trapezina, Zonosoma annulxta, and Cmmbiis pascnellus, from Cliattenden. 

 Mr. Cooper, living larvae of Smeiinthiis popuU, showing red dorsal spots. 

 Mr. Lester, preserved larvfe of Papilio machaon, Dicranura vinula, 

 Notodonta dictcBa and dlctaoides, Ptilodontis palpina, AmpJiipi/ra pyra- 

 midea, liadena phi, and Anarta myrtilU. Mr. Samson, specimens of 

 Catocala sponsa, taken at sugar this year at Brockenhurst. A series of 

 parasites and Diatomacete were inspected under the microscope. 



October Ath. — The President in the chair. Mr. W. Harper ex- 

 hibited an exceptionally light example of Sphinx ligustri ; a unique 

 form of Polyommatus phlosas, showing four orange spots on fore wings 

 and two orange spots on hind wings ; well-defined specimens of Spilo- 

 soma mendica, showing confluent spots ; well-shotted females of Lyccena 

 hellaryus, and L. astrarche var. artaxerxes. Mr. Gurney, specimens of 

 Xantliia favafjo, Miselia oxyacanthcB, Bianthcecia irreifularis. Mr. Nor- 

 man, Sphinx ligustri, Catocala nupta, Spilosoma fuliginosa ; also li"ving 

 larvae of Odonestis potatoria. Mr. Samson, fine series of TriphcEna 

 fimbria, showing variations ; also Himera pennaria, Hyhernia clefoliaria 

 and Icucoplmaria, and Phi/jalia pedaria. Mr. Lusby, Arctia villica. Sine- 

 rinthus ocellatus and po2ndi, vnadSpyhinx ligustri. — F. J. West, Hon. Sec. 



The Entomological Club. — Meetings of this Club were held during 

 1894 as follows : — January 17th, at the Holborn Kestaurant, Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall in the chair. June 20th, at the residence of Mr. Philip Mason, 

 Trent House, Burton-on-Trent. November 6th, at the residence of 

 Mr. Eobert Adkin, Wellfield, Lingards Eoad, Lewisham. — Richard 

 South, Hon. Sec. 



OBITUAEY. 



Many of our readers will hear with regret of the death of Mr. John 

 Eicbard Wellman, wbich occurred at his residence at Clapham, on tbe 

 morning of November 12tb, 1894, in the sixty-second year of his age. 

 A man of kindly and generous disposition, he made many friends, and 

 was always ready to extend a helping hand to a beginner in the study 

 of the Lepidoptera, to which order his attention was almost exclusively 

 confined. For many years he was an occasional contributor to the 

 pages of this journal, his communications consisting chiefly of short 

 notes of captures, &c., among which were included several of Bolctobia 

 faliginaria in the City of London. He was the first President of tbe 

 South London Entomological Society, and occupied that position from 

 1872 to 1874 and again in 1883, and was elected an honorary member 

 in 1892. Daring his later years he suffered acutely from the dis- 

 tressing disease which ultimately caused his deatb, and for some time 

 previously rendered him incapable of taking the slightest exertion, and 

 prevented him from giving attention to bis extensive collection of 

 Lepidoptera, the formation of which had given him so much pleasure 

 in his happier days. He was interred at Norwood Cemetery. — E. A. 



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