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microscope. — Mr. Stott exhibited a fine specimen of A. atropos, 

 captured by Mr. S. Bedford of Fleetwood, at electric light on Fleet- 

 wood promenade. — Mr. W. A. Tyerman brought a small collection 

 of Lepidoptera, taken in the vicinity of Hong-Kong, which included 

 Aitacus atlas, Papilio 'paris, and many other showy species. — Mr. J. J. 

 Eichardson showed Peronea mixtana from Bidston Hill, Birkenhead. 

 — H. E. Sweeting & Wm. Mansbbidge, Hon. Sees. 



City of London Entomological Society. — December 1st. — Dr. 

 G. G. G. Hodgson exhibited an extensive series of Lyccena 

 cegon from many localities, including male with two of the silver 

 spots on one hind wing confluent. — Mr. F. M. Edelsten, ova of 

 Tajnnostola fulva laid in a curled leaf of Garex pahidosa, Norfolk, 

 September, 1908. Mr. Edelsten stated that the female appeared to 

 be provided with a special organ for forcing apart the edges of the 

 curled leaf. — Mr. F. Pennington, a series of Lycana corydon, in- 

 cluding fine examples of y QjIS. foivleri, striata, and melanotoxa; also 

 Noctua pilecta with usual costal streak only extending half way from 

 the base, and Apamea oculea with pale coloration of reniform striated 

 on surrounding nervures. — Mr. V. E. Shaw, Satyr us jaiiira, Bexley, 

 August, 1908, with left hind wing bleached save for small area at 

 base. — Mr. L. W. Newman, Abraxas grossulariata entirely black with 

 the exception of a small pale basal spot, bred from typical parents of 

 varleyata female and typical male. 



December 15th. — Mr. E. A. Cockayne exhibited Sesia andreni- 

 formis and its parasites Bracon variator and Meniscus piemplator ; also 

 stems of Viburnum lantana, showing various phases of larval borings, 

 and the cap formed by the larva over the hole through which the 

 imago ultimately emerges. — Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, Argynnis selene, 

 East Sussex, June, 1908, one showing a melanic tendency on margi- 

 nal area of wings ; another with similar tendency on basal half of 

 wings ; while a third specimen had the marginal half of the wings 

 clouded with black broken up by fulvous dashes ; in the latter speci- 

 men the under side was also abnormal. 



January 5th, 1909. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited Cidaria reticu- 

 lata, bred from Windermere pupae. — Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, Ccenonym- 

 pha typhon var. rothliebi from Witherslack, Epinep)hele hyperanthtis 

 var. obsoleta from various English and Scotch localities, and a series of 

 Co&nonympha pamphHus, including specimens with ocelli on upper 

 side of fore wings obsolete. — Mr. A. W. Mera, Deilejjhila livornica, 

 Torquay, 1906. — Mr. V. Shaw, Polyonimatus phlceas abs., one with 

 entirely black hind wings, Darenth Wood, July, 1908 ; the other with 

 straw-coloured marginal band on left hind wing, Bexley, August, 

 1908. 



January l^th. — Eev. C. E. N. Burrows, Orgyia gonostigma female 

 with pale coloration of antiqua female ; Xylophasia polyodon, a black 

 example, Mucking, 1908 ; Odonestis potatoria var. berolinensis male ; 

 and ab. intermedia male, Mucking, 1908. — Mr. Leach, a series of 

 Galocaynpa exoleta. Inches, N.B., October, 1908, varying from pale to 

 dark suffused forms. — Mr. L. W. Newman, Abraxas grossidariata var. 

 varleyata, part of second brood of thirty-one specimens, of which 

 seven were varleyata ; the brood was raised ' from typical parents, 



