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to breed as I have. The nymphs mostly thrive until the time comes 

 for emergence, then, after several days' waiting for the great event, 

 they disappear. They die, of course, but I can seldom, in fact 

 hardly ever, find the dead bodies. Do they descend into the mud 

 bottom and die there? I have got a few of these iiQOst beautiful of 

 all British insects to come out ; but only a very small percentage of 

 the nymphs I have taken. So much so that I begin to doubt whether 

 it is justifiable to take the nymphs. It seems idle to take tiiem if 

 they are only going to die in the nymph stage. One point occurs. 

 I have taken these nymphs only in running water. Is it possible 

 that they can live but with difficulty in still water? — Harold 

 Hodge ; 9, Highbury Place, London, N., August 16th, 1914. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— J';^% 23)r/.— The President in the chair.— Mr. Newman 

 exhibited larvae of Celerio cjallu reared from ova, and a larva of 

 Jochecera alni. — Mr. West, a weevil found in papers from South 

 Africa. — Mr. Curwen, a dwarf Polyommatus icarus measuring 20 mm. 

 in expanse, from Piggott's Hole. — Mr. Morford, a bred series of 

 Syntomis 'pliegea from ova laid by a female taken at Iselle. — Mr. 

 Main, small Psychid larvge, in their little cases, which had emerged 

 from a large case (cocoon) from Lugano, with some larvae of the fire- 

 fly Luciola italica. — Mr. Blair, bred specimens of the beetles Crioceris 

 lilii {merdigera, F.) and of C. merdigera {brunnea, F.), the larvae of 

 the former on lilies, of the latter on black bryony.— Mr. Priske, living 

 larvffi and pupae of the beetle Melasoma jJop^di.—Mv. Morford, the 

 large Saturniids Philosamia cyntlua and Anthenm fernc]ji. — Mr. 

 Step, on behalf of Mr. West (Greenwich), a large mass of aberrant 

 growth of twigs of willow, apparently caused by a species of gall. 



August 13^/i.— The President in the chair.— Mr. Edwards, the 

 large Saturniids Anthercea _^jftj3/iia, Automeris illnstris, Citheronia 

 magnifica, Samia angnlifera, S. promethea, the Sphingids Oxyambukjx 

 stibstrigilis and Psilogramma menephron, and Eribomorphaftdgurita. — 

 Mr. Newman, the pink form of Neuria reticidata from the coast of 

 County Cork, and two forms of the pupa of Selenia lunaria, the 

 chocolate-coloured hibernating one and the bright green second brood 

 one. — Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a large Psychid larva, which fed on sea grape 

 and sweet lemon. — Mr. Curwen, fine series of Apatuva iris, A. ilia 

 with ab. chjtie, ab. iliades, ab. pallescens, kc, from Samoussy, near 

 Laon. — Mr. C. B. Wilhams, living larvae of Saturnia pyri from Syria, 

 and reported finding a mite, Eriophyes, in the willow galls exhibited 

 at the last meeting. — Mr. Main, a living pupa of S. pyri from Lugano, 

 and eggs of Asccdapilms from South France. — Mr. Dennis, Centaurea 

 solstitialis, a rare alien plant from Cobham, Kent. — Dr. Chapman, 

 the cases of a Psychid, Oreopsychc p>yrcnalla, from Gavarnie, Pyrenees, 

 and gave notes on the life-history of the species. The male moults 

 twice at pupation, the female only once. 



Auguk llth.—lsii'. A. E. Gibbs, Vice-President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. F. W. Hall, aberrations of Polyommatus icarus from Hertford 



