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Cheltenham woodlands, by Sagar-Musgrave. June Ist, Smerinthus populi 
and 8S. tilie, College ground, by Sagar-Musgrave ; Sphina ligustri, Christ- 
church Road, by EH. A. Sanders; 6th, Cherocampa elpenor, Charlton Kings, 
by Bagnall; 9th, Colias edusa, Beieay bank, by E. A. Sanders. July 3rd, 
Macroglossa stellatarum, Leckhampton Hill, by Goodlake; 5th, Grapta 
c-album, Hatherley Wood, by E. A. Sanders ; 20th, Macroglossa stellatarum, 
Oirictchurch Road, by E. A. Sanders.—E. Canaan C. Brooxe; 6, Queen’s 
Villas, Queen’s Road, Cheltenham, July 24, 1892. 
[Entomology flourishes in most, if not all, of our Public Schools, and 
we are glad to find that the boys of Cheltenham College are exhibiting 
such active and intelligent interest in the Lepidoptera of their district. It 
is to be hoped that other orders of the Insecta also receive a share of their 
attention.— Ep. | 
Captures AT Hurerorp.—At Hereford, this year, Vanessa c-album is 
common as usual. Amongst other butterflies caught here are Thecla 
w-album, Argynnis paphia, and A. adippe; and, among the moths, one 
Geometra papilionaria, &e.—F. L. Buatuwayrt. 
STREX GIGAS IN SHROPSHIRE.—A fine female specimen of this sawfly 
was brought to me, July 13th, from the yard of a saw-mill at Ellesmere, 
Shropshire, where the insect had not been observed for over twenty years. 
—J. ARKLE; Chester. 
Hirratum. — Page 199, line 18 from top, for Nonagria typhe read 
Macrogaster arundinis. 
SOCIETIES. 
Souta Lonpon EntomonocicaL anD Naturat History Soctety.— 
July 28th, 1892.—Mr. C. G. Barrett, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 
Mr. Frohawk exhibited seven specimens of H’pinephele hyperanthes, L., 
bred from ova. The female parent, taken in the New Forest, was of the 
ordinary form; possibly the male was of the lanceolate form, as of the seven 
specimens bred no less than three were of this variety ; a variety of Sesia 
JSormiciformis, Esp., having the usual red colour replaced by burnished 
gold; living pupx of Colias edusa, Fb., Vanessa cardui, L., and V. atalanta, 
L. Mr. Frohawk stated he had obtained seventy pupze of Colias edusa, the 
ova having been obtained from two females taken in the spring; he also 
remarked on the abundance of Vanessa atalanta. Mr. Rice exhibited, on 
behalf of Mr. Hickling, lepidopterous ova on stems of asparagus, for 
naming; and Mr. J. W. Hall suggested that probably they were T'riphena 
pronuba. Mr. South exhibited specimens of Zyg@ena trifolu, Esp., selected 
from a number taken in Middlesex, showing great variation in the size and 
colour of the spots, in the colour of the hind wings, and in the width of the 
border of the hind wings; Mr. South stated that the series exhibited repre- 
sented all the known phases of variation in this species. He also exhibited 
Asthena blomeri, Curt., taken in Buckinghamshire, and made remarks 
thereon. Mr. C. G. Barrett, Vanessa c-album, L., and pointed out diffe- 
rences between the first and second broods; a discussion ensued, the 
general opinion being that the species was certainly double-brooded. Mr. 
Frohawk remarked that he had recently been to the New Forest, and, 
although the weather was bad, he took three white-spotted specimens of 
