288 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Twenty-one boxes were shown, and comprised the following :— 
Mr. W. A. Pearce, Aspilates gilvaria, Eubolia mensuraria, and 
Anaitis plagiata. Mr. W. West, Ligdia adustata, Acidalia emu- 
taria, Melanippe procellata, and Ephyra omicronaria. Mr. South, 
Boarmia repandata, B. consortaria, Pyralis fimbrialis, variety of 
Lycena adonis, male variety of L. curydon, male variety of L. 
alexis, three varieties of Hadena rectilinea, Dianthecia carpophagqa, 
and variety of Aspilates citraria. Mr. Adkin, Nola centonalis. 
Mr. Oldham, Chelonia caja, Argynnis paphia, Acronycta psi, A. 
megacephala, Arge galathea, Miselia oxyacanthe, and Apamea 
ophiogramma. Mr. H. L. Bolger, Dicranura vinula. Myr. Chaney, 
a small collection of Coleoptera. Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited 
seven boxes, as follows :—Box 1, fifty species of Ichneumonide, 
taken at Sevenoaks and Headley Lane, June, 1888, several being 
of great rarity. Box 2, sixty species of Diptera, taken in 1883. 
Box 8, twenty-five species of Hymenoptera Aculeata, most of 
them being bees, taken at Margate, August 1st, 1883. Box 4 
contained specimens of galls of Cynips kollari and the maker ; 
also forty-two species of Parasites and Inquilines, reared from 
the same galls. Box 5, thirty-nine species of Hydradephaga, or 
water-beetles, from West Ham and Loughton. Box 6, fifteen 
species of rare Coleoptera taken during the season. Box 7, 
larva, pupa, and imago of T'ephritis onopordonis, or celery-fly, 
which has done vast damage this year to the celery crops.— 
W. H. Miuzs, Hon. Sec. 
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