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illustrating insect morphology, and thus contributed to the general 

 knowledge of the members of the Society. — H. E. Sweeting and Wm. 

 Mansbridge, Hon. Sees. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society, — 

 December Idth, 1905. — Exhibits: — Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, three speci- 

 mens of banded form of T. orhona, from Mucking. Mr. Harrison, a long 

 series of E. viminalis, bred from larvae taken at Windermere in June, 

 1905, varying from light to very dark grey. Mr. Hodgson, three male 

 L. bellargus, taken within ten days of early September frosts, which 

 were of a decided slaty coloration as compared with specimens taken 

 before the frosts occurred. Mr. Pickett, ( '. pamphilus, Dover, August, 

 1905, including two males with strongly marked black marginal 

 bands; also A. grossularlata, bred December 15th, from larva taken 

 October 21st. Mr. Shaw, B. perla, from Torquay, July, 1905, 

 including var. fiavesc.ens (Tutt). Messrs. Mera and Prout, cabinet 

 drawer containing M. hastata and its allies. Mr. Prout also exhibited 

 various foreign forms and allies of M. hastata. — Mr. Prout read a paper 

 entitled " The Rheumaptera hastata Grroup." 



January %id. — The first meeting of the new year was devoted, as 

 usual, to a " pocket box" exhibition. Among the numerous exhibits 

 the following may be noted : — Mr. J. A. Clark, melanic specimens of 

 Maienydris viultistr'ujaria from Huddersfield. — Mr. G. R. Garland, bred 

 Angerona prunaria from Monmouth and Essex parents ; the offspring 

 of two banded parents consisted of many typical forms and a small 

 proportion of banded imagines, while typical parents produced two 

 banded imagines. Mr. Garland also exhibited a fine striated female 

 ,S/)«7oso»(a Zifinci/'^^t^^japproaching var. rafZmia, captured at Leyton in June, 

 1901. — Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor, Hylophila prasinana, bred from Tilgate 

 in 1901, with the area between the silver lines on fore wings occupied 

 by a white band. — Mr. H. M. Edelsteu, Colotois pennaria from Epping 

 Forest, with the wings powdered with black scales. — Mr. A. Harrison, 

 a long series of Aplecta nebulosa, bred from larva? collected in Delamere 

 Forest in the spring of 1905 ; the specimens ranged from the ordinary 

 pale grey form to var. thompsoni, 11 per cent, being more or less 

 melanic. — Mr. L. B. Prout, Nonagria sparganii, bred in August, 1905, 

 from pupae taken in East Kent, some miles from the old South-east 

 Kent locality. — Mr. V. E. Shaw, an aberration of Aylais urticcB, cap- 

 tured at Bexley in August, 1905, with hind wings entirely black and 

 the marginal bands on the fore wings much wider than usual. — Mr. A. 

 J. Wellsdon, a specimen (? unique) of Acronycta leporina from South 

 Essex, the upper wings being entirely black and the under wings 

 darker than the type ; also a gynandromorphous Agrotis jmta. 



January IQth. — Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited A. villica female var. 

 konewkai from Sicily, April, 1905, together with other specimens bred 

 from ova laid by the captured female. In this variety the white spots i 

 tend to form transverse fasciie. — Mr. A. W. Mera, a living female 

 imago of hybrid Nyssia lapponaria x A'', zonaria, one of eleven females 

 bred to date, no males having emerged. — Mr. V. E, Shaw, larvae of 

 Epunda Lichenea reared from ova laid by female taken at Torquay ; the 

 larvae, although all were in the same stadium, varied from light to dark 

 green and brown. — S. J. Bell, Hon. Sec. 



