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Tephrosia consonaria, Boannia consortaria, and other miscellaneous 

 larvae. Amongst butterflies were the following : — Pieris brassiac, P. 

 napi, P. rapiE, Goneptcrijx rhamni (abundant and very fine), Argi/yinis 

 paphia (abundant, but in poor condition) ; several var. valesina were 

 seen. Vanessa urticcB, V. polychloros, only one specimen was seen. 

 V. io was just coming on the wing. Limenitis sibylla, abundant, but 

 very worn. Paravfje egeria and P. megiera were plentiful, and very 

 fine. Satyrus semcle, abundant on the heaths. Epinephele ianira, K. 

 tithoniis, and Aphantojms hyperantJnis were common. Ca;nonympha 

 pamphilns, Chrymphanus pMceas. Lycoena mjon, abundant and fine. 

 Hesperia thanmus and H. sylranus were common. Sugaring proved a 

 failure, only a few species being taken. Thatira dentsa, T. batis, Cato- 

 cal a sponsa [one in perfect condition), Gonoptcra libatrix, and a few 

 others. Several Sarothripus undulanus were taken, being beaten from 

 oaks during the day. Melanthia albicillata, Eubolia palumbaria, Seli- 

 dosema cricetarla [plumaria), Lophopteryx camclina (two were attracted 

 to our lantern whilst sugaring), and several Porthesia similis [aurlfiua); 

 this moth was very common. — John Wright; Woolwich. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Jane 25th, 1903.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Councillor Newberry, of East Greenwich, was elected a member. — Mr. 

 Turner exhibited living imagines of Coleophora niyricella from Benfleet, 

 and of C. fusccdindla from Dumbartonshire. — Mr. Jager (1) examples 

 of Popilio polydavias from South Texas ; (2) a larva of Chelonia planta- 

 [linn which had been attacked by a worm, probably Gordius aquaticus ; 

 and (3) a large Tarantula sp. ? from India. — Mr. Enock, a very large 

 species of ichneumon which he had just bred from a larva of Eumoipha 

 elpenor found at Woking. — Mr. West (Greenwich), a series of a very 

 local species of Rhyncophora, Polydrusus chrysoinela, taken on Cheno- 

 podlum near Gravesend. — Mr. R. Adkin gave a report of the Annual 

 Congress of the S.E. Union of Scientific Societies which had just been 

 held at Dover. 



July 9th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. West (Greenwich) 

 exhibited several species of Hemiptera taken by Mr. Ashby at Deal, 

 including Podups immcta, Siocoris cnrsitans, Pseudophlaas falleni, 

 Uhyparochrovms pnctextatus, Pi. chiragra, and Aphanus lynceiis. He 

 also showed, from Horsley, Kysarcoris melanocephalus and Gnathoconns 

 albomarginatus, and the following Coleoptera, Apion mahuc from near 

 Gravesend, Havwnia curtisi, Cevcyon littoralis, and C. depressus from 

 the shore at Yarmouth. — Mr. Sich, a living example of Geometra 

 vernaria, which he had just captured at Chiswick. — Mr. Turner, cases 

 with living larvae of Coleophora caUbipennella, which Mr. Chapman had 

 just sent to him from Spain, and living imagines of 0. limosipennella 

 from Lewisham, and of C. caspititiella from Longhton, both bred from 

 larvfe. — Mr. Lucas reported that a number of examples of the dragonfly 

 j^schna isosceles had recently been taken in the eastern counties. 



