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weed blossoms for Eremobia ochroleuca, and by this means secured six fine 

 specimens and left a seventh bad one. They were all sitting well in the 

 centre of the flowers, but I could find none on scabious, which I believe 

 they are supposed generally to favour. Aspilates gilvaria was common on 

 the slopes at St. Margaret's Bay, and Eubolia bipunctata literally swarmed 

 on the chalk, rising in confusing numbers at every step, in company with 

 countless Plusia rjamma. MeUoiippe galiata and M. rivata occurred, but 

 were scarce ; and amongst the plumes Ambhjptilia acanthodactyla, Miine- 

 seoptilus bipuiictidactylus, and Pterophorus vionodactylus were walked up 

 commonly. Pyrausta piirpuralis was also in great evidence when the sun 

 shone. — Russell E. James; 18, Onslow Gardens, Highgate, Sept. 17th. 



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Entomological Society ok London. — October llth, 1900 — Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall, President, in the chair. Mr. J. Digby Firth, The Grammar 

 School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, was elected a Fellow 

 of the Society. — Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited a series of Pararge mcera — 

 a light form resembling P. mef/cent, from the Basses Alpes and the 

 Cevennes ; a dark form approaching P. hiera, from Cortina ; and an 

 intermediate form, from the Italian Lakes ; also a variety of Lycmia 

 corydon, female, in which the under wing sliowed a decided blue 

 coloration, taken at Lago di Loppio, near Riva. Dr. Chapman sug- 

 gested that the union between the three named species of Pararge was 

 very near, if the species were not indeed identical. — Mr. A. J. Scollick 

 exhibited a specimen of Cethosia cyanea, a species inhabiting North-west 

 India, which had been taken this year on the wing near Norwich. It 

 was suggested by Mr. Distant that this was a case of accidental 

 importation, probably in the pupal condition. — Mr. H. Rowland-Brown 

 exhibited specimens of Erehia glacialis, taken this year on the Stelvio 

 Pass, showing transitional forms to the var. alecto. He said that the 

 typical form and the variety were not found flying together, but on 

 opposite sides of the valley. Dr. Chapman observed that the darker 

 specimens approached to the form of E. melas found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cortina-di-Ampezzo. Specimens of E. glacialis also exhibited 

 from Saas Fee and Evoleua showed marked inferiority in size and 

 brilliancy of colour. — Mr. W. L. Distant exhibited a piece of Hawkes- 

 bury sandstone from Australia, showing the borings of Termites, and, in 

 connection with the same, communicated a note from the ' Pro- 

 ceedings ' of the Linneau Society of New South Wales (pt. iii. 1899, 

 p. 418), as follows: — "Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited specimens of Hawkes- 

 bury sandstone — (1) from the sea-shore between tide-marks, showing 

 the tunnelling of marine Isopods {Splucroma) with the living animals 

 ill situ : and (2) from the hill-tops overlooking Port Jackson, ofl'ering 

 examples of the borings which so often attract notice, and the pro- 

 duction of which has been attributed to Hymeuoptera and also to the 

 Termites. Since last meeting Mr. Stead reported that be had investi- 

 gated the matter, and that, after breaking up a quantity of stone, he 

 had come upon Termites, of a species at present undetermined, actually 

 at work, specimens of which he exhibited." — Mr. M. Burr exhibited a 



