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number of full-fed larvae, which began to go down the next day, 

 and the following species resulted from them later on : — Boarmia 

 repandata, June 13th ; Aplecta tincta, June 15th ; Noctua bninnea, 

 June 18th; N. ditrapezium, June 24th; N. baia, July 8th ; and on 

 July 18th Cleoceris viminalis came out from larvae beaten out of 

 sallow in the daytime. Some sections were removed from sallow 

 trees infested with Trochilium crahroniformis, and imagines began 

 to appear on June 15th. 



A female Phragmatobia fuliginosa, taken on July 13th, laid a 

 quantity of ova, and the larvae, which came out on July 21st, look 

 quite healthy at the time of writing. The larvae of Calymnia tixipe- 

 zina were a perfect pest at the end of May, in company with other 

 common things. Larvce of Aspilates strigillaria, obtained on heather, 

 pupated on May 8th, and produced imagines on June 11th, a fort- 

 night before they were observed wild. Some ova of Melanippe 

 sociata and Goremia ferrugata were obtained, and the resultant larvae 

 fed together on bedstraw from June 20th till July 15th, the imagines 

 appearing on July 30th and August 1st respectively. 



The above partially represents, but by no means exhausts, an 

 account of my breeding for the year, which may be considered fairly 

 satisfactory. One night at the lamps stands out among a host of 

 bad ones— June 9th — when several specimens of Drymonia trimacula, 

 in first-class condition, were taken, as well as Acronycta Uporina, 

 Demas coryli, Notodonta ziczac, Drepana binaria, D. falcataria, 

 Amphidasys betularia, and many others. All these were taken from 

 one lamp during an hour's stay between eleven and twelve. Many 

 good geometers were taken by day, notably Metrocampa margaritaria, 

 in great numbers, Enrymcne dolabraria, Geometra papilionaria, 

 Phowdesma pustulata (for the first time in this locality), Acidalia 

 bisetata, A. climidiata, A. subsericecUa, Eupithecia pumilata, Thera 

 firmata, Melanthia albicillata, and Goremia designata ; and in addi- 

 tion to those mentioned above, the following were taken here for the 

 first time : — Xylophasia rurea. May 29th ; Garadrina viorphcus, June 

 29th; G. alsines, July 20th; Taniocampa populeti, April 16th; 

 Tephrosia pimctularia, June 8th ; Acidalia sylvata, July 20th ; 

 Eupithecia linariata, July 10th; E. castigata, June 1st; E.minutata, 

 July 20th ; E. abbreviata, May 8th ; Triphosa dubitata, May 20th.— 

 F. A. Oldaker ; Haslemere, February 14th, 1910. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society op London. — Wcdtiesday, March 2nd, 

 1910. — Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — It was announced that the Society would be represented 

 at the forthcoming Jubilee Celebration of the Entomological 

 Society of Russia, by Dr. Malcolm Burr, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 &G., and that he would dehver an address of congratulation. — Mr. 

 John C. Eales-White, of 47, Chester Terrace, Eaton Square, S.W., 

 was elected a Fellow of the Society. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon ex- 



