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of African Phytophagous Coleoptera." — Mr. Malcolm Burr read a com- 

 muuication from HofratU Dr. Carl Brunuer von Wattenwyl, entitled 

 " Observations sur le nom generique Acrida." — H. Goss, Hov. Secretary. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 



September 11th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. South exhibited 

 a series of Pi/fjara cnrtida, bred from ova laid by a large silver-grey 

 female taken at Batchworth. The larvae were fed on poplar, and the 

 imagines were all small and dark in colour. — Mr. Turner, tvv^o Longicorn 

 Coleoptera taken by Mr. Tutt at Torre Pellice — viz. Ceramhyx hems 

 {ceido) and Piirpuricenus koehleri. — Mr. Kemp, numerous species of 

 Coleoptera taken in the New Forest in August, including Prionns 

 coriarius, Halyzia 16-guttata, Abdera bifasciata, Bembidiiim decorum, 

 Tomoxia biguttata, and Denmectes latus. — Dr. Chapman, examples of 

 theHesperid Heteropteriis morpheus, from St. Jean de Luz, and cases and 

 imagines of the Psychid Oreopsyche leschenaulti from San Sabastian. 



September 25th. — The President in the chair. — Dr. Chapman ex- 

 hibited typical examples of Euchelia jacobcece, bred from larvffl found at 

 Bejar, and stated that the black bands or rings of the larv® were 

 broken into four black marks. — -Mr. Kaye, a short series of Leucania 

 albipuncta, from the Isle of Wight, taken this year. Mr. Kirkaldy, a 

 remarkable case of insect mimicry in a number of Brazilian Rhyn- 

 chota. Mabelia pulcherrima, a new species of Miridas, was shown with 

 the Pyrrhocorine Theraneis oleosus, from Costa Rica, and T. luridus, 

 from Brazil. — Mr. Kemp, species taken by him at various field-meet- 

 ings of the Society : — Wisley, July 5th, Coleoptera : Donacia thalassina, 

 Paderus riparius, Ayr ilus any u status, Xyluborus dryophayus, a,ndAnthero- 

 phagus jiigricornis. Odonata : Orthetrum candescens. Epping Forest, 

 Sept. 20th, Coleoptera : Zeugophora Jiaiicollis and Ilybius fenestratus 

 Oxshott, Sept. 6th, Coleoptera : Hydaticus seminiger, Pelobins tardus, 

 Ilybius ater, lihantus bistriatus, Bidessus geminus, Hydroporus tristis, H. 

 umbrosus, and Ccelambus iinpresso-pu7ictatits. — Mr. Lucas, a coloured 

 sketch of a var. of Asphalia ridens, bred from the New Forest. The 

 contrast of light and dark markings was unusually strong. He also 

 showed a specimen of a very rare Dipteron, Physocephala nigra, and a 

 female of Ectobia lapponica, with its egg-capsule, which it had carried 

 protruding for five days before dropping it. Mr. Colthrup, Lasiocampa 

 quercus vars. (1), with splashes of yellow at base of fore wings ; (2), 

 male with male antenna and wings, but body showing ova through 

 abdomen ; (3), with yellow band on hind wing extending to fringes ; 

 also Agrotis corticea, with a white submarginal band on the fore 

 wings. — Mr. Lucas read the report of the field-meeting held at "Wisley 

 on July 5th, and exhibited lantern slides to illustrate his remarks. 



October 9th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Jennings, four rare 

 species of Coleoptera : — Cathormiocenis socius, from Sandown, Isle of 

 Wight; G ymnetro7i UniaricE, {vom. Southport ; Paris lapidii, horn. 'Ed- 

 monton Marsh ; and Hister mevdarius, from Broxbourne. — Mr. Kemp, 

 examples of Carabus violaceus var. exasperatus, from North Cornwall 

 and the New Forest. — Mr. R. Adkin, a Cossus Ugniperda from the same 

 fence referred to in the ' Proceedings ' for 1889 and 1900, and read 

 notes. — Dr. Chapman, imagines, pup«, and cocoons of Hybocampa 

 (Notodonta) dryinopa, from Queensland. — Mr. South, four aberrations of 



