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were taken wild in Herts in 1913. — Dr. G. W. Nicholson, a specimen 

 of Pterostichus aterrimus, Pk., from Cloverhill, Co. Cavan. The only 

 other Irish record is from Co. Cork. — Mr. E. E. Green, a transfer 

 of a remarkable aberration of Telchinia viola, Fab., taken by Mr. G. 

 Halkett, in Ceylon. Also Jassidae from Ceylon, parasitised by an 

 undetermined species of Gonatopus. — The Kev. G. Wheeler, on 

 behalf of Miss Macbride, a number of living specimens of the 

 Longicorn beetle Acanthocinus cedilis, L., taken in a timber-yard at 

 Bow. — Dr. Longstaff, on behalf of Mrs. Waterfield, a box of Sudanese 

 Pierine butterflies taken by her, and on which she contributed notes. 

 — Prof. Poulton, a set of four males and one female, and another of 

 two males and one female, of Metriorrhynchus semiflabellatus, Thorns. 

 Both sets were captured at Moor Plantation, near Ibadan, S. Nigeria, 

 by Mr. Lamborn. Also the following insects, bred by Mr. W. A. 

 Lamborn from the nests of Hymenoptera-Aculeata at Moor Planta- 

 tion : — 1. A male Megachile cincta (Sept. 17th), and the Cantharid 

 beetle Zonitis eborina, Fahr. (Sept. 17th). 2. Odynerus sp. inc. 

 (Sept. 17th) ; the species exists unnamed in the collection of the 

 British Museum. 3. A female Mutilla floralis, Klug. — "This female 

 Mutillid emerged July 26th, from a mud nest, probably that of 

 Sceliphron spirifex, L., found July 14th." 4. Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) 

 sp. inc. (July 26th), Chrysis {Tetrachrysis) lyncea, F. (Aug. 3rd), and 

 Sceliphron spirifex, L., female (July 31st). All these insects emerged 

 at the recorded dates, from a mud nest of S. spirifex. — George 

 Wheeler, M.A., Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— September 25th.-— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Exhibition of lantern-slides by members as follows : — Mr. 

 C. B. Williams, an adult male Embiid, bred from a larva from 

 Algeria ; also a piece of bark showing the silky tunnels made by the 

 Embiid larva. — Mr. Dennis, flower groups in nature, and the fuller's 

 teazle growing and drying for use. — Mr. Main, details of the life- 

 history of the larch-sawfly, and gave an account of its habits at the 

 different stages. — Mr. Lucas, specimens of the local grasshopper, 

 Gomphocerus rufus, from Bookham Common, and also a bred female. 

 — Mr. Newman, Agriades coridon from Herts, including ab. semisyn- 

 grapha, and a female specimen with asymmetrical wings, the smaller 

 pair dusted with blue.- — Mr. Curwen, Brenthis euphrosyne from 

 several localities, those from the higher Alps being mostly large 

 and light in colour, instead of dark and small as usually stated.— 

 Mr. Moore, the aberration of Bumicia phlceas, captured during the 

 recent Field Meeting at Worms Heath. The upper and under side 

 of the forewings had much enlarged spots = ab. magnipuncta. — Mr. 

 West (Greenwich), a series of the Coleopteron, Dacne rufifrons, taken 

 from the fungus recently exhibited by Mr. Edwards, and a short 

 series of the beautiful Cassida vittata. — Several members reported 

 that Colias edusa had been seen in numbers at various places, 

 Boxhill, Margate, Folkestone, &c, and that C. hyale had been 

 taken. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Report. Sec. 



