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to breed as I have. The nymphs mostly thrive until the time comes 
for emergence, then, after several days’ waiting for the great event, 
they disappear. They die, of course, but I can seldom, in fact 
hardly ever, find the dead bodies. Do they descend into the mud 
bottom and die there? I have got a few of these most beautiful of 
all British insects to come out; but only a very small percentage of 
the nymphs I have taken. So much so that I begin to doubt whether 
it is justifiable to take the nymphs. It seems idle to take them if 
they are only going to die in the nymph stage. One point occurs. 
I have taken these nymphs only in running water. Is it possible 
that they can live but with difficulty in still water ?—Harotp 
Hopar; 9, Highbury Place, London, N., August 16th, 1914. 
SOCIETIES. 
Tue SoutH Lonpon EntomonoaicaL AND Narturan History 
Soctery.—July 23rd.—The President in the chair.—Mr. Newman 
exhibited larvee of Celerio gallii reared from ova, and a larva of 
Jocheera alni.irMr. West, a weevil found in papers from South 
Africa.—Mr. Curwen, a dwarf Polyommatus icarus measuring 20 mm. 
in expanse, from Piggott’s Hole-—Mr. Morford, a bred series of 
Syntomis phegea from ova laid by a female taken at Iselle—Mr. 
Main, small Psychid larve, in their little cases, which had emerged 
from a large case (cocoon) from Lugano, with some larve of the fire- 
fly Luciola italica.—Mr. Blair, bred specimens of the beetles Crzoceris 
lilic (merdigera, ¥.) and of C. merdigera (brunnea, F.), the larve of 
the former on lilies, of the latter on black bryony.—Mr. Priske, living 
larvee and pupe of the beetle Melasoma populz.—Mr. Morford, the 
large Saturniids Philosamia cynthia and Antherea perneyt.—My. 
Step, on behalf of Mr. West (Greenwich), a large mass of aberrant 
growth of twigs of willow, apparently caused by a species of gall. 
August 13th.—The President in the chair—Mr. Edwards, the 
large Saturniids Antherea paphia, Automeris illustris, Crtheronia 
magnifica, Sania angulifera, S. promethea, the Sphingids Oxyambulyx 
substrigilis and Psilogramma menephron,and Hribomorpha fulgurita.— 
Mr. Newman, the pink form of Newria reticulata from the coast of 
County Cork, and two forms of the pupa of Selenia lunaria, the 
chocolate-coloured hibernating one and the bright green second brood 
one.—Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a large Psychid larva, which fed on sea grape 
and sweet lemon.—Mr. Curwen, fine series of Apatura iris, A. tla 
with ab. clytie, ab. iliades, ab. pallescens, &c., from Samoussy, near 
Laon.—Mr. C. B. Williams, living larve of Saturnia pyrt from Syria, 
and reported finding a mite, Hriophyes, in the willow galls exhibited 
at the last meeting.—Mr. Main, a living pupa of S. pyre from Lugano, 
and eggs of Ascalaphus from South France.—Mr. Dennis, Centaurea 
solstitialis, a rare alien plant from Cobham, Kent.—Dr. Chapman, 
the cases of a Psychid, Oreopsyche pyrenella, from Gavarnie, Pyrenees, 
and gave notes on the life-history of the species. The male moults 
twice at pupation, the female only once. 
August 27th—Mr. A. E. Gibbs, Vice-President, in the chair.— 
Mr. F. W. Hall, aberrations of Polyommatus icarus from Hertford 
