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CarthcBa saturnoides, Walk., a remarkable moth from Perth, W.A., now 

 referred to the Geometrina, but possessing an extraordinary superficial 

 resemblance to a Saturniid in aspect, though not to any of the known 

 Australian species of that family. — Mr. A. J. Chitty exhibited a 

 specimen of Ferihalus vernalis, Wolff., a rare bug, of which only five or 

 six specimens appear to have been taken, and pointed out that as the 

 records in Saunders' ' Hemiptera ' included Cumberland and Weston- 

 super-Mare, and his own specimen was taken at Huntiugfield, Kent, 

 probably it had been overlooked. Mr. Claude Morley had also taken 

 one specimen in Essex. — Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited a remarkable pale 

 form of Mamestra brassica-, taken by Dr. G. B. Longstaff and himself 

 at Morthoe, North Devon, on July 16th, 1903.— Mr. C. G. Barrett 

 had examined the specimen, and pronounced it probably unique. Sir 

 George Hampson had also seen it, and pointed out that it was provided 

 with the spur on the anterior tibia, which is characteristic of M. 

 hrassiccB among the allied European species. — The President, Professor 

 Poulton, read " Some Observations on the Gregarious Hybernation 

 of certain Calif ornian Insects," communicated by Professor Vernon 

 L. Kellog, of the Leland Stanford Junior University, California. He 

 also read a paper, " A Possible Explanation of Insect Swarms on 

 Mountain-tops," and a discussion followed, in which Dr. Chapman, 

 Mr. Chitty, Mr. Champion, Mr. Tutt, Colonel Swinhoe, and other 

 Fellows joiued. — Mr. 0. E. Janson contributed, on behalf of Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd, of Townsville, Queensland, a note upon " Maternal Instinct in 

 Ehynchota ; " and Mr. Kowland-Brown read a "Note on Oncoptera 

 intricata," a moth extremely destructive to pastures in Tasmania, by 

 Mr. F. M. Littler, M.A.O.U., of Launceston, Tasmania. He also 

 exhibited examples of the imago and larva of the species, — H, Piowland- 

 Brown, Ho7i. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March 10th, 1904.— Mr. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Tonge exhibited (1) specimens of Dauais chrysippus and Anosia 

 flexippus, with other species of butterflies he had just received from 

 Siam; (2) a photograph of a female Lgcccua tolas, bred by Dr. Chapman, 

 showing its resting pose; (3) photograph of the ova of Thera juniperata, 

 in situ on a juniper leaf, and also of the ova of Hyhernia rupicapraria. 

 Mr. Moore, a living specimen of the locust, Acridium agypticiun, found 

 in Covent Garden Market in a basket of mimosa, and read notes on its 

 habits. — Mr. Adkin (1), a female aberration of Bupalus piniaria, in 

 which the usual dark markings were represented only by two small 

 spots on the costa and a few spots on the fringes, the remainder being 

 of a pale brown ; (2) an aberration of CaUimorpha dominula with the 

 usual red colour of the hind wings replaced by yellow. — Mr. Sich, 

 sketches of larvre illustrating the main characters of the various lepi- 

 dopterous groups. — Mr. McArthur, two specimens of the extraordinary 

 South American owl-moth, Thysania ayrippina (strix), one of which 

 measured more than ten inches across the expanded wings. — Mr. Tutt 

 gave an address entitled, " Some Modern Kequirements in Oval and 

 Larval Description," illustrating his remarks by blackboard sketches, 

 and a large number of diagrams prepared by Mr. Bacot. A con- 

 siderable discussion took place. 



