224 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 June Mth, 1897.— Mr. E. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. W. H. Drury, F.R.H.S., Kingston-on-Thames, and Mr. J. Sandi- 

 son, Wimbledon, were elected members. Mr. South exhibited the 

 series of Zij(j(ciia Jilipendulm taken in Middlesex, and referred to at 

 length in Entom. for July. He was unable to draw any fine distinction 

 between var. hippocrcpidis and the type, and remarked that it was 

 necessary that considerable attention should be paid to the Zygfenas 

 before any certainty could be expressed as to the specific value of the 

 various forms. Mr. Adkin, series of Cijnniris [Lycana) argiolus bred 

 from ova and larvae taken last autumn at Eastbourne (Proc. S. Lond. 

 Ent. Soc. 1896, p. 110), and contributed notes. 



July 8th. — Mr. R. Adkin, The President in the chair. Mr. A. 

 Perry, Anerley, was elected a member. Mr. Lucas exhibited nymph 

 cases of Ana.v fornwsiis taken by himself and Mr. W. Prest at the 

 Black Pond, Esher, in Jvme. Mr. Auld, a fine bred series of Phoro- 

 desma hajularia from the New Forest. Mr. Malcolm Burr, a small 

 collection of Orthoptera from the Persian Gulf, collected by Mr. J. H. 

 Hiles ; they were chiefly European species (see Entom. July). Mr. 

 Ficklin, three specimens of Diantlicecia luteago var. harretti from 

 Cornwall this year. They were very different from the Irish form, 

 being grey in colour. This was interesting as being the first well- 

 authenticated occurrence of the species in England. Mr. Mera, a bred 

 series of Hadena dissimilis (suasa) from Essex, including a specimen 

 having all the markings converted into longitudinal streaks. Mr. 

 Turner, a bred series of Cleora lichenaiia from Ashdown Forest, and 

 series of several species of Coleoptera, including Stranyalia melanura 

 from Ranmore Common, L'ionns scrophalaricc from Chalfont Eoad, and 

 Leptura livida from Canvey Island. Mr. Robt. Adkin, series of FAipi- 

 thecia satyrata var. curznni bred from Shetland larva3, and contributed 

 notes. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. lleport. >Sec. 



North London Natural History Society. — On Friday, June 4th, 

 1897, members of this Society started for their annual Whitsuntide 

 excursion to the New Forest. The majority of the party left Waterloo 

 by the 6 p.m. train, and reached Lyndhurst about ten, the journey 

 being an unusually long one. Mr. C. B. Smith, who was in command 

 of the excursion, was unable to get down till the following day. 



Saturday broke dull, with signs of rain, but, with their usual 

 heedlessness of weather, several of the North Londoners were early 

 astir, and larva-beating in Beechen Lane was tried with, alas ! even 

 less success than usual. Scarcely anything worth taking in this line 

 seemed to be about, though the commoner sorts were plentiful enough. 

 For once in a way, Hyhernia dpfoliaria was not the commonest larva, 

 that honour being about evenly divided between //. marginaria and 

 //. aurantiaria. H. defoliaria had probably mostly gone down. Of 

 imagines, there were found a few Pechypogon barbalis, lodis lactearia, 

 Acidalia remiitana, and one A. straminata . The fences only yielded a 

 fine specimen of Hadena genistce to Mr. Woodward. Being unsuccessful 

 with larvae, the party returned to quarters for breakfast. 



