190 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
pigra, Hufn., and also Adela cuprella, Thnb., taken this spring 
on Wimbledon Common. Mr. Mera, Aleucis pictaria, Curt., of 
this season. The President exhibited a long series of Hndromis 
versicolor, L., and said that in March, 1884, he received twenty- 
five ova from Mr. Gibb, the parent moth having been inbred, 
originally, from Rannoch specimens. In due course the larvee 
fed up, and the first moth, a female, emerged on April 19th, 1885, 
and was followed by eight others, all females. This year he had 
bred twelve males; and he thought it worthy of notice that the 
first year he should breed all females, and this year all males. 
His observation only applied to a portion of the brood, and it 
would be interesting to ascertain how the remainder emerged. 
Mr. Carrington contributed notes and observations on a recent 
visit to Selborne, the home of Gilbert White.* 
June 3rd, 1886. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 
Mr. Percy Rendall was elected a member. Mr. Tugwell exhibited 
a varied series of Spilosoma menthastri, Esp., bred from eggs 
received from Hartlepool; also a specimen of Anosia archippus, 
Fab., taken on 21st September, 1885, at Trevilly, by Mr. Harris 
Saundry. Mr. Sheldon exhibited two specimens of Stawropus 
fagi, L., series of Hupithecia pusillata, Fb., and Retinia turionana, 
Hb. Mr. Wellman, varieties of Cidaria truncata, Hufn.; living 
larvee of Hugonia autumnaria, Wernb. ; Acidalia emarginata, L., 
and EHpione apiciaria, Schiff. Mr. W. A. Pearce, Nemophora 
swammerdammella, L., Sta. Mr. West, of Streatham, preserved 
larvee of Hubolia cervinaria, Schiff, and Xanthia citrago, L. Mr. 
Shearwood, a number of preserved and mounted larve, among 
which were Phorodesma smaragdaria, Fb., and Aciptilia galacto- 
dactyla, Hb.; and Mr. Adkin, four specimens of Saturnia pavonia, 
L., bred from a nest of gregarious larve taken at Chatterdean on 
elm, and which had been fed upon hornbeam, the colours of the 
imagines being particularly rich and bright. Mr. Billups 
exhibited a specimen of Paussus favieri, Fairm, found in nests of 
the ant, Pheidole megacephala, at Portugal. 
June 17th, 1886. The President in the chair. Messrs. A. T. 
Storey and A. Kland Shaw were elected members. Mr. Jager 
* These notes are more fully set forth in the ‘Field’ newspaper of May 15th, 
1886, p. 639. 
