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Mr. Williams, Acronycta leporina, A. alni, A. ligustri ; also larvse 

 of Macroglossa stellatarum and Ennomos angularia ; Mr. Hawes, 

 specimen of Laphygma exigua, two varieties of Smerinthus tilice 

 and others; Mr. Pratt, specimen of Prionus coriarus, captured 

 at Chingford. Certain prizes having been offered for competition, 

 these were awarded ; and the President, in presenting them, 

 expressed his regret that members had not taken more interest in 

 them. — Ernest Anderson, Hon. Sec. 



South London Entomological Society. — The Pocket-box 

 Exhibition, held at the rooms of the above-named Society on the 

 20th ult., was a pleasant surprise to those who attended. No 

 better display of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera has been seen for a 

 considerable time, and it reflects great credit upon the members 

 of the Society, which seems to be a growing one. Apart from 

 the assistance mutually rendered in the identification of doubtful 

 species, such meetings tend to produce a kindly feeling among 

 collectors, and by bringing them together make them better 

 known to each other. That the past collecting season has been 

 somewhat better than its immediate predecessors can hardly be 

 doubted, if the display at this Exhibition can be taken as a 

 criterion ; for not only were common species abundant, but many 

 rarities figured among the exhibits. Standing out prominently 

 were the Tortrices shown by Mr. R. South, among which were 

 Pcedisca semifuscana and P. sordidana, obtained during his recent 

 visit to North Devon ; also the Pterophori of Mr. Wellman, 

 including Oxyptilus teucrii from Boxhill, and Platyptilus zetter- 

 stedti from Folkestone ; and, what was more interesting to 

 breeders of Macro-Lepidoptera, three successive broods of 

 Timandra amataria, in gradation from large to small, while in 

 some Acidalia incanaria the reverse was the case. Long rows of 

 each of Sesia chrysidiformis and S. cynipiformis, and of peculiar 

 types of Tceniocampa gracilis, were shown by Mr. C. Boden, and 

 among his Nyssia liispidaria, which were very fine, was one much- 

 admired specimen with full borders to the fore wings. Nine 

 Boletobia fidiginaria were shown by Mr. E. Upton, and Mr. B. 

 Adkin exhibited varieties of Smerinthus tilice, besides Tortrices 

 and Tinese. Mr. H. Jobson's exhibit showed how variable an 

 insect is Angerona prunaria ; and Mr. G. Elisha, besides an 

 extensive exhibit of Tineas, showed a large number of well-preserved 

 laivee, among which I noticed that of Pachnubia alpina ; also 



