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aud measures three inches from tip to tip. Another example was taken 

 by Mr. William Garrett, of Douglas, on the 12th, in the same locality. 

 The weather has been bad here, and I have not been able to collect as I 

 had wished to have done. — Thomas Crennel ; 6, St. George's Terrace, 

 Douglas, Isle of Man. 



Vanessa cardui in 1890. — On May 28th I saw a specimen of V. cardui 

 at the Black Pond, Esher, and I think that I have seen another since, but 

 the second example was on the wing. — W. J. Lucas; Kingston-on- 

 Thames. V. cardui was common in the Broads district near Lowestoft 

 early in June, but the specimens taken were in poor condition. — J. Prest ; 

 Broad Street, Teddington. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — June 1th, 1899. — Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall, President, in the chair. Mr. Edgar Greenwood, of Frith 

 Knowl, Elstree, Herts, was elected a Fellow of the Society. Mr. J. J. 

 Walker exhibited, on behalf of Mr. G. F. Mathew, B.N., a number of 

 interesting Lepidoptera, chiefly from the Mediterranean region, and 

 including amongst others the following : — Examples of Thais polyxena, 

 Schiff., var. ochracea, Staud., having an unusually deep and rich colour, 

 bred from larvae found at Plataea, Greece ; male and female of Thestor 

 ballus, Hb., from Alexandria, taken on 23rd Jan., 1898, the male 

 remarkable in being largely marked with orange on the upper side of 

 the front wings ; unusually large specimens of Lyccena baton, Berg., 

 from Vigo, N. Spain ; and a singular aberration, from Corfu, of Melitaia 

 didyma, Ochs., with central band of black spots very strongly marked 

 on both wings, the other spots being obsolete and the ground colour 

 pale fulvous. Colonel Yerbury exhibited the pupa-case of a Hymen- 

 opterous insect which appeared to be parasitic in the weevil — Barynotus 

 mcerens, Fab. Dr. Chapman showed a large Ant-Lion-larva from 

 Cannes, probably that of Acanthaclisis occitania ; it was one of those 

 that do not make pitfalls. Mr. E. E. Green exhibited a teratomorphic 

 specimen of a zygaanid moth, Chalcosia venosa, Walk., which he had 

 found at rest on a leaf, at Udagama, Ceylon, in October 1898. In this 

 specimen four wings were present on the left side, the hindmost being 

 almost as fully developed as the normal hind wing on the right side, 

 while the other three appeared to be attached to the meso-thorax. He 

 also showed larvae and pupae of insects in air-tight glass tubes in which 

 a little cotton wool, sprinkled with formalin, had been placed. The 

 specimens, which had been thus preserved for nearly two years, had 

 lost little of their original colour or brilliancy. Mr. Gahan exhibited 

 pupa-cases of a Longicorn beetle, Plocederus obesus, Gah., which were 

 remarkable in being composed almost wholly of carbonate of lime. It 

 was not known how the pupa-cases were fabricated, but presumably 

 the larvae must possess special lime-secreting glands. Mr. B. Mc 

 Lachlan, F.B.S., read a paper on "A second Asiatic species of 

 GorydaUs, ,, and exhibited the male type of the species described, which 

 he proposed to name Corydalis orientalis. He said the first Asiatic 



