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mud-wasp, Sceliphron iMics, with its nest, from West Australia. — Mr. 

 R. Adkin exhibited specimens of Enpithecin dodoneata from East- 

 bourne, taken on the cliffs, and, commenting on their occurrence so 

 far from the nearest oak-trees, suggested that their food-plant had 

 been the evergreen oak, which grew somewhat near where they were 

 taken ; he also showed a series of E. oblomjata, bred from flower- 

 heads of Centiiurea at Eastbourne. — Mr. Sich, eases of Coleuphora 

 albicnsta, found on a furze-bush in Surrey ; and also the larvae of 

 Paianje tnccra from ova, and feeding on Poa annnu, but only in the 

 early morning and in the evening. — Hy. J. Turnkr, Hun. Rep. Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — July 1st, 1907. — Mr. E. S. 

 Searle in the chair. — Mr. Hubert Langley reported finding Stauropus 

 farji in Princethorpe Woods, near Leamington, on June 15th and 

 22nd last. This was the first certain record in the county. Also at 

 the same place, Larentia silnceota, Boarmia roboraria, and Lymantria 

 monacha. He also showed males of Dasychira pudibunda, taken on 

 the wing one night in the same wood, and said that on that night 

 they were quite common. — Mr. R. S. Searle showed bred Chcerocmnpa 

 elpenor from Wicken, together with a hymenopterous parasite from 

 same, probably Protichneiunon laminatorius. — Mr. J. T. Fountain, 

 another ichneumon which he had bred, also from elpenor, one of the 

 large red species ; Mr. Fountain showed also a bred series of Angerona 

 prunaria, including all its forms. — Mr. Langley, a number of cocoons of 

 a hymenopterous parasite bred from larvae of Geometra papUionaria. — 



COLBRAN J. WaINWRIGHT, Hoil. ScC. 



City of London Entomological Society. — September Srd, 1907. — 

 Mr. A. J. Wightman, of Lewes, was elected a member of the Society. 

 —Mr. S. J. Bell exhibited Zygeena trifolii-viajor from North Cornwall, 

 end of July, 1907 ; in most of the specimens the spots were more or 

 less confluent, while in one instance they were merged into one large 

 blotch occupying two-thirds of the wing area. — Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, 

 larvae of Hemithen thymiarin, feeding on thyme ; also Orthosia upsilon 

 ab. nigrescens (Tutt), (jriammesia trilinea ab. ohscura (Tutt), and Xylo- 

 phasia inonoglypha ab. ivfnscata (White), all from Mucking. — Mr. J. A. 

 Clark, Dryas paphia reared from valezina ova ; of twelve specimens 

 bred five were valezina. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, Zygwna trifolii-major 

 from Norfolk Broad, late July, 1907, mostly with confluent central 

 spots. — Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor, larv® and pupae of Nemeobia Incina 

 reared from ova laid by a West Horsley female. — Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, 

 a long series of Spilodes palealls taken at Dover between July 2'lth 

 and August Srd, 1907 ; also Polyommatus phlceas var. intermedia from 

 Reigate, and Clicerocampa porcellus with right wings of normal southern 

 coloration and left wings of almost unicolorous yellowish shade often 

 seen in northern specimens. — Mr. C. P. Pickett, a yellow Callimorpha 

 dominula from Deal, and Lycccna alexis ab. obsoleta from Clandon. — 

 Mr. J. Riches, Abraxas grossulariata fron Nortli London, with wings 

 thickly " powdered " with black scales. — S. J. Bkll, Hon. Sec. 



On the Rearing of Papilio podalirius. — The name of the writer 

 of the note on this subject {a7ite, p. 211), there omitted, is Francis T. 

 Gilliat, Forest Dene, Worth, Sussex. 



