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Wept a pair of D. obscura, in cop., from the side of a dyke, serious 

 search began, and eventually I ran the insect down in a ditch near by. 

 The beetles were on and about the fiower-heads of Carex rostrata, and 

 by moving the Carex, etc., and looking in the water beneath, we each 

 took our series. I would, therefore, advise any coleopterist, who may 

 be looking for this beetle, to look out for Carex rostrata in flower, and 

 to examine the water beneath, as the insects drop readily, and can be 

 found on the surface of the water. It is of interest to record the fact 

 'that Mr. Balfour-Browne took a <? D. clavipes, in cop. with ? D. obscura. 

 This extends the knowledge of the distribution of this rare species 

 in Britain. Fowler gives Arundel; Mabberley, Cheshire and Scotland ; 

 and to this must be added West Meath and Cork, Ireland (Yerbury and 

 iKemp) ; Little Salkeld, Cumberland (Britten), and Sutton Broad, 

 iNorfolk (Balfour-Browne). — Horace Donisthorpe, F.E.S., 58, 

 ■Kensington Mansions, S.W. June 21st, 1906. 



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South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 June lAth, 1906. — Exhibits. — Euclidia mi and E. glyphica. — 

 Specimens taken recently in his own garden at Ashtead, Mr. West. 

 PiERis BRAssic^. — A batch of 39 pupfe, formed upon a tumbler, which 

 had been placed among the larvas in the breeding-cage. Light and 

 dark pupae were intermixed at random, Mr. A. Sich. Porrittia 

 galactodactyla. — Pup^ from Horsley, Mr. Carr. Pachetra leuco- 

 PH^A OVA. — Clusters of eggs found at night upon grass stems, with 

 the mother sitting just above them, Mr. Tonge. Phryxus livornica 

 AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS. — Several members reported the occurrence of 

 the species in Britain, and also of Pyrameis cardui and Plusia gamma 

 in some parts of the south, from whence they appeared to spread. 

 Raphidia notata and Panorpa germanica. — A J of the former taken 

 at the Black Pond, Esher, and a very sparsely marked example of the 

 latter captured at Haslemere, Mr. Lucas. 



City of London Entomological Society. — May 1st, 1906. — - 

 Exhibits. — -Preserved larvae of Acidalia degeneraria, Sesia chrysidi- 

 FORMis, and Melittea artemis, Eev. C. R. N. Burrows. Orgyia gong- 

 stigma. — First brood, bred from wild larvfe in July, 1905, and second 

 brood, which emerged in September and October of the same year, all 

 from the Essex locality, Mr. W. J. Kaye. Hybernia progemmaria var. 

 fuscata, and melanic Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria), both from Saltaire, 

 Mr. V. E. Shaw. The Rev. C. R. Burrows reported that he had bred 

 Celastrina argiolus this spring, from ova laid in the spring of last 

 year, the insects having passed the time of the autumn emergence. 

 June Ath, 1906. — ^^Exhibits. — Euvanessa antiopa, larvffi in the last 

 stadium, from the south of France, Dr. T. A. Chapman. Hemerophila 

 ABRUPTARiA. — A series darker than the usual London form bred from 

 light parents, themselves the offspring of a crossing between light and 

 dark forms, Mr. E. Harris. Plusia moneta. — A cocoon, about twice 

 the usual length, and open at both ends. Fidonia atomaria. — A 

 specimen with two extra rudimentary wings, Mr. C. P. Pickett ; Mr. 

 Pickett reported that he had obtained 50 ova from a pairing between 

 Smerinthus ocellata and Mimas tili^. June 18th, 1906. — Exhibits. — ■ 

 Pyrameis cardui. — Larva reared on burdock, which apparently bore out 

 the suggestion, made by Dr. Chapman, that the larva of this species is 

 more densely covered with hairs in the last stadium, when fed upon 



