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THE Sour Lonpon Enromotoercan and Natura Hisrory 
Society.—Sept. 2nd, 1886. R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in 
the chair. Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited dark forms of Smerinthus 
populi. Mr. Wellman, a box of Exotic Lepidoptera, all taken on 
board ship while at sea; one, a species of Sphinx, having been 
captured about 1000 miles from land; also a large number of 
varieties of Bryophila perla, and living larve of Cidaria picata 
and Acidalia rusticata. Mr. Sheldon, gray and red forms of 
Noctua castanea, bred from larve taken on Shirley Heath, Surrey. 
Mr. South, nine varieties of Lycena corydon from Eastbourne ; 
the exhibitor said that he had taken a number of specimens 
which formed the connecting links between those now exhibited ; 
one group had but few spots on the under side, in another the 
spots were absent, and in the remaining group the spots were 
confluent. This gentleman also exhibited varieties of Abraxas 
grossularivata, and specimens of Dicrorampha consortana, S., var. 
distinctana, Hein. With reference to this last-mentioned insect, 
Mr. South said that he first took a couple of specimens in 1881 at 
North Devon, one of which was sent to Mr. C. G. Barrett, who 
identified it as Dicrorampha distinctana of Heinemann. This year 
he had bred fourteen specimens from a batch of Chrysanthemum 
received from North Devon, and the larva was identical with the 
description of a larva of consortana, taken by him at Shanklin, 
Isle of Wight. Mr. J. J. Weir exhibited seven specimens of 
Argynnis paphia and one of A. euphrosyne, and drew attention to 
a number of white spots on the wings, which he stated were not 
suffused spots, as in tania, but were always well defined, and in 
nearly all cases symmetrical. A discussion then took place as to 
the origin of these spots, in which Messrs. South, Carrington, 
Adkin, Sheldon, and others took part. Mr. Adkin exhibited 
light and dark forms of Cleoceris viminalis. Mr. Cooper, 
Zonosoma orbicularia, Hupithecia subfulvata, and Tephrosia 
biundularia, bred from a female captured June last, the larve 
having fed upon knot-grass. Mr. T. R. Billups, a rare 
hymenopteron, T'achytes wnicolor, taken at Hayling Island, 
June 7th; the following species of Coleoptera,—the very scarce 
Choragus sheppardi from Broadstairs, Molorchus minimus and 
Mycetoporus longulus from Bookham, and the scarce Panageus 
quadripustulatus ; also two local species of Hemiptera,— Phylus 
