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SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 July 25th. — Mr. E. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the chair. — Mr. Newman 

 exhibited a long bred series of Arctia villica from larva? collected in 

 North Kent, and including a number of asymmetrical forms with 

 aberrant markings. — Mr. R. Adkin, the coleopteron Anobium panaceum , 

 which had been found destructive to sample packets of tobacco. — Mr. 

 Sich, a specimen of Tortrix pronubana, taken in his garden at Chiswick. 

 — Mr. South, a short series of Abraxas sylvata, including some curiously 

 clouded forms. — Mr. West (Greenwich), three rare species of Hemiptera 

 from the New Forest, Esycorus ceneiis, Corixus maculatus, and Lopus gothi- 

 cks. — Mr. Step, photographs of Lepidoptera at rest, taken during the 

 field-meeting of the Society at Box Hill. — Mr. Clark, an unusually pink 

 form of Amorpha populi. 



August 8th. — President in the chair. — Mr. South exhibited a hybrid 

 specimen of Malacosoma, M. castrensis x M. neustria, and read notes. — 

 Mr. Montgomery, a bred specimen of Toxocampa craccce from North Corn- 

 wall. — Mr. Newman, an exceptionally pink form of Saturnia carpini, a 

 very dark form of Smerinthus ucellatus, a dark bred Arctia caja, living larva? 

 of Ennomos autumnaria from Dover, and a cocoon of Anthrocera Jilipen- 

 dulce, from which the pupa had been extracted by birds. — Mr. Goulton, 

 a female of the sawfly, Sirex gigas, from Sutton. — Mr. Sich, the egg- 

 shells, mines, cocoon and imago of Cemiostoma laburnella from Chiswick. 



August 22nd. — President in the chair. — Mr. Harrison exhibited 

 series of Hyria muricata (auroraria) from Wicken and the New Forest, 

 and made remarks on the variation of the species. — Mr. Tonge, the 

 living larva of Saturnia pyri, from Continental ova and lame of 

 Di pterygia scabriuscula from ova laid by a female taken at Reigate. — 

 Mr. Newman, a larva of Dicranura bicuspis from Tilgate Forest, and 

 pointed out the difference from D. bifida. — Mr. Turner, specimens from 

 West Australia, including (1) Delias aganippe ; a brilliant Pierid — 

 Apina callisto ; a Noctuid moth — Lycmiesthes inuus ; the Pyrale Mecyna 

 polygonalis ; and the two Tineids, Cryptolechia alveola and Tinea 

 ciathrata. (2) Three cases of a large species of Psychid, (Eceticus 

 sp. ?, made of short twigs, with a number of parasites of the genus 

 Bassus, which had emerged from one case. (3) Examples of the 

 Coccus, males, called the " Paradise fly." (4) A series of the males 

 of the Lamellicorn beetle Wiipidocera fenwrata, with beautifully 

 developed antenna?. (5) A specimen of Helaus femoratus, a Tene- 

 brionid with curiously developed margins to the thorax and elytra ; 

 and (6) a Gordius worm extracted from the abdomen of an Erebia 

 ligea, taken on the Rigi, Switzerland, on August 29th. — Mr. Moore, 

 numerous species of Lepidoptera taken during a short trip to Wimereux, 

 and read notes on the exhibit, which included Anthrocera trifolii, 

 Melanaryia galatea, and A. meliloti. — Dr. Chapman, a specimen of 

 Lycana eumedon from Gavarnie, Pyrenees, apparently an extreme form 

 of the ab. subradiata ; and a specimen of L. argus (agon) with unusually 

 well-marked spot variation on the under side. — Mr. Rayward, living 

 larva? of Cucullia lychnitis, and remarked on a curious colour differ- 

 ence between larva? captured and those from ova in captivity. — Mr. 

 Turner, larva? of C. verbasci and C. lychnitis, and pointed out the 

 difference in markings. He also showed a specimen of the large 



