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has not been previously recorded, nor is much known of the habits 

 of this genus. — Oswald H. Latter; Charterhouse, Godalming, 

 July 25th, 1918. 



Occurrence of Habrosyne derasa at Hammersmith. — Last 

 month my sister sent me a specimen of H. derasa which she had 

 found in her garden at Hammersmith. In the days of my boyhood, 

 some forty years ago, a very large number of Heterocera were to be 

 found in that district. There existed then a good many houses with 

 large gardens where sugaring could most successfully be cai'ried on, 

 but these houses and gardens have long since given way to streets of 

 villa residences, and scarcely a garden of any size remains. It is, 

 therefore, surprising to find a species like H. derasa, which we look 

 upon as a woodland insect, surviving in a wilderness of bricks and 

 mortar. — (Eev.) J. E. Tarbat ; Pareham, Hants, August, 1918. 



Errata. — Page 139, lines 12 and 13, for " also took Larentia 

 mnltistrigaria. On February 17th, Thera variata (obeliscata). April 

 23rd and 25th, Phragmatobia fuligiriosa," read " also took Larentia 

 mnltistrigaria on February 17th; Thera variata {obeliscata), April 

 23rd, and on the 25th Phragmatobia fuliginosa." 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— //i/?/ 25^/t, 1918.— Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., President, 

 in the chair. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited aberrations of Leptura maculata 

 {armata) a fine graduated series, also Clytra ^-punctata, Ghrysomela 

 orichalcea (^^ and 9). and Clesias (Tiresias) serra, all from Surrey. — 

 Mr. Barnett, a bred series of Ephippiphora scutulana from Epping 

 Forest and its Hymenoptous parasite ; a bred series of Cydia 

 p>ovionella ; and blue females of Polyorimiatus icarus. — Mr. West, 

 Coleoptera taken in the New Forest in June, Leptura scutellata, 

 Hypera rwnicis, Luperus nigrofasciatus, Geuthorhynchus chrysan- 

 themi, and Cleonus nebulosus. — Mr. B. Adkin, a photograph of the 

 under side of the specimen of Lyccena arion with obsolete marking 

 previously exhibited. — Mr. Mera, living larvae of Amphidasis betularia. 

 Brood A (1) on sallow and A (2) on beech. Brood B (1) on sallow, 

 B (2) on blackthorn. In both broods those on sallow were green 

 in colour, those on beech were dark, and on blackthorn very dark. 

 The decision of colour occurred only in the very early stage. — 

 Mr. Bunnett, Dicranula vinula, in which the hind wings were 

 unusually hyaline, and a Toxocampa pastinuni from Coulsdon. — Mr. 

 Moore, butterflies from Florida, including Heliconius charit07iius, 

 Thecla acis, Lyccena hanno, Papilio cresphontes, Anosia berenice, 

 Dione vanillce, Junonia coenia, Limenitis fioridensis, L. disippus, 

 Pyrameis atalanta, etc., and discussed the distribution of the various 

 species. — Mr. A. Sich read a paper discussing the aberration of 

 Lampronia qttadrijnmctella and naming two recurrent forms. — Mr. 

 Edwards discussed the devastation caused by Phylloxera vastatrix 

 to the vine, Hylesimus yinipercla to the pine, and Doryphora 

 decemlineata to the potato, illustrating his remarks with a series 

 of large diagrams. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Editor of Proceedings. 



