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City of London Entomological Society. — September Ath, 1906. — 

 Exhibits. — Papilio podalarius larvae in ultimate and penultimate 

 stadia, from Switzerland. Lasiocampa quercCs. — A normal specimen, 

 bred from a larva which had been subjected to a pressure of about 

 40 atmospheres for several periods of about one hour, Mr. A. Bacot. 

 Lampides boetica and Aricia idas from North Spain, the latter having 

 been hitherto recorded only from the Sierra Nevada, Dr. T. A. Chapman. 

 Boletobia fuliginaria, taken in St. Katherine's Docks in July, 1906, 

 Mr. J. A. Clark. Abraxas sylvata. — A long and variable series, 

 including many clouded forms, from Bucks. Angerona prunaria, a 

 hermaphrodite specimen, Mr. C. P. Pickett. Notodonta trepida, bred 

 from New Forest ova, Mr. V. L. Shaw. September 18th. — Daphnis 

 NERii. — A larva in first stadium, the caudal horn being half the length 

 of the body, Mr. A. Bacot. Amphidasys betularia, J , densely black 

 spotted, bred from a Mucking larva. Tapinostola fulva var. concolor, 

 Laphygma exigua. — Both taken at Mucking, and a bred specimen of 

 Melanippe unangulata, having the white central band on forewing 

 largely suffused with brown, Eev. C. R. N. Burrows. Argynnis 

 aglaia. — An aberration closely resembling A. adippe owing to the 

 marginal band being but lightly marked, especially as regards the 

 intramarginal black lines, Mr. G. G. C. Hodgson. Ennomos autum- 

 NARiA. — A specimen heavily suffused with dark scales, bred from wild 

 parents. Laphygma exigua. — A series taken recently in the Isle of 

 Wight. Ematurga atomaria. — Melanic forms bred from Bury, 

 Lancashire, and a long series of Brephos notha which had passed 

 three years in pupa, Mr. L. W. Newman. Eupithecia ?. — A series 

 beaten from juniper near Dorking, which the exhibitor considered 

 referable to E. satyrata, but had at first believed it to be E. helveticaria 

 var. arceuthata, Mr. L. B. Prout. Pachetra leucoph^a. — -Taken at 

 sugar in East Kent. Abraxas grossulariata. — An aberration in which 

 the marginal spots on hindwing were absent, Mr. V. L. Shaw. 

 Second broods. — Mr. L. W. Newman reported that larvffi of Boarmia 

 repandata reared on birch had this year produced a second brood in 

 September, while others, fed on hawthorn, had made very little 

 progress. Also that of about 100 pupae of Drepana falcula 50 emerged 

 in April, the rest in June. Cyaniris argiolus, partial third brood. — 

 The Eev. C. R. N. Burrows stated that from larvffi of Cyaniris argiolus 

 which he had collected from ivy blossoms at Mucking, about August 

 24th, he had bred a male of the third brood, and the Rev. G. H. 

 Raynor a female which had the form of the spring brood. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — September IQth. — Aberrations of Calymnia trapezina. — Mr. Goulton 

 exhibited a long series of Calymnia trapezina from the New Forest, 

 the only species met with in several nights' sugaring in August. 

 Many were ab. rufa and a few ab. ochrea. Adop^a lineola at 

 Gravesend. — Mr. Bellamy, series of Adopaea lineola captured at 

 Gravesend. Hadena contigua, etc, from the New Forest. — Messrs. 

 Harrison and Main, long bred series of Hadena contiyua and Coremia 

 unidentaria from the New Forest. Aberrations of Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata AND Hybernia marginaria. — Mr. Barnett, (1) very dark bred 

 examples of Abraxas c/rossulariata from Greenwich larva, one of which 



