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a good sugaring night from an atmospheric point of view, and I did 

 not try again. — B. Tulloch (Captain, K.O. Yorkshire L.I.). 



Pyrameis cardui in 1906. — During the late spring and early 

 summer (end of May and first half of June) great numbers of immi- 

 grant P. cardui arrived on this coast and steadily pursued their way 

 inland, so we expected great quantities tliis autumn ; but so far (Octo- 

 ber 15th) very few specimens have been seen, nothing to compare with 

 the numbers in other '^cardui " years. — K. M. Hinchliff ; Worling- 

 ton House, Instow, North Devon. 



AcHERONTiA ATRopos IN KoxBUEGHSHiRE, — A fine Specimen of this 

 moth was taken on the school wall at Newtown St. Boswell's by one 

 of the schoolboys on October 8th, and brought to me by the school- 

 master the same day. Though taken by hand and brought in a wedding- 

 cake box, it was quite fresh and practically perfect. — B. Weddell ; 

 Selkirk. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Societv of London. — Wednesday, October Srd, 

 1906.— Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the chair.— Mr. A. Hall, of 

 16, Park Hill Eise, Croydon, and Mr. E. E. Beutall, of The Towers, 

 Heybridge, Essex, were elected Fellows of the Society. — Commander 

 J. J. Walker exhibited a specimen of Calosonia sycophanta taken in 

 Denny Wood, New Forest, June 16th ; Lijgmis equestris, L., found in 

 the Isle of Sheppey on September 22nd ; Sitaris muralis, taken near 

 Oxford in August by Mr. A. H. Hamm ; two varieties of Vafiessa nrtica;, 

 with a strong black ligament connecting the second costal and dorsal 

 spot on the fore wings, from the Isle of Sheppey, August ; a variety of 

 Argijnnis adippe, male, caught at Tubney, Berks, on July 7th; a slate- 

 coloured variety of Lycana icarus, male, taken near Chatham, August 

 24th ; and examples of an almost black form of Strenia clathrata, 

 occurring at Streatley, Berks, in August — all taken this year. — Mr. 

 G. T. Porritt showed a series of Abraxas yrossulariata var. varleyata, 

 bred this year from a pairing of the variety obtained frohi wild larvas 

 the previous season at Huddersfield. All the brood were of the variety, 

 none showing the least tendency to revert to the ordinary form. — Mr. 

 C. P. Pickett brought for exhibition a gynandromorphous specimen of 

 Anyerona pnmaria bred by him, and a male specimen of Fidonia 

 atomaria, caught at Folkestone, with six wings. — Professor Charles 

 Stewart, F.E.S., exhibited a remarkable unnamed exotic larva, found 

 in a collection of specimens received at the College of Surgeons. It 

 displayed a series of iridescent spots about the spiracles. — Mr. W. J. 

 Lucas exhibited, on behalf of Messrs. F. W. and H. Campion, speci- 

 mens of the rare dragonfly Sympetrum fiaveolum, taken near Epping in 

 August last, and read an account of their capture, in which it was 

 suggested that these were part of a migration of the species such as 

 occasionally takes place. — Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited specimens of 

 yychitona medusa, Cram., Pseudnpontia paradnxa, Feld., Terias sene- 

 yalensis, Boisd., Leuceronia pharis, Boisd., and L. aryin, Fabr., remark- 

 ing that, although there did not exist, so far as he was aware, anv 



