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two ill copula on June 5lh ; and one 0!i June llili. — Zi/gcciia filipcndula, 

 abundant. — Spilosonia viendica, S. Inbricipcda, S. menthaatri, common. — 

 Hepialus Jiwiiuli, abundant in the meadows ; the fishermen in tliese parts 

 call it the night-moth. — Nemeophila russula, abundant in one spot, where I 

 obtained over a dczen specimens on two successive afternoons; I never saw one 

 elsewhere. — Arctia caia, several. — Porlhcs'ui aiirijlna and P. chrysorrhcca, 

 took specimens of hoih.—DasycJiira jnidibunda, found one larva — Bomhijx 

 quercus, B. rnhi, and Odonestis potato) ia , all abundant: as well as Salurnia 

 carpini on the moorlands. — Phalera hncepthala, abundant. — I found lots of 

 the larvae of Diloha cdrideocepluda ; and was lucky enough to obtain one 

 of Acronycta aim exposed on an alder leaf. It has pupated in a piece of 

 old wood, and I hope that it has not been ichncumoned. Among other 

 Nocture I obtained Acronycta psi, Hadena monoghjplia, Mania maura, 

 Hydrcecia 7iiciitons, Xylocainpa UthorJiiza, Agrotis exclamaiionis, Phlogo- 

 fhora meticulosa , Ciicullia untbraiica ; and lots of the common Geometrse, 

 such as Runiia liUeolata, Pericallia syringaria, Crocallis elinguaria, 

 Amphidasys betiilaria, Bupalus piniarlus, as well as Tephrosia hiundularia 

 and B. crepuscularia. — Francis Davison Blakd ; Trefin, North Wales, 

 November 22nd, 1896. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — Xovunber ISiJi, 189G. — Pro- 

 fessor Baphael Meldola, F.E.S., President, in the chair. Mr. Malcolm 

 Burr, of "Bellagio," East Grinstead, Sussex; Mr. G. H. Gale, of the 

 Public Works Department, Hong-Kong ; and Mr. A. E. Wileinan, of 

 the British Consular Service, Yokohama, Japan, were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. Mr. Tutt exhibited a series of the ochreoiis form of 

 Tephrosia bistortata, Goetze, known as ab. abietaria, Haw., captured by 

 Mr. Mason in March, 1895 and 1896, near Clevedon, Somerset; also 

 a series of tiie second brood of the same species (ab. consonaria, St.), 

 bred from ova laid by the Clevedon specimens. He also exhibited a 

 series of Tephrosia crepuscularia, Hb. (hixindidaria, Esp.), taken by 

 Dr. H. Corbett at Doncaster ; a peculiar variety of Hijiparchia semele, 

 captured by Mr. H. S. Clarke near Bamsey, Isle of Man; also a series 

 of Plusia hractca bred from ova laid in July last. The eggs and larvre 

 had been subjected to forcing treatment, with the result that the 

 moths emerged in October. Mr. Tutt also exhibited a very dark 

 specimen of Polia chi ab. oUracea, captured at Meldon Park, Morpeth, 

 by Mr. Finlay. Dr. Sharp called attention to Mr. Ernest Green's 

 'plates of the Coccidre of Ceylon, which were exhibited on a screen in 

 the room, and said that he was inclined to consider the Coccid^ as a 

 distinct order of insects, but at present the evidence was hardly suffi- 

 cient to warrant this. He asked Mr. Green if he could give him any 

 information with regard to the development of the wings in the male. 

 Mr. Green said that in the males of the Coccida3 the wings first 

 apDpeared in the penultimate stage as small projections on the sides of 

 the thorax. These wing-pads grew to a certain extent without any 

 further ecdysis. Though the insect was then quite inactive, and took 

 no food during this stage, the rudimentary wings and legs were free 

 from the body, and were capable of some slight movement. After the 



