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 NOVEMBER 9th, 1911. 



Mr. H. E. Page, F.E.S., of New Cross, and Mr. W. L. Coxheacl, 

 of Clapton, were elected members. 



Mr. R. South exhibited, on behalf of the Rev. A. P. "Waller, a 

 series (24 specimens) of a Leucania reared in 1911 from ova 

 deposited by a female favicnlor taken at sugar in a marsh, July, 1910, 

 in the Woodbridge district, Suffolk. Nine of the specimens agree 

 with the female parent, about twelve of the others are distinctly 

 referable to L. pallens, and the remainder are intermediate. 

 A female taken in the same marsh, June, 1907, and three of the 

 thirty moths that were reared in 1908 from the ova she deposited. In 

 this case the female parent was apparently pallens, but all the 

 progeny were favicolor, seven being of the yellow form — lutea, Tutt. 

 A series of L. pallens taken at sugar in 1911, at Waldringfield. 

 One of the specimens was very like favicolor, another was a good 

 example of ectypa, Hiibn., several were of a reddish tint, some had 

 the hindwings marked as in L. strauiinea. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited a long series of Pi/rameis cardui 

 reared from ova obtained from females captured at Folkestone, 

 September 2nd last. Some 500-600 ova were deposited, and 

 were at once brought into a hot-house, which was kept at a 

 temperature of about 80° in the day, going down to 66° or 70° 

 at night. The ova hatched about September 7th, and the larvjB 

 fed up very rapidly. Pupation began on September 30th and 

 continued for about a week; the first imago emerged on October 

 8th, and all were out by October 16th. The larvas were fed on 

 stinging nettle. The series showed a considerble variation, some 

 were abnormally pink, while a few were devoid of this colour, 

 the most noteworthy variation, however, was in the large white 

 apical spot being almost totally obscured with black scaling in 

 a few, while others had merely faint traces of this black scaling. 

 A few others showed minor variation, such as a small extra spot, 

 but the majority of the brood were normal specimens. 



Mr. W. J. Kaj^e exhibited three specimens of liiwilcia phlaas, 

 bred from ova laid by a female captured in his garden at Surbiton. 

 The larvas were kept in a hot-house and these three fed up in about 

 twenty-one days. 



Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited the following local species of 

 Diptera, all of which were new to the fauna list of North Kent : — 

 Syrp/iKs rittit/er, Zett., two males and one female, and Si/rphns 



