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Coleopterous Insects of the family Pausside.” Myr. J. B. 
Bridgman communicated “ Additions to the Rev. T. A. Marshall’s 
Catalogue of British Ichneumonide.” Prof. Riley read “ Notes 
on the phytophagic habit, and on alternation of generation, in the 
genus Isosoma.” In this paper Prof Riley described, from direct 
observation, the phytophagic habit in two species of the genus.— 
H. Goss, Secretary. 
Tue South Lonpon Enromonoeicat anpD Naturat Histrory 
Socrety.—July 1st, 1886. R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in 
the chair. Dr. C. Mordaunt Matthew and Messrs. Pawsey and 
Salwey were elected members. Mr. T.. W. Hall exhibited a 
varied series of Lycena icarus, Rott. Mr. W. West, some in- 
teresting forms of Acronycta megacephala, Fb. Mr. KE. Joy, 
Anesychia decemguttella, Hb., bred from larve beaten near 
Wicken Fen. Mr. South, Hupithecia togata, Hb., bred from 
Perthshire pup; and a fine variety of Melanippe fluctuata, L., 
taken on a fence in the neighbourhood of St. John’s Wood. Mr. 
Wellman, T'hecla rubi, L., in one specimen the white spots on the 
under side being absent; a variety of Lycena icarus, Rott.; a 
long series of Hupithecia rectangulata, L., var. nigro-sericeata, 
Haw., and a light grey variety of the same species; also a series 
of Aciptilia galactodactyla, Hb., bred from larve taken during the 
Society’s excursion to Horsley on the 29th May last. Mr. 
Sheldon, Angerona prunaria, L., Dianthecia nana (conspersa), 
Ksp., bred from Deal larve; Asthena luteata, Schiff., and Phox- 
opteryx derasana, Hb., from Riddlesdown. Mr. Billups exhibited 
two living larve of Boarnia repandata, L., received by him from 
Mr. South, and which showed a curious arrangement of the cocoons 
of a species of Panteles; the larve spun a little pad of silk, then 
bent themselves into a bow on the twig, and the parasites began 
to creep out of the host, and formed their cocoons, to which the 
larve seemed to be affixed. [This curious habit was figured in 
the ‘ Entomologist,’ xiii. 244.—Ep.] 
July 15th, 1886. ‘The President in the chair. Mr. Wellman 
exhibited Hugonia autumnaria, Wernb., bred from ova received 
from Folkestone. Mr. Jager, Dianthecia nana (conspersa), Rott., 
bred from larve obtained at Caterham, Surrey, and ‘Teignmouth, 
Devon; those from the first-named locality feeding on Silene 
inflata, and those from Teignmouth on Silene maritima; also 
