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SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — The Fiftij-sixth Anniversary 

 Meeting, Jan. 16, 1889. — Dr. D. Sharp F.L.S., President, in the chair. An 

 Abstract of the Treasurers Accounts, showing a balance in the Society's 

 favour, was read by Mr. Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., one of the Auditors; 

 and Mr. H. Goss read the Report of the Council. It was announced 

 that the following gentlemen had been elected as Officers and Council 

 for 1889: — President, the Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S.; 

 Treasurer, iVFr. Edward Saunders, F L.S.; Secretaries, Mr. H. Goss, F.L.S., 

 and the Rev, Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S.; Librarian, Mr. Ferdinand 

 Grut, F.L.S. ; and as other Members of Council, Mr. Henry W. 

 Bates, F.R.S.; Capt. H. J. Elwes, F.L.S. ; Mr. William H. B. 

 Fletcher, M.A.; Mr. F. DuCane Godraan, M.A., F.R.S. ; Prof. Raphael 

 Meldola, F.R.S. ; Dr. Philip B. xMason, F.L.S.; Mr. Osbert Salvin, 

 M.A., F.R.S.; and Dr. D. Sharp, F.L.S. Dr. Sharp, the outgoing 

 President, then delivered an Address, for which a vote of thanks to him 

 was moved by Capt. EKves, seconded by Mr. Salvin, and carried. 

 A vote of thanks to the Treasurer, Secretaries, and Librarian was moved 

 by Mr. J. W. Dunning, seconded by Lord Walsingham, and carried. 

 Mr. Saunders, Mr. Goss, and Mr. Grut severally replied. — H. Goss, Hon. 

 Secretary. 



This South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — December '27th, 1888. T. R. Billups, President, in the chair. Messrs. 

 F. E. Fenton, F. P. Perks, J. Scudder, and W. Reed were elected 

 members. Mr. F. E. Strong exhibited full-fed larvae of Bombijx querciis, 

 L,, from Abergele, N. Wales, and made some remarks thereon. Mr. R. 

 Adkin, a long series of Pygara anachoreta, and remarked that Mr. 

 Gregson, in a recent aiticle on this species, suggested that the continental 

 specimens were readily distinguishable from British by their ashy grey 

 shade. The series now exhibited were all bred from one stock, and varied 

 from a brown. tinge to the most ashy grey tints; the exhibitor therefore 

 thought that too much reliance should not be placed on the shade of colour. 

 Mr. Billups read a paper, " A partial list of Parasitic Ichneumonidae, with 

 the hosts from which bred, reared during the last three years by a few 

 members of the Society." The list comprised about 100 species, num- 

 bering some thousands of specimens, many of the species being evidently 

 new. Mr. Billups expressed a wish that members would assist him in 

 identifying parasites of Lepidoptera, by saving all that they might breed 

 during the coming season. 



January \Qth. — The President in the chair. Mr. Adkin exhibited 

 Noctua glareosa from Kent, Barnsley, York, Perth, Forres and Shetland ; 

 the Shetland specimens and one of those from Perth were raelanic, the 

 others being of the pale grey or slightly rosy type. Mr. J. A. Clark, dark 

 varieties of Cidaria suffumata : black and a suffused form of Melanthia 

 bicolorata ; and a fine banded variety of Oporabia dilutata. Mr. Tugwell, 

 a series of Boletobia fuliginaria, with an empty pupa-case and sketches 

 of larvse at rest and feeding ; and contributed notes in which he 

 stated that in his opinion the insect was a true Geometer rather thau a 

 Noctua. Mr, White exhibited a coloured drawing of a variety of Catocala 

 nupta, having the inferior wings blue, taken by Dr. Laver, at Colchester. 

 Mr. E. Joy, bred specimens of Pygara piqra, from Wicken Fen. Mr. 



