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Fiolenohia which he had taken this year with Mr. A. H. Martineau, 

 and which Mr. Barrett had identified as wockii. By Mr, A. H. Mar- 

 tineau, Mijrmosa vielanocephala, one, from Sutton ; Anthidmm mani- 

 catum, one, from Bridgnorth ; also a series of Crabro dimidiatus, which 

 he had taken at Sutton, together with the insects they had captured, 

 which consisted of four specimens of a DoUchopus, one Scatopharia, and 

 two different Anthomizias. By Mr, P. W, Abbott, Lithosia muscerda, 

 and Nonat/na hrevilinea, with its var. alinca, from Norfolk. By Mr. G. W. 

 Wynn, a number of insects from Wyre Forest this year, including 

 Boarmia rohoraria, Diptery<jia scabriiiscula, and Xylophasia monor/h/pha, 

 one quite black, one dark with a pale triangular patch on the inner 

 margin of the fore wings. By Mr. Wainwright, for Mr. C. A. E. 

 Eodgers, one Aplecta occulta, taken several years ago in Bagots Park, 

 Staffs., on sugar; one Heliothis [Chariclea) marginata [umhrd], from 

 Malvern ; and one Zeiizera cescidi, from Handsworth ; also Syrphus 

 anmdipes, from a third locality, Lynton, in North Devon ; this species, 

 which he found for the first time last year near Stroud, has thus been 

 now taken in three widely separated localities, and this makes the fifth 

 specimen, — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Nonpareil Entomological Society. — Sept. 6th, 1895. — Mr, T, W. 

 Jackson in the chair. The exhibits were as follows : — By Mr. Samp- 

 son, specimens of Halia wavaria which were bred in his garden at 

 Dalston ; black-and-white forms of Abraxas grossidariata, the yellow 

 being entirely absent ; pupas (living) of Chcerocampa elpenor, the larvae 

 of which he found at Maldon, Essex, in August this year. By Mr. 

 Norman, continental specimens of Papilio podalirius which he bred, 

 some of them vividly marked (he mentioned that he had bred a great 

 many specimens, and had failed to get any very marked variations) ; 

 specimens of Cynthia pernyi and cecropia which were bred by himself ; 

 also some very interesting Coleoptera, amongst which were Dytiscus 

 marginalis, Hydrophilus piceus, H. colymhetes, and H. acilius, taken by 

 himself at Enfield, and which he said were very plentiful in that 

 neighbourhood. By Mr. Gurney, specimens of Ocneria dispar, the 

 males of which varied considerably in depth of colour. By Mr. Jack- 

 son, a magnificent variety of Arctia caia, which was of a cream colour 

 with just a dark patch here and there on the upper wings; it was 

 compared with Mosley's varieties, and is totally different from anything 

 figured there. By Mr. Eaine, a preserved larva of Pyrella which he 

 found feeding on Dr. Allinson's food ; it was webbed all round with 

 the food. By the Secretary, some specimens of Cataclysta limnalis, 

 Hydrocampa stagnalis, and H. nymphealis, which were captured round 

 a pond at Woodford; he found that they were very plentiful, but rather 

 difficult to get at, as they flew on the rushes just out of reach, and 

 when they settled they would get as near the bottom of the plants as 

 possible, and were difficult to dislodge. By Mr, Lurby, two specimens 

 of Catocala nupta, which seems to be rather scarcer this season. — 

 J. G. Craft, Sec. 



Obituary, — We learn with great regret that Mr. W, H, Tugwell, 

 of Greenwich, died on September 20th, 



