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Then, again, the colour of this specimen is of a more smok}'- 

 grey tone than is usual, suggesting the possibility of its being 

 a good deal worn, although the borders of the wings appear 

 to be perfect. We have no knowledge, so far as I am aware, 

 that this species is given to migration, but all circumstances 

 considered, I am more inclined to accept that as an expla- 

 nation of the specimen being found in the position where it 

 was taken, than that it had bred wild in the neighbourhood, 

 or had been reared in captivity and turned out. It would, 

 however, be interesting to know whether anyone had 

 liberated specimens near the place and time of the capture." 



Mr. Adkin also exhibited specimens of Scopitla dccrcpitalis, 

 taken near Rannoch in June last. 



Mr. A. W. Buckstone exhibited a lichen {Evernia prunastri) 

 Irom Salisbury Plain. It was found growing on larch, of 

 which there was a plantation of about an acre in extent, said 

 to have been planted twelve years ago. Every tree appeared 

 to be more or less covered with the lichen, and about a third 

 of their number had died, the remainder having only the 

 topmost branches showing green foliage. Mr. Step remarked 

 that the lichen was not a parasite, nor was it presumably 

 the cause of the death of the trees. 



Mr. Buckstone also wished to place on record the finding of 

 Nocttia xantlwgrapha, male, and Luperinn testacca, female, in 

 cop., at Richmond Park on September 27th, 1909. They 

 remained paired for four days, when they were forcibly 

 parted. L. tcstacea died within twelve hours without having 

 deposited ova. 



Mr. Sich exhibited on behalf of Mr. E. D. Green, who was 

 unable to be present, six specimens of Depressaria ptitrtdclla, 

 Schiff., a species which is new to Britain. Mr. Green dis- 

 covered this pretty addition to our fauna in 1906, at Whit- 

 stable. One specimen was known to the Vienna entomolo- 

 gists in 1776, and another was taken by Mann near that town 

 some time previous to 1854. About 1865 the larvae were 

 discovered at Regensburg and afterwards in other parts 

 of Germany, and also near Paris and in the South of France. 

 This species has probably long been an inhabitant of Britain, 

 but from its retiring habits has been overlooked. The early 

 British writers mention a putridella, but their descriptions 

 show their insect to have been a form of D. yeatiana. By 

 his discovery Mr. Green has earned our congratulations. 

 (See " Ent. Record," vol. xxi, p. 221, pi. xv.) 



Mr. Step communicated the report of the Field Meeting 

 held at Oxshott on October 9th (see p. 94). 



