22 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



November 28th. — The President in tlie chair. — The Annual Exhibi- 

 tion of Varieties. — Mr. Austin, of Highbury, was elected a member. 

 — Mr. E. C. Goulton exhibited a very varied bred series of Hypsijjetes 

 sordidata from Surrey localities, and two male Cosviotrichc ■potutoria 

 of the pale female colour, captured at Wicken. — Messrs. Harrison and 

 Main, (1) series of Odontopera hidentata bred from black Yorkshire 

 parents, from dark Yorkshire parents, and from a very light Wisley 

 female, with numerous collected specimens from many localities, 

 and compared the variations shown ; (2) four broods of Pieris 

 napi bred from females from the Klein Scheidegg Pass, Switzerland, 

 and remarked on the var. hryonice. forms obtained. — Mr. Tonge, (1) a 

 bred series of Grapta c-nlbum, from ova laid l)y a female taken by Mr. 

 Barraud in the Wye Valley, and gave notes on the variation produced, 

 including var. hutchinsoni ; (2) a series of Dipterygia scabriuscula, 

 taken in his garden at Eeigate ; and (3) a series of very good stereo- 

 graphs of entomological subjects by himself. — Dr. Hodgson, a series 

 of Anthrocera trifolii from Sussex (one locality), including var. 

 hippocrepidis and ab. obscura '?, typical of the results of four days' 

 collecting by Mr. Grosvenor and himself, and gave notes on the 

 selective processes used and the results of their observations. — Mr. 

 Scollick, varieties of Abraxas sylvata, including a broad dark-banded 

 form, a smoky form almost devoid of markings, forms approaching var. 

 pantaria, and one with an entire absence of ochreous — all from 

 Bucks. — Mr. Newman, (1) a fine melanic Oporabia dUiUata from 

 Kent ; (2) long series of Melitcea artemis from various English and 

 Irish localities ; (3) very varied series of Notodonta chaonia from 

 Irish and Scotch localities ; (4) hand-paintings of sundry forms bred 

 by him during the season ; and (5) three wild cocoons of Ceriira bicuspis 

 from Tilgate Forest. — Mr. Grosvenor, picked series of Polyoiiimatus 

 icarus from various localities, chiefly North Downs, and gave notes 

 on the aberrations. — Mr. W. J. Lucas showed the following varieties 

 of dragonflies from the New Forest : Pyrhosovia nymplmla var. ceneattim 

 female, P. tenellmii var. ceneatumieva'aXe, and P. tenellum vay. riiber- 

 atiim. — Mr. Turner, the life-histories of Coleophora onosmella and G. 

 bicolorella from Surrey and Kent localities. — Mr. Pratt, a short series 

 of MelUnia occllaris captured in Surrey on sugared leaves of black 

 poplar. — Mr. Edelsten, specimens of ^^geria, andreniforviis, bred 

 from collected pupae, with the ichneumon Meniscus bilineatus. — 

 Messrs. F. and H. Campion, (1) the rare grasshopper, GlieUdoptera 

 roeselii, from Heme Bay ; and (2) the dragonflies Sympetriim san- 

 guineum from Epping Forest, September 15th, S. scoticum from 

 Esher, September 3rd and 20th, the last small, and the female of 

 CorduUa cenea from Epping Forest. — Mr. J. Alderson, (1) short series 

 of Melitcea aurinia, bred from Cumberland, much undersized and 

 darker than usual ; and (2) Melampias epiphron, three second-brood 

 specimens bred from ova laid by a Honister female ; the remainder of 

 the brood hybernated. — Mr. Garrett, Argynnis adippe from Arundel, 

 and Anticlea sinuata from the same place. — Mr. Andrews, varieties of 

 Diptera, (1) Gyrtoneura stabulans with an extra cell in each wing ; 

 and (2) specimens of Syrphus and Platychirus lacking the usual 

 yellow abdominal markings. — Mr. South, for Mr. Pope of Exeter, (1) 



