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larve leaves of whitethorn, plum, or apple, aud feed liberally 
until they become pupe.—Ld. 
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Sociely 
of London. 
OcToBER 4, 1876. 
Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., Vice-President, in 
the chair. 
Crymodes exvulis, Sericoris trriguana, §c., near Loch 
Laggan.—Mr. Bond exhibited, on behalf of Mr, N. Cooke, 
of Liscard, near Birkenhead, a female variety of Hepialus 
humuli, pale in colour, and with the usual markings; three 
fine specimens of Crymodes exulis; fifteen very fine dark 
(some nearly black) specimens of Epunda lutulenta; and six 
specimens of the Tortrix, Sericoris irriguana. All the above 
were taken near Loch Laggan this season. 
Callimorpha Hera near Dover.—Mr. Stevens meutioned 
that a specimen of Callimorpha Hera (the Jersey tiger-moth) 
has been takev at St. Margaret’s Bay, near Dover. 
Worm in Abdomen of Earwig.—The Secretary read 
a note from the Rev. Fitzroy Kelly Lloyd, of Pittenweem, 
N.B., enclosing for inspection a worm measuring two inches in 
length, extracted from the abdomen of an earwig. Mr. Pascoe 
said that it was one of the Nematode worms, and was 
probably a Filaria. 
Weevil new to Britain.—Mr. Forbes exhibited a weevil 
(evidently not indigenous to Britain), taken alive amongst 
some orchids at Highgate, supposed to have been imported 
from Kecnador. Mr. Pascoe pronounced it to be a Cholus. 
He subsequently gave a diagnosis under the name of Cholus 
Forbesii. 
Variation of Lepidoplera according to Food.—Mr. William 
Cole exhibited numerous bred specimens of Ennomos angu- 
laria, bred from eggs laid by the same female, showing slight 
differences according as the larva had been fed on oak, 
hawthorn, lime, or lilac, and comparing them with a number 
of specimens taken at large. In all cases the yellowish tint 
of the captured specimens was more decided. 
Locality jor Food-plant of Deilephila Euphorbie.—A 
letter was read from Mr. E. Higgins with reference to some 
