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larva; leaves of whitethorn, pliira, or apple, and feed liberally 

 until they become pupae. — Ed. 



Exlraclsfrom the Proceediiif/s of the Entomological Society 



of London. 



October 4, 1876. 



Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. 



Cry modes exulis, Sericoris irriguana, S^'c, near Loch 

 Lagc/an. — Mr. Bond exhibited, on behalf of Mr. N. Cooke, 

 of Liscard, near Birkenliead, a female variety of Hepialus 

 hunndi, pale in colour, and with the usual markings; three 

 fine specimens of Crymodes exulis; fifteen very fine dark 

 (some nearly black) specimens of Epunda lutulenta; and six 

 specimens of the Tortrix, Sericoris irriguana. All the above 

 were taken near Lnch Laggan this season. 



Callimorpha Hera near Dover. — Mr. Stevens mentioned 

 that a speciuien of Callimorpha Hera (the Jersey tiger-moth) 

 has been taken at St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover. 



Worm in Abdomen of Earwig. — The Secretary read 

 a note from the Rev. Fitzroy Kelly Lloyd, of Pitlenweem, 

 N.B., enclosing for inspection a worm measuring two inches in 

 length, extracted from the abdomen of an earwig. Mr. Pascoe 

 said that it was one of the Nematode worms, and was 

 probably a Filaria. 



Weevil new to Britain. — Mr. Forbes exhibited a weevil 

 (evidently not indigenous to Britain), taken alive amongst 

 some orchids at Highgate, supposed to have been imported 

 irom Ecuador. Mr. Pascoe pronounced it to be a Cholus. 

 He subsequently gave a diagnosis under the name of Cholus 

 Forbesii. 



Variation o/Lepidoptera according to Food. — 'Mr. William 

 Cole exhibited numerous l)red specimens of Eunomos angu- 

 laria, bred from eggs laid by the same female, showing slight 

 differences according as the larva had been fed on oak, 

 hawthorn, lime, or lilac, and comparing them with a number 

 of specimens taken at large. In all cases the yellowish lint 

 of the captured specimens was more decided. 



Locality for Food-plant of Deileplnla Euphorbia. — A 

 letter was read from Mr. E. Higgins with reference to some 



