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The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — Septeinher iWi, J 917. — ^The President in the chair. — 

 Mr. Hugh Main e.^liibited an observation cage \vith the burrow of 

 Cicinde.la campestris containing the ah'eady perfected imago, which 

 would, however, not emerge from the "dug-out" till the spring. 

 He also showed a Mantid from Sicily whicli readily took larva^ and 

 flies wlien offered to it, and he reported the large green grasshopper 

 Locusta viridissivia as feeding readily on larva? of Pieris brassicce 

 when offered to it. — Mr. Leeds, a number of aberrations of Ccerw- 

 nympha 2^a'in2)]nliis from Herts, including upperside specimens with 

 absence and variations in size of the apical spot fore wing, variations 

 in amount and deptli of marginal shading of all the wings with 

 ab. lyUiis, several with straw-coloured areas with ab. pallida, an 

 additional spot on fore wings, apical spots having small white centre, 

 two spots on the hind wings, straw-coloured striations between 

 nervures, and underside specimens show^ing small ocelli, v. dark 

 ground, ocelli with emphasised straw circles, the ocelli doubled, small 

 additional black spots attached to the ocelli, with extra ocelli, and 

 asymmetrically marked examples. — Mr. Turner reported that Dr. 

 Chapman liad carefully examined tlie trio of Hyponomenta euoTiymella 

 previously exhibited, and found that the second male was firmly 

 attached to one of tlie abdominal segments of the first male by the 

 claspers.- — Mr. Ashdown, the Coleopteron (reotrupes 2}yrenceus from 

 Oxshott, with other species of the genus. — Mr. Pearson, a battered 

 specimen of Papilio machaon recently captured at Dover. — Mr. 

 Sperring, long varied series of Polyommatus icarus from Portsmouth, 

 dark Spilosoma luhricipeda witii hind wings as dark as the fore 

 wings, a rich yellow Pieris napi from Donegal (second brood), and a 

 plum-coloured Aglais urticcs. — Reports were made as to Colias edusa, 

 Agrius convolvuU, Plusia gamma, parasites and Pieris brassica; larvce, 

 and ants occurring with Agriades coridon. 



September 27th. — Mr. W. West (Greenwich) in the chair. — 

 Mr. Moore exhibited Papilio machaon from Bayenghem, Pas de 

 Calais.— Mr. Barnett, bred series of Ochyria ferrugata and Venilia 

 maculata and aberrations of Polyommatus icarus. — Mr. West (Green- 

 wich), specimens of the cocoons with pupae of Cydia pe7no7iella 

 formed in a rug of varied colours placed near stored apples. — Mr. 

 Blair, living Adimonia tanaceti from the Isle of Man. 



October 11^/;.— Mr. Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 — Mr. Dennis exhibited lantern .slides of British grasses. — Mr. Turner, 

 on behalf of Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, a large number of Pararge cegeria, 

 bred and captured this year in continuation of his investigations of 

 1916, and summarised the conclusions so far arrived at by the late 

 Mr. A. E. Gibbs and Dr. Perkins. — Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone, series 

 of Agriades coridon from Shere, including (1) somewhat small speci- 

 mens for the Surrey Hills ; (2) dwarf specimens ; (3) normal sized 

 specimens from other Surrey localities and Royston for comparison ; 

 and read notes on the dwarf race. He also contributed short notes — 



(1) The abundance of Blatta gcrmanica at the Admiralty restaurant. 



(2) The abundance of Vanessa io near Dorking. (3) The occurrence of 

 Hesperia malvcB at Byfleet, July 7th : Guildford, July 12th. (4) Pupa? 



