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transverse lines obsolete ; (4) a dark form and a red forrh of Xylophasia 

 monoglypha ; (5) an almost black Taniocampa incerta ; (6) a smoky 

 grey Ci/matophora duplaris ; (7) a grey-brown Grammesia trigravnuica, 

 with only very faint transverse lines; (8) a unicolorous fuscous-brown 

 Ematurga atomaria ; and (9) several dark powdered and sprinkled 

 forms of Tephrosia crepnscularia, from near Burton-on-Trent. — Mr. 

 West (Greenwich), the extremely local hemipteron, Lihurnia lepida, 

 from Esher. — Mr. Baruett, varied forms, including var. flavescens, of 

 Xanthia fulvago, from Wimbledon. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, two extremely 

 large Argynnis aglaia females, from Gavarnie, Pyrenees, with two 

 males from the Alps, extremely small ; also var. eris, with typical 

 forms of A.niobe. — Messrs. Main, Dennis, and Lucas, a large number 

 of photographic slides of ova, larv^, and imagines at rest. 



October 26th. — The President in the chair. — Messrs. Harrison 

 and Main exhibited bred series of large light forms and small dark 

 forms of Boarmia cinctaria, from the New Forest ; and of Spilosowa 

 fitliginosa, from Cornwall. — Mr. Newman (1) a Drepana falcula, bred 

 on Oct. 25th, with others ; (2) long series of Agrotis obelisca, Aporophila 

 australis, and Anchocelis lunosa, from the Isle of Wight ; (3) very dark 

 to very light forms of L. exigua ; (4) very dark A. segetwn and A. saucia ; 

 (5) B. muralis and Polyommatus corydon, taken on Sept. 16th in the 

 Isle of Wight ; (6) full-grown larvae of L. exigua ; (7) long series of 

 var. artaxerxes of P. astrnrche, from Aberdeen ; (8) fine series of Lobo- 

 phora hexapterata, from Bexley ova; and (9) short series of Eupithecia 

 togata and E. venosata, from North Wales. — Mr. Tonge, a photograph 

 of a pear-stem, with a ring of ova of Malacosoma neustria. — Mr, South, 

 for Rev. W. Claxton, an Aglais urticce, with nearly the whole fore wings 

 whitish in ground colour; and for Mr. Hay ward, a Cerastix ligula 

 {spadicea), with the left antenna duplicated, but both shorter than 

 that on the right. — Mr. Brown, a living Mantis religiosa, from South- 

 east France. — Mr. Mc Arthur, a Mygale avicnlaris, from South America, 

 and an unusually large Sirex gigas, from Mus Tor, Dartmoor. — Mr. 

 Barnett, short series of E. rectangulata, from Welling (all dark forms), 

 and of Hyria muricata, from Wanborough. — Mr. West (Greenwich), 

 short series of the until recently very rare Anions, A. astragalis and A. 

 sanguinea, from Oxford. — Mr. Edwards, pupa of Manduca atropos, from 

 Shooter's Hill. — Dr. Chapman, specimens of L. argus {agon), from 

 North-west Spain, very large, pale beneath, with fine red borders above. 

 — Mr. Adkin, a series of somewhat suffused specimens of Acronycta 

 leporina, bred from Abbot's Wood larvffi. — Mr. Kaye, several broods of 

 Hemerophiia ahruptaria from dark parents, and gave results of the 

 breeding. — Mr. Turner read a paper, " Further Notes on the genus 

 Co/eopJiora," and showed life-histories of C. badiipennella, C. gryplii- 

 pennella, C. artemisieUa, G. argentula, and C. genistcB. — Hy. J. Turner, 

 Hon. Rep. Sec. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 October 2nd, 1906. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited a series of Leucnnia 

 /rti^icoZor, including a canary-coloured specimen. — Mr. T. H.L. Grosvenor, 

 Lyccena icarus, from Witherslack, having black dots on fringes, as in 

 L. adonis. — Mr. E. Harris, a scorpion from the Gold Coast, measuring 

 about lOi inches in length. — Mr. A. Harrison, Hadeyia contigna, 

 Diphthera orion and Scotosia itndulata bred from New Forest parents ; 



