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and Xylophctsia pohjodon swarmed at sugar, but other common Noctuse were 

 only in moderate numbers. Ou no occasion did I observe many of the 

 Geometrae abundant. Larvae of many species of Lepidoptera also appeared 

 very scarce, quite different to the season of 1896, when some turned up 

 continually, Bomhijx neustria was this season, however, a notable excep- 

 tion. The greater part of July was spent in Breconshire, in the valley of 

 the Wye. On the 12th I noticed a male Enchloe cardamiues, Argynnis 

 aglaia in some spots might be commonly seen, but Argynnis selene was 

 then declining. During August and September I visited that delightful 

 and wild part of Devon, the Dartmoor district, staying near the source and 

 valley of the Teign at and near Chagford The Diurni then out were in 

 moderate numbers, Pararge egeria and Epinephele tUhonus being the most 

 abundant. Vanessa lo, V atalanta, and V. urticce might not unfrequently 

 be seen at the heath and heather bloom, and I also saw an occasional V. 

 cardui. Here, also, Plusia gamma frequently came for the sweets. Sugar- 

 ing I only tried on two occasions, when absolutely nothing appeared. In 

 September a female Trichiura cratagi was taken one evening flying, and 

 about to deposit ova on the blackthorn. Eugonia angularia occasionally 

 turned up, and the last brood of Piimiex cratagata. Macroglossa stella- 

 tarum I watched one evening hovering over the blossom of a Phlox in a 

 garden. During the past month of October, I have on many occasions 

 tried the ivy-bloom with a friend, in the Cleveland district of Somerst ; but, 

 with the exception of Anchocelis pistacina and Phlogophora medculosa, all 

 the autumn moths have occurred sparingly. 1 have not heard of either 

 Sphhix convolvuli or Acheroritia atropos during the season. On one occasion 

 only I noticed Colias edusa, a female specimen, at Tenby, on June 23rd. 



On May 26ih, in Wales, I observed Argynnis euphrosyne deposit ova on 

 a species of Veronica; and on another plant, a Hieraciwn (?) These ova 

 I forwarded to a friend who is making drawings of the ova of Lepidoptera. 

 Are not the above-named plants uncommon as food for the larvae ? Our 

 books usually give species of Viola, I believe. 



Of other insects during the season, different species of dragonflies might 

 frequently be seen, and several kinds of wild bees, commonly, but of wasps 

 scarcely a dozen throughout the summer or autumn. — T. B. Jefferts ; 

 Bath, Nov. 2nd, 1897. 



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Entomological Society of London. — November 3rd, 1897.— Mr, E. 

 Trimen, E.R.S., President, in the chair. The President announced 

 with_ regret the death of Mr. J. W. Dunning, formerly Secretary and 

 President of the Society, and referred to his constant interest in it 

 and zeal for its welfare. The Treasurer also spoke warmly of his 

 great liberality towards the Society in times of financial straits, and 

 of his successful efforts in procuring the Royal Charter, the cost of 

 which he defrayed, Mr. Selwyn Image, of 6, Southampton Street, W.C, 

 was elected a Fellow of the Society, Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited speci- 

 mens of Anisolahis annulipes, Luc, an introduced species of earwig taken 

 among bones at the chemical works at Queenborough, and of Brachy- 

 sonim hirtus, Boh., a rare weevil, taken among dead leaves at Chatham, 

 Mr. Jausou exhibited a variety of Melanargia galatea of a clear yellowish 

 cream-colour, without trace of the usual black markings. It was 



