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Tue Souta Lonpon Enromoxioeicat anp Naturat History Soctety. 
August 10th. New Memsrr.—Mr. H. M. Stewart, M.A., M.D., of 
Dulwich, was elected a member. 
ABERRATIONS oF H. LeUcoPpHAEARIA, ETc.—Mr. Leeds exhibited a series 
of Hibernia leucophaearia from Herts, with aberrations, including ab. 
merularia, together with a female Polyommatus icarus with paler to 
whitish areas. 
OccuRRENCE oF VESPA NORVEGICA IN SuRREY.—Dr. Chapman, a series 
of Vespa norvegica, which has this year occurred in some numbers near 
Reigate ; and also bred living specimens of Selenia bilunaria showing ~ 
both spring and summer forms from the same brood. 
Derats or Lirs-nistory or CicinpeLa camprstris. —Mr. Main, pupa 
of the tiger-beetle, Cicindela campestris, produced in one of his small 
observation cages. 
Deraits or Lire-HISTORIES OF SEVERAL SPECIES OF MicRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 
ptc.—Mr. Turner, the life-history of Coleophora nigricella on hawthorn ; 
the larval ‘‘ winter cots” of a species of Limenitis from N. America ; 
cocoons of Nepticula ewphorbiella from mined leaves of Huphorbia den- 
drotdes ; leaves of the cork tree, Quercus suber, with mines of the larva 
of Nepticula suberis; cocoons of Nepticula catharticella from mined 
leaves of Rhamnus alaternus; leaves of Quercus suber with mines of 
Nepticula suberivora ; and cococns and webs of the larve of Zelleria 
phillyrella among twigs of Phillyrea angustifoliella. These Micro- 
lepidoptera are some of the actual specimens referred to and described 
in Stainton’s “ Tineina of Southern Europe,” pp. 224-229. 
August 24th.—Dertaits or Lirs-nistorres—Mr. Main, (1) larva, 
pupa and imago of the water-beetle, Pelobius tardus ; (2) the curious 
result of an attack of fungus on a Syrphid fly ; (8) the ova of the Neu- 
ropteron Hemerobius concinnus. 
BRED SPECIES OF CLEORA AND AN ASYMMETRICAL XANTHORHOH.—Mr. 
Curwen, bred series of Cleora lichenaria and Cleora jubata (glabraria) 
from the New Forest. The larve of the latter species fed on a lichen, 
Cladonia. He also showed an asymmetrical example of Xanthorhoé 
fluctuata. 
Derairs or Lirz-HIstoRIES oF spECcIES oF Micro-LEPIDOPTERA.— 
Mr. Turner, details of the hfe-histories of some micro-lepidoptera :— 
(1) Mines of Lithocolletis lantanella in lauristinus ; (2) Pyramidal cones 
in oak leaves of larvee of Gracilaria alchimiella (swederella) ; (3) Gal- 
leries of larvee of Gelechia pinguinella (turpella) on poplar leaves ; (4) 
Mines of Lithocolletis leucographella in leaves of Crataegus pyracantha ; 
(5) The beautiful network cocoons of Hpiblemia strictellus ; and (6) 
Larval cases of a Coleophorid said to be Coleophora salinella from the 
seeds of Chenopodium maritimum. He also exhibited coloured figures 
of a dozen striking aberrations of Dryas paphia. 
ABERRATIONS OF A. conrpon.—Mr. H. Moore, Ayriades coridon ab. 
semisyngrapha and ab. roystonensis, with an asymmetrical male from 
Royston. 
ABERRATIONS oF A. cata.—Mr. Frohawk, a very rare form of Arctia 
caja, with the forewings uniformly chocolate, hindwings almost wholly 
black, with several others less striking, bred from larve taken in the 
Scilly Isles, 
