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on Aug. 25th came the first appearance of Mame&tra anceps. The list may 

 fiilv be closed with the capture of a fine specimen of Triphana fimbria, the 

 first seen, on Sept. 2nd. Of the special Essex insects, Clisiocampa cas- 

 trensis and Phorodesma smaragdaria, I cannot speak, as I live far from their 

 haunts, and have not been able to visit them ; but from what I have heard, 

 I fear that much of the ground has been practically destroyed by the 

 disastrous floods of last winter. I did once go to a spot where the food- 

 plant of P. smaragdaria was growing nicely, but there was not a sign of a 

 larva. The following is a list of the captures at light : — Mania typica, 

 Caradrina alsines, Plusia chrysitis, Rusina tenebrosa, Leucania pollens, 

 Miana arcuosa, Cerigo cytherea, Hydrcecia nictitans, Noctua unibrosa, 

 Luperina cespitis, Hadena oleracea, Triphcena ianthina, Lithosia lurideola, 

 Lophopteryx camelina Pterostoma palpina, Odonestis potatoria, Cilix spi- 

 nula, Hepialus sylvinus, Acidalia imitaria, A. aversata, A. emarginata. 

 Epione apiciaria, Eubolia plumbaria, Cidaria pyraliata, Lomaspilis margi- 

 nata, Selenia bilunaria, Melanthia albicillata, Cabera pusaria, Eupithecia 

 centaureata, E. coronata, E. castigata, E. albipunctata, Crocallis elinguaria, 

 Ephyra omicronaria, Emmelesia unifasiata, Hemithea thymiaria, Mela 

 nippe rivata, Aiiticlea badiata, Ligdia adustata, Ebulea sambucalis, Pyralis 

 costalis, P. glaucinalis, P.farinalis, Botys urticalis, Pyrausta purpuralis, 

 Endotricha flammealis, Herbula cespitalis, Piouea forjicalis, Aglossa pin- 

 guinalis, A. cuprealis, Scopuia prunalis, Paraponyx stratiotata, Cataclysta 

 lemnata, Pterophorus rhododactylus, Aphonia colonella. — (Piev.) W. Clax- 

 ton ; Navestock, Romford. 



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South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 September 8th, 1898.— Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Little, 17, Belgrave Street, King's Cross, was elected a member. 

 Mr. F. Clarke exhibited some very admirable photographs of the eggs 

 of Lepidoptera sent to him by the President. They included those of 

 Erebia embla, Chionobasjutta, Polyommatus bellargus, P.icarus, Gonepteryx 

 rhamni and Spilosoma menthastri. Mr. Edwards, specimens of Abraxas 

 nlmata vars. from York. It was stated that neither on the present 

 occasion nor when the var. was taken years ago did the ova produce 

 dark imagines like the parents. Mr. West, specimens of Forjicula lesnei 

 from Box Hill and Reigate, at both of which places it was common. 

 Mr. Lucas, a series of the local grasshopper Mecastethus grossus, from 

 the New Forest, where it had this year occurred in some numbers. He 

 kindly presented a pair to the Society's collections. Mr. R. Adkin, a 

 series of Smerinthus tilice, and remarked on the variation to be seen in 

 the central band. Mr. Turner, a yellow variety of Caliimorpha domimda, 

 bred from a Deal larva this year ; bred specimens of Myelois cribrella 

 from Benfleet, where the larvas were most abundant ; a bred example 

 of A. grossulariata from Camberwell, having the space internal to the 

 marginal spots of a brownish tinge, the rest of the wing surfaces were 

 normal ; and a series of Aglaia urticm bred from larvae taken at Box Hill 

 and fed up in a greenhouse, having the usually large black blotch on 

 the inner margin of the fore wings either entirely absent or represented 

 by a few black scales. Mr. Moore, a series of well-marked blue females 



