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Parasites on Moth, — Oti June 26th I netted a specimen of Noctua 

 augur, with the fore-wings almost covered with red parasites, giving the 

 moth a very curious appearance. — W. E. Butler; Chatham Street, 

 Reading, September 13, 1889. 



BoMBus TERRESTRis IN LoNDON. — I liave observcd this aut umn a 

 number of Bombus terrestrls, revelling in the sunflowers in the Embank- 

 ment Gardens, near Charing Cross. Where could they bave come from ? 

 Do they breed in the gardens? — W. H. Tuck; 47, Cathcart Road, South 

 Kensington, September, 1889. 



Erratum. — On p. 234, 31st line in Zeuzera jjyrina, read " sight " for 

 "light." 



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Entomological Society of London. — September Ath 1889. — Capt. 

 H. J. Elwes, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. Prof. C. H. Fernald, 

 of Amherst, Mass., U.S.A., and Mr. C. J. Fryer, of Emscote Road, 

 Warwick, were elected Fellows ; and Prof. C. V. Riley, of Washington, 

 U.S.A., and Dr. A. S. Packard, of Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., were 

 admitted into the Society. Mr. George T. Baker exhibited two remarkably 

 dark specimens of Acronycta ligustri taken near Llangollen. Mr. P. B. 

 Mason exhibited and remarked on a collection of Lepidoptera which he had 

 recently made in Iceland. The following species, amongst others, were 

 represented, viz. : — Crymodes exulis, Tryphmia 2-)ronuba, Noctua confiua, 

 Plusia gamma, Larentia ccesiata, Melanippe sociata, Coremia munitata, 

 Phycisfusca, and Crambus puscuellus. The Rev. Dr. Walker also exhibited 

 a number of Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera, recently collected by 

 himself in Iceland. The collection included the following, viz. : — Crymodes 

 exulis, Noctua conflua, Larentia casiata, Coremia munitata, Culex pipiens, 

 Scatopliaga stercoraria, CaLUphora erijtkrocephula, HeliophiLus grcenlandica, 

 Bombus terrestris, &c. Mr. W. White exhibited, on behalf of Mr. G. C. 

 Griffiths, a specimen of Nephroma hippia, Fab., var. gcBa, Feld., which he 

 believed to be hermaphrodite. He also exhibited, for comparison, a female 

 of the same species. A discussion on hermaphroditism ensued, in which 

 Mr. Distant, Capt. Elwes, Mr. M'Lachlan, and Mr. Baker took part. 

 Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of Cychramus luteus and fungicola Auct., 

 and stated that they are the sexes of one species, C. luteus being the 

 male, C. fungicola the female. In working through the Central American 

 Cychramini, he had found that in some genera the males differed greatly 

 from the females in size and sculpture; but this was not a constant 

 character, for in some species, wliile certain males scarcely differed from 

 the females in these respects, others were so different that they would 

 scarcely be recognised as belonging to the same species. Mr. Edward A. 

 Butler exhibited specimens of Plutymetopius undatus, Deg., from Ewhurst, 

 Surrey. He remarked that the species was recorded as having been once 

 previously taken near Plymouth by the late Mr. John Scott. Mr. G. T, 

 Baker read a paper entitled, " On the distribution of the Charlonia group 

 of the genus Anthocharis." Mr. Baker stated that the species, si.x; in 

 number, of this small division of the genus Anthocharis formed a very 

 natural and closely allied group, presenting many points of interest, both 



