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men of Epinephele iam'ra, in which the usual tawny markings were of 

 a straw-colour and somewhat extended. — Mr. Turner, a number of 

 remarkable Hemiptera from South America, including mimics of 

 beetles, seeds, thorns, &c., and the interesting motli-like species 

 Poeciiiijjtera phdlanoides. — He also showed a Cienonympha pcimphilus 

 from Chipstead having pale patches on all four wings, and a series of 

 Vanessa (Aglais) urticce showing restricted blue lunules in specimens 

 from Eugleberg and Lapland. — Reports of the various field meetings 

 of the Society held during 1906 were read. — Mr. Aduin read a paper 

 entitled "Further Notes on tlie Occurrence of Turirix pronahana in 

 England." — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 December itk, 1906 — Annual Meeting. — Mr. W. Bloomfield exhibited 

 Lomaspilis marginata with black marginal blotch intersected by a white 

 line. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, Lithoda muscerda, L. cuniula, L. com- 

 idanula, L. (jriseola, and var. strainineohi, all bred ab ouo. — Mr. G. H. 

 Heath, L'lplujgma e.iigua, from Sandown, Isle of Wight. — Mr. V. E. 

 Shaw, Apamea basllinca, from Wye Downs, June, 1906, including a 

 very pale specimen with obsolete orbicular and reniforin only partially 

 outlined. — Mr. A. Sich, Gelechia pingiiinella Sind Borkhauseniu pseudo- 

 spretella, to show the close resemblance between the two species, which 

 he differentiated by several points, one of these being that in the hind 

 wings of the former nervures six and seven spring from a common stalk, 

 while in the latter these nervures are parallel. — The following execu- 

 tive were elected for 1907 : President, Mr. A. W. Mera ; Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Dr. T. A. Chapman and Messrs. J. A. Clark, F. J. Haubury, 

 and L. B. Prout ; Treasurer, Mr. C. P. Pickett ; Librarians, Messrs. 

 G. H. Heath and V. E. Shaw; Curators, Mr. T. H. L. Grosveuor and 

 Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson ; Secretaries, Messrs. S. J. Bell and E. Harris. 

 Non-official Members : Rev. C. R. N. Burrows and Messrs. A. Bacot, 

 H. M. Edensten, J. Riches, and P. H. Tautz. 



December 18th. — Mr. A. Harrison exhibited a brood of Pleris brassica, 

 reared from ova laid by typical Liverpool females. Many of the 

 females had black spots on fore wings connected by black scales on 

 both upper and under surfaces, a continuous band being formed in 

 a few extreme examples ; the same peculiarity was exhibited to a 

 lesser degree in a few of the males. — Dr.'G. G. C. Hodgson, Australian 

 Lepidoptera, including B. sugnva, which species has long slender tails 

 to hind wings and ocelli on under side at the anal angle ; the species 

 rests either head downwards or horizontally, and Dr. Hodgson re- 

 marked that this fact, coupled with the fact that all the specimens 

 observed were more or less damaged near the anal angle of the hmd 

 wings, suggested that birds were deceived by the resemblance of the 

 tail end of the insect when at rest to a head with outstretched 

 antennee. — Mr. L. B. Prout, a long series of British Larentia ccesiata 

 and examples of this species from various European, American, 

 Asiatic, and Australian localities, in illustration of the paper read by 

 him on this occasion on the species m question. — Mr. A. J. Willsdon, 

 Oporina cruceago bred from Kent ova, which were of typical orange 

 colour, while others bred from New Forest ova were of a pale salmon- 

 nink colour. 



