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Blandford. He considers this series, and the communications he has 

 received from the specialists to whom he has made applications, justify 

 him in saying that great variation in size of the individual or of some 

 of its parts is very rare in Coleoptera, and is exhibited most con- 

 spicuously by those species in which tlie males possess unusual struc- 

 tures, the use of which is unknown ; such are tlie Brenthida? and the 

 genus Wiina, the males of which possess enormous rostrums, which 

 are of no direct use in this sex, though the corresponding organ in the 

 other sex is of great use, though less developed. The Lucanidie and 

 the horned Lamellicornia also exhibit great variation in size of the 

 individual, more particularly in the male sex. Tlie cases of variation 

 in size in the great group of Chrysomelidffi were chiefly remarkable in 

 the case of genera like Sagra, where the males possess unusually 

 developed hind legs, for which we at present know of no important use. 

 Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited specimens of Cymatla coleoptrata, Fab., from 

 Morden, Surrey, an insect which had not before been recorded from the 

 London district, and also varieties of Xotonecta (jlauca, Fab. — W. W. 

 FowLEu, lion. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 May 23rd, 1895.--Mr. T. W. Hall, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Barrett, on behalf of Mr. Horne, of Aberdeen, exhibited very long 

 series of both /hjrotis cursoria, Bork., and A. tritici, L., from the N.E. 

 coast of Scotland, showing such a range of variation that it was 

 difficult to determine where one species ended and the other began ; 

 also a gynandrous specimen of Satanda carpinl, L., belonging to 

 Dr. Mason, one side being male, the other female. Mr. Edwards, a 

 specimen of the rare female of Morpho ci/pris from Bokota, with a male 

 for comparison. Mr. Dennis, ova and young larvae of Leucophnst'a 

 sinapis, L., and of Lyccena ari/iolus, L., under the microscope. Mr. Hall, 

 two specimens of the rare form of Mamestra persicarm, L., known as 

 var. unicolor, Stand., bred by a northern collector from a dark specimen 

 derived from suburban larvae ; also several specimens of a Eupithecia 

 from Mr. Machin's collection, which members thought were E. minn- 

 tata, Gn., var. knautiata, Greg. Of several members who had larvae of 

 Callimorpha hero, L., most had been only very partially successful in 

 getting them through the severe frost. A long discussion ensued as to 

 the felling of trees in Epping Forest. The concensus of opinion was 

 that no harm had been done, and that none was intended to be done. 

 Mr. Carrington and others thought that a periodical cutting of the 

 undergrowth would be of great advantage to entomologists, and 

 instanced the method of cutting woods in Surrey and Kent. — Hy. J. 

 Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — April 22?ui, 1895. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. The following were 

 exhibited: — By Mr. R. C. Bradley, three species of Crahro : vurius and 

 unxius from Wyre Forest, and one specimen of pubescens from Sutton ; 

 he said that only four other specimens of pubescens are known to Mr. 

 Saunders from Britain. By Mr. A. H. Martineau, Andrena amjustior 

 (2) from Solihull, a rare species allied to A. furcata. By Mr. Wain- 

 wright, other Hymenoptera. By Mr. C. Runge, eggs of AsphaJia 

 jlavicornis, as found, being laid singly in the forks of twigs. Mr. 



