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north-west, but it moderated on the 17th, and in the evening of that 

 day, at dusk, I saw the first Plusia gamma, flying over bramble 

 blossom at Great Ormesby. The next day, Friday the 18th, when the 

 wind changed nearly due east and remained in this quarter until I 

 returned, and was very stormy, I noticed several P. gamma flying 

 around the flower-beds in the gardens on the sea-front at Yarmouth, 

 and one Pyrameis cardui, which appeared a little worn. On Saturday 

 the 19th, there were several P. (jamina on the North Denes, and in the 

 course of the day I saw three P. cardui about the town and gardens. 

 The next day, Sunday, I noticed two P. cardui flying in one of the 

 gardens near the sea-front as early as half-past six in the morning, 

 and saw six or seven during the day, all more or less worn. Later in 

 the morning I was walking across the North Denes and noticed Plusia 

 gamma there in hundreds, although, as previously stated, there were 

 only a few on the day before. There were no P. cardui, but several 

 were seen, on my return to the town, flying around and sitting on the 

 flowers in the gardens of the houses. I returned by boat on the 21st, 

 and the wind was blowing half a gale, but between Gorleston and 

 Walton I saw eight P. cardui pass over the boat as they flew towards 

 the shore. I did not reach Walton until half-past four, as the boat 

 was delayed two hours owing to a break-down, or I might have been 

 able to have seen others on landing-; the last I saw was flying around 

 the pier at Walton. I might add that several P. cardxd have been 

 taken in Nunhead Cemetery and brought to me, all more or less worn 

 and damaged ; and I have seen it at Brockley and in my own garden 

 at Peckham, but I think this is common knowledge, as it has occurred 

 around Loudon pretty generally. In South Square, Gray's Inn, the 

 other morning there was an example of Pyrameis atalanta sunning 

 itself on the wall of the buildings. — H. W. Barker. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Aiigust 21th, 1903.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 R. Adkin exhibited a variety of Limcnitis sibylla in which the white 

 markings were somewhat reduced in size and partially obscured by 

 a dusting of black scales, together with a var. of Cleora glahraria 

 in which the basal third of the fore wings was very dark. Both were 

 from the New Forest. — Mr. Step, the very large Heteropteron, 

 Belostoma grande, from Trinidad, where it is known as the "Electric 

 Eel." — Mr. West, the three British representatives of the Hetero- 

 pterous genus Pilophorus, all from Oxshott, viz., P. cinnamopterus 

 on pines, P. perplexus and P. clavatus on oak. — Mr. Hare, a variety 

 of Acidalia aversata with the posterior half of both fore and hind 

 wings sufl'used with fuscous. — Mr. Dodds, several curiously streaked 

 male specimens of Ocneria dispar. He had inbred the species for the 

 last three seasons, and had not previously met with this variation. 

 The streaks were the colour of the female, and very far from being 

 symmetrical. — Mr. Garrett, a male specimen of Porthesia similis 

 [auriflua] only half the usual size, taken at Wimbledon, and a female 



