248 THE ENTOMOLOGIST, 
Sucar at Curster.—The season continued to promise so well that I 
was tempted, on the night of July 4th, to try sugar again in this neighbour- 
hood. To those who are acquainted with our local geography, I may say I 
selected a spot new in my experience, viz., the field just beyond Curzon 
Park. The ground is about 100 ft. above the River Dee, which is close 
by, and the treacle was applied to the isolated trees growing about. There 
was a slight breeze from the west, and a cool temperature. Contrary to all 
my previous ill-luck in the neighbourhood, moths literally swarmed to the 
treacle. The following is a list, arranged according to abundance :—Miana 
strigilis var. @thiops, Agrotis exclamationis, Noctua augur, Triphena pro- 
nuba (fine forms), 7’. orbona, Xylophasia monoglypha (polyodon), X. hepa- 
tica, Mamestra furva (?), Caradrina taraxaci (blanda), Acronycta rumicis, 
A. psi, Spilosoma lubricipeda. M. strigilis exhibited three forms of the 
variety ethiops. The first has a broad steel-grey band, parallel with the 
exterior margin of the fore wiugs; the second has the fore wings suffused 
with rust-colour; the third form is altogether black. On the night of July 
11th, I sugared again at the same place. There was a cold breeze from 
the south-east, and the moon rose about eleven o'clock. Altogether it was 
not such a favourable night as the preceding one. In addition to most of 
the species for July 4th, the following also came to sugar :—Type forms of 
M. strigilis, M. furuncula, Hadena oleracea, H. pisi, Xylophasia lithoayleas 
Noctua plecta, Mania typica, N. festiva, Tortrix corylana, Acidalia aversata, 
and NXanthosetia zegana. My next sugaring visit to this locality occurred 
July 14th. It was a still, dark night. All forms of M. strigilis were com- 
paratively scarce. Additional moths were Leucania conigera, N. c-nigrum, 
N. triangulum, and Camptogramma bilineata.—J. ARKLE; Chester. 
Sucarine at DuLVERTON, SOMERSETSHIRE.—On the 24th July, I tried 
sugaring in a wood near the town, but not more than half a dozen moths 
came to it, though the night was apparently all that could be desired ; but 
perhaps the enormous masses of honeysuckle about had superior attractions. 
—PHILIP DE LA GARDE; Dulverton, Somerset. 
SOCIETIES. 
Sovurn Lonpon Enromonocican anp Naturat History Socmty.— 
August 28th, 1892.—Mr. Richard South, Vice-President, in the chair. 
Mr. Frohawk exhibited a fine bred series of Colias edusa, Fb., all the 
females being tinged with green in the hind wings; also a living larva 
of Carterocephalus palemon, Pall. Myr. Carrington said few entomolo- 
gists had had the good fortune to see the larva of this species, although 
he had an unpublished record of it dating as far back as the fifties. 
Mx. Carpenter, a series of Argynnis paphia, L., and var. valesina, Ksp., 
amongst the former species was a beautiful variety of the male, the 
hind wings taking the character of valesina ; also a series of Hpinephele 
hyperanthes, L., with lanceolate markings; he stated that he had taken 
some hundreds in the New Forest this year, and found no variation. 
Mr. Macmurdo, a series of Bryophila perla, Fb., and remarked that the 
lichen on the wall from which they were taken varied considerably. 
Mr. Adkin said the variation appeared to him to arise from an increase 
in the size and tone of the darker markings, the whole of the specimens 
