138 THE entomologist's record. 



Continental Lepidoptera. — Mr. H. J. Turner, (1) a long series of 

 Zygaena rhadaiiianthiis from Hyeres, with ab. cingnlata ; (2) a series of 

 Abraxas pantaria, a species formerly held as British, closely resembling 

 A. sylvata. ' i 



Mycetozoa. — Mr. H. Main, the Mycetozoa, Badhainia utricnlaris on 

 decaying sticks from Epping Forest. 



Melanic Le^'idoptera. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited very dark 

 specimens of Drepana binaria and Taeniocampa instabilis just bred 

 from Surrey larvtn. 



Melanic H. defoliaria. — Mr. Bowman, a melanic Hibernia defoli- 

 aria with pure white cilia from Epping Forest. 



Libyan Orthoptera. — Mr, Moore, Pyrrhocoris aegypticus (Hem.), 

 a Tnixalh, a Mantis, and other Orthoptera from the Libyan Desert. 



Aberration of H. fuciformis. — Mr. Barnett, a bred Homaris fiici- 

 forinis from Horsley, with very narrow wings and aberrant markings. 



A Gynandromorph. — Mr. Tatohell, a Pyrameis atalanta with a discal 

 blue patch, and a gynandromorph Polyommatus icarus. 



Hymenoptera. — Lieut. L. A. Box, various Hymenoptera and their 

 associates, prey, etc., with notes on their habits, including Cerceris 

 arenaria, Vespa norvegica, Crabrn capitosus, Mellinns arvensls, Synto- 

 III asp is cyanea, etc. 



Exotic Lepidoptera. — Mr. Edwards, S. American Nyiiqjhalidae, 

 including ClotJdla insignis, etc. ■ 



Melanic H. progemmaria.— Mr. Tonge, a coal black female of 

 Hibernia progemmaria var. fnsca. 



April lOtfi. — A RARE BOOK. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited a copy of 

 Panzer's Symbolae Entomologiae (quarto 1802) with some fine plates 

 of the Lamellicornia (Col.). 



Exhibition and Discussion of Acidalia marginepunctata. — The 

 remaining exhibits were sjjecimens and series of Acidalia margine- 

 pnnctata by Messrs. E. Adkin, Buckstone, Tonge, Ashdown, Mera, 

 Bowman, and B. Adkin, in illustration of the paper on this read by 

 Mr. R. Adkin. In the ensuing discussion the consensus of opinion 

 was that the species was a coast insect and found, as a rule, only very 

 sparingly inland. 



Seasonal Notes. — Reports of the season were made by several 

 members. Most species were late in appearance, although a few were 

 quite up to their usual date. Celastrina argioliis had been seen, 

 Brephos parthenias and Oonepteryx rhainni had been abundant locally. 

 Vegetation was generally backward. 



April 24«/i. — X. coNSPiciLLARis. — Mr. Newman, a living female 

 Xylomiges conspicillaris from Worcester, and a Cassida viridis (Col.) 

 found on a thistle recently. 



Exotic lepidoptera. — Mr. Bunnett, a Papilio deinoleus from S. 

 Africa and a Catagraiiuiia sp. Mr, Edwards, Papilio cenea {iiierope) 

 from S. Africa and several forms of the female. 



Biological Note on T. bistortata. — Mr. Buckstone reported that 

 at Horsley he had met with a number of females of Tephroda bistor- 

 tata with ovipositors extended in crevices of bark in almost dying 

 condition on a morning after an usually cold night. 



