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mud-wasp, Sceliphron latus, with its nest, from West Australia. — Mr. 

 R. Adkin exhibited specimens of Eupithecia dodoneata from East- 

 bourne, taken on the cliffs, and, commenting on their occurrence so 

 far from the nearest oak-trees, suggested that their food-plant had 

 been the evergreen oak, which grew somewhat near where they were 

 taken ; he also showed a series of E. oblongata, bred from flower- 

 heads of Centaurea at Eastbourne. — Mr. Sich, cases of Coleophora 

 albicosta, found on a furze-bush in Surrey ; and also the larvae of 

 Pararge mora from ova, and feeding on Poa annua, but only in the 

 early morning and in the evening. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Rep. Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — Julg 1st, 1907. — Mr. R. S. 

 Searle in the chair. — Mr. Hubert Langley reported finding Stauropus 

 fagi in Princethorpe Woods, near Leamington, on June 15th and 

 22nd last. This was the first certain record in the county. Also at 

 the same place, Larentia silaceata, Boartnia roboraria, and Lymantria 

 monacha. He also showed males of Dasychira pudibunda, taken on 

 the wing one night in the same wood, and said that on that night 

 they were quite common. — Mr. R. S. Searle showed bred Chcerocampa 

 elpenor from Wicken, together with a hymenopterous parasite from 

 same, probably Protichneurnon laminatorius. — Mr. J. T. Fountain, 

 another ichneumon which he had bred, also from elpenor, one of the 

 large red species ; Mr. Fountain showed also a bred series of Anger una 

 prunaria, including all its forms. — Mr. Langley, a number of cocoons of 

 a hymenopterous parasite bred from larva? of Geometra papilionaria. — 

 Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



City of London Entomological Society. — September 3rd, 1907. — 

 Mr. A. J. Wightman, of Lewes, was elected a member of the Society. 

 — Mr. S. J. Bell exhibited Zygoma trifolii-major from North Cornwall, 

 end of July, 1907 ; in most of the specimens the spots were more or 

 less confluent, while in one instance they were merged into one large 

 blotch occupying two-thirds of the wing area. — Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, 

 larvae of Hemithea thymiaria, feeding on thyme ; also Orthosia upsilon 

 ab. nigrescens (Tutt), Grammesia trilinea ab. obscura (Tutt), and Xylo- 

 phasia monoglypha ab. infuscata (White), all from Mucking. — Mr. J. A. 

 Clark, Dryas paphia reared from valezina ova ; of twelve specimens 

 bred five were valezina. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, Zygoma trifolii-major 

 from Norfolk Broad, late July, 1907, mostly with confluent central 

 spots. — Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor, larvae and pupae of Nemeobia lucina 

 reared from ova laid by a West Horsley female. — Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, 

 a long series of Spilodes palealis taken at Dover between July 24th 

 and August 3rd, 1907; also Polyommaius jrfilaws var. intermedia from 

 Reigate, and Chxrocampa porcellns with right wings of normal southern 

 coloration and left wings of almost unicolorous yellowish shade often 

 seen in northern specimens. — Mr. C. P. Pickett, a yellow Callimorpha 

 dominula from Deal, and Lycama alexis ab. obsoleta from Clandon. — 

 Mr. J. Riches, Abraxas grossulariata from North London, with wings 

 thickly " powdered " with black scales. — S. J. Bell, Hon. Sec. 



On the Rearing of Papilio podalirius. — The name of the writer 

 of the note on this subject (ante, p. 211), there omitted, is Francis T. 

 Gilliat, Forest Dene, Worth, Sussex. 



