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Tephrosia consonaria, Boannia consortaria, and other miscellaneous 

 larvae. Amongst butterflies were the following : — Fieris brassicic, P. 

 napi, P. rapce, Gonepteryx rhamni (abundant and very fine), Aryipmis 

 paphia (abundant, but in poor condition) ; several var. valesina were 

 seen. Vanessa urticcR, V. pohjchloros, only one specimen was seen. 

 V. 10 was just coming on the wing. Limenitis sibylla, abundant, but 

 very worn. Pararge egeria and P. mefjicra were plentiful, and very 

 fine. Satyrus semde, abundant on the heaths. Epinephfle ianira, K. 

 tithonus, and Aphantopus hyperantkus were common. Cxnonympha 

 pamphilus, Chrysophanus phlceas. Lycctna (Byon, abundant and fine. 

 Hesperia thaumus and H. sylvanus were common. Sugaring proved a 

 failure, only a few species being taken. Thatira derasa, T. batis, Cato- 

 cala sponsd (one in perfect condition), Gonoptcra libatrix, and a few 

 others. Several Sarothripus undttlanus were taken, being beaten from 

 oaks during the day. Mdanthia alhicillata, KuhoUa palumbaria, Sell- 

 dosema ericetaria (phunarui), Lophopteryx camelina (two were attracted 

 to our lantern whilst sugaring), and several Porthesia similis (auriflaa); 

 this moth was very common. — John Weight ; Woolwich. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomologica.l and Natural History Society. — 

 June 25t/i, 1903.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Councillor Newberry, of East Greenwich, was elected a member.— Mr. 

 Turner exhibited living imagines of Colenphora niyricclla from Benfleet, 

 and of (J. fusccdindla from Dumbartonshire. — Mr. Jiiger (1) examples 

 of Papilio polydamas from South Texas ; (2) a larva of Chelonia planta- 

 cjinix. which had been attacked by a worm, probably Gordius aqnaticxis ; 

 and (3) a large Tarantula sp. ? from India. — Mr. Enock, a very large 

 species of ichneumon which he had just bred from a larva of FAimorpha 

 dpenor found at Woking. — Mr. West (Greenwich), a series of a very 

 local species of Rhyncophora, PoJydrusus chrysoiiida, taken on CJwno- 

 podium. near Gravesend. — Mr. R. Adkin gave a report of the Annual 

 Congress of the S.E. Union of Scientific Societies which had just been 

 held at Dover. 



July ^th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. West (Greenwich) 

 exhibited several species of Hemiptera taken by Mr. Ashby at Deal, 

 including Podops inuncta, Sincoris cnrdtans, Pseudophlccas falleni, 

 l{hy2)arochro7nus pru'textatus, Ft. chirayra, and Aphanus lynceus. He 

 also showed, from Horsley, Kysarcoris melanocephalus and Gnathoconus 

 albomarginatiis, and the following Coleoptera, Apion maliur from near 

 Gravesend, Ha;vwnia curtui, Cercyon littoralis, and C. depressus from 

 the shore at Yarmouth. — Mr. Sich, a living example of Geomctra 

 vernaria, which he had just captured at Chiswick. — Mr. Turner, cases 

 with living larvae of Coleophora caiibipcnnella, which Mr. Chapman had 

 just sent to him from Spain, and living imagines of C. linwsipermdla 

 from Lewisham, and of C. cmspiiUiella from Longhton, both bred from 

 larvae. — Mr. Lucas reported that a number of examples of the dragonfly 

 JEsclma isosceles had recently been taken in the eastern counties. 



