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SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 July 10th, 1902.— Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, iu the chair.— The 

 President, in a few sympathetic words, referred to the sudden death 

 of Mr. Mark Winkley, an old member, and until recently a regular 

 attendant at both orclinary and field meetings. — Mr. West (Greenwich) 

 exhibited the following Hemiptera taken by Mr. Ashby at Deal during 

 the last week in May and the first week in June : — Podops inuncta, 

 Sciocoris ciirsitans, Rhijparochrojnus chiragra, R. piatextatus, Trapezonotus 

 a(jrestis, Macrodema micropterum, and Plinthisusbrevipennis. — Mr. Ashby, 

 several species of Coleoptera he had taken on the Deal sand-hills in 

 June, including Zabras (jibbits, Saprinws virescens, Melanotus puncto- 

 lineatus, Chrysomela distinyaenda, and Apion sedi. — Mr. West, a piece 

 of amber from Maldon, found some forty feet below the surface. There 

 were numerous insects imbedded in it, and, from there being no smell 

 of pine when rubbed, he thought it was not true amber, but gum 

 animi. — Mr. MacLachlan communicated a note on Cotyledon umbilicus, 

 pointing out its occurrence at Winchelsea and other places in Kent. — 

 Mr. Step read a short report of the Field Meeting at Ranmore Common 

 on June 7th, 1902, and regretted the unfavourable weather which the 

 nineteen who attended had to endure. 



July 24t/t.— The President in the chair.— Mr. F. M. B. Carr ex- 

 hibited twelve varieties, and the male parent of Amplddasys betularia, 

 bred from ova deposited by a black female, taken in cop. at Lee in 

 1901. — Mr. Kemp, a series of LcRinostenus complanatus, a species new 

 to the British list, nearly related to Pristonychus terricola, and taken 

 by him near Dublin. He also showed Carabus clathratus, Pelophila 

 borealis, Blethisa nmltipunctata, Chlccnius viyricornis, dark Pterustichus 

 cupreus, Bemhidium bipunctatum, Ccclanibus quinque-lineatus, C. novem- 

 lineatus, Orectochiius villosus, and Rhopahwesites tardyi from Lough 

 Neagh, together with Bembidium aryentiolum, a recently added species, 

 also from Lough Neagh. From near Dublin he showed Phytosus 

 balticus, Diglossa mersa, yellow Cercyon littorale, Saprinus maritimus, 

 Telephorus darwinianus, Cillcnus lateralis, Polydrusus chrysomela, Hydro- 

 poms several species, Silpha atrata and var. subrotiindata, Hcemonia 

 appendiculata, Chrysomela banksii, Barynotus sc/wnherri, Meloe violaceus, 

 and a series of the purely Irish Otiorrhynchus auropunctatus. — Mr. 

 Kemp, a series of the rare Lestes dryas from Hanwell, with L. sponsa 

 for comparison. 



August 14t/i. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Edwards exhibited 

 ova of Anthrocera trifolii from Byfleet. — Dr. Fremlin said that, during 

 a recent visit to the Isle of Man, he had taken Dianthcecia casia and 

 larvcB of Polia xantliomista var. nigrocincta. — Dr. Chapman, specimens 

 of Neuroptera bipennis [Insitanica) from Bajar, iu Spain. 



August 28th. — Mr. E. Step, Vice-President, in the chair. — Mr. E. J. 

 Riley, of 94, Drakefield Road, Upper Tooting, was elected a member. — 

 Mr. South exhibited a series of Apamea ophiogramma, bred from larva 

 taken in his garden at Tooting. — Mr. Turner, a short series of Ayrotis 

 ripcB, bred at the end of June, 1902, from larvsB taken in August, 1901, 

 at Dawlish. The variation was very considerable, from very snowy 

 forms to an exceedingly dark example. — Mr. Bowman, a large number 



