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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Blatch's special collection of Midland Coleoptera for the City of 

 Birmingham, and his intention of placing it in the charge of this 

 Society until Birmingham had a musemn to receive it. — Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley exhibited a series of Libelluhi (leprex.m taken at various places 

 this year — Selsley, Glos., Moseley, London, &c. — and remarked that it 

 appeared to have been exceptionally abundant and widely distributed 

 this year. — Mr. C. J. Wainwright showed short series of Trypeta 

 onotrophes from St. Ives, Cornwall, and T. tussilaginis from West 

 Hide, Hereford. 



August 20tfi. — The President in the chair. — Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 exhibited Cucullia chamomiUce from his garden at Moseley, and living 

 larvae of Acronycta aceris from North London. — Mr. G. W. Wynn 

 exhibited a very beautiful and varied series of Tripfmnajimbna, bred 

 from larvae found at Marston Green last April and May. The upper 

 wings varied from a light creamy brown to a dark brown, nearly 

 black, and one specimen was of the rarer mahogany colour. He also 

 showed Cucullia chanioiidlliB from Solihull. — Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker 

 mentioned that a friend had taken fifteen Plnsia moneta in a garden 

 in Surrey this year, an increase on the number of any former year, 

 and tending to show that the species is becoming well established in 

 England. All members remarked on the unusual abundance of Plusia 

 gamma this year ; the President and Mr. Bradley had specially noticed 

 its great numbers locally, and Mr. Wainwright had seen it swarming 

 on the north coast of Norfolk in clover fields; they all seemed to think, 

 however, that the specimens were fresh and in good condition, scarcely 

 suggesting immigration. — Mr. Bethune-Baker showed a drawer full of 

 Palsearctic Pararge and Epinephele. 



September 11th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 mentioned the occurrence of Colias edusa (two specimens) in his 

 garden at Moseley. A discussion followed on its occurrence this 

 summer. Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis had seen it on the railway-bank 

 near Wednesbury, and had heard of it at Bromsgrove. Mr. P. A. 

 Jackson had met with it in great abundance in Normandy, and 

 wondered whether it usually occurred there in great numbers, or if it 

 were specially common there this year as well as here. — Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker asked if members had noticed the Vanessidse in 

 unusual abundance this year ; he had seen many more than usual at 

 Edgbaston. Mr. W. Harrison thought they were more abundant than 

 usual, and mentioned the occurrence of Grapta c-aibum at Harborne. — 

 Mr. H. W. Ellis mentioned the finding of twenty-eight larvae of 

 Acherontia atropos in Bedfordshire ; he also had it from Knowle, 

 Warwickshire ; and asked what the experience of others was. Other 

 members had heard of its occurrence locally, and Mr. Wainwright had 

 received a specimen from Cromer, Norfolk. — Mr. R. C. Bradley showed 

 a series of Dioctria atricapilla from Stroud district ; also a few 

 Leptogaster guttiventris from same place, and L. cylindrica from Hay- 

 wood, Warwickshire. — Mr. W. Harrison exhibited living pupae of 

 Nemeobius lucina from Witherslack, and mentioned its probable exter- 

 mination there, as he had counted thirty-two entomologists hunting 

 specially for that species and LyccBua minima. — Mr. H. W. Ellis 

 showed a nice lot of Coleoptera collected in the Stroud district of 

 Gloucestershire during the Society's visit there at Whitsuntide this year ; 



