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vol. xxxviii. p. 94, I recorded what Mr. South beHeved to be the 

 first capture of this species for the county. I have to record the 

 capture of a second specimen this season, and from another locaHty. — 

 w. a. eollason. 



Lepidopteea Captured in the Kingston District, Surrey, 

 1907. — On August 3rd last I took one example of Hydrelia uncula by 

 the side of the Penn Ponds, Richmond Park. Of Phihalaptenjx 

 fluviata I obtained a male specimen in June, and a specimen of 

 Harpipteryx scabrella was found on a garden fence on September 1st. 

 A fine example of Galligenia viiniata was boxed in a tramcar at 

 Kingston Hill. — -Percy Richards ; Wellesley, Queen's Road, King- 

 ston Hill. 



Captures at Electric Light. — In conjunction with men em- 

 ployed by the Chester Corporation Electric Lighting Company I am 

 able to record the following captures during October and November 

 of this year (1907) : — Brachionycha sphinx, male (2) ; Dasypolia 

 templi, male and female (2) ; Hyhernia defoliaria, male (3) ; Galo- 

 campa exoleta (2) ; dark form of Ennomos tiliaria, male (1) ; Lithosia 

 complcma (1) ; also a considerable number of other commoner species. 

 My object in recording the above is to suggest to others interested 

 the adoption of a similar method, and I am confident, if the pre- 

 vailing weather is suitable, that the labour involved will not be in 

 vain. I may say, in addition, that all the specimens above-named 

 are in good condition. — Alfred Newstead (Curator), Grosvenor 

 Museum, Chester, December 5th, 1907. 



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Entomological Society of London. — November 20th, 1907. — 

 Mr. G. H. Verrall, Vice-President, in the chair. — Mr. Leonard 

 Woods Newman, of Bexley, Kent, and Dr. Ivar Trarardh, of Upsala 

 University, Sweden, were elected Fellows of the Society. — Mr. H. 

 St. J. Donisthorpe showed, for Mr. West, examples of Tropidercs 

 sepicola, F., New Forest, July, 1904; Oxylcenms variolosus, Dufs., 

 Darenth Wood, March 1903 ; and Apion annulipes, Wenck, Darenth 

 Wood, 1905. — Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited cases to illustrate the life- 

 history of Coleophora onosmella and of G. hicolorella, with photo- 

 micrographs by Mr. F. N. Clark, admirably showing the surface of 

 the ova and the structure of the micropylar area. — Dr. F. A. Dixey 

 exhibited several species of five African genera of Pierine butterflies 

 for the purpose of showing the strong mimetic parallelism that existed 

 between them. —Mr. Willoughby Gardner exhibited a remarkably 

 small specimen of Meloe proscarabceits, with an example of the normal 

 size. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon showed a case containing many examples 

 of Araschnia levana var. prorsa and intermediates, bred from larvae 

 found in the Department of Aisne, France, in June last. Out of 

 176 individuals that emerged from the pupa, 109 were var. prorm ; 



