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addressed. ThuB, from one cause or another, friends were alienated, and many who 

 might have been on friendly terms with him, and have done him service when he 

 sorely required it, held aloof. "Alas, poor Yoriek!" Eequiescat! 

 His wife, two sons and two daughters, survive him. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 August 23rd, 1888.— T. R. Billups, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. A. Cruttwell, of Asaba, River Niger, West Coast of Africa, was elected 

 a Member. 



Mr. J. T. Williams exhibited nine specimens of Deilephila galii, Schiff., taken 

 by him at St. Margaret's Bay, and mentioned that Mr. Felix Oswald had taken 

 eight specimens in the same district. Mr. Wellman, bred examples of Heliaca 

 tenebrata, Scop., Eupithecia togata, Hb., Emmelesia unifasciata, Haw., Rodophaa 

 formosa, Haw., R. suavella, Zinck., R. advenella, Zinck., Sesia ichneumoniformis, 

 Hb., among which were three specimens having yellow bands ; he also showed a 

 melanio specimen of Venusia canibrica, Curt., from Sheffield. Mr. South, many 

 species and varieties taken in Sussex, among which was a variety of Arctia villica, 

 L., and an example of a Plusia, which might possibly be a variety of Plusia gamma, 

 L. Mr. Joy, Coremia designata, Hufn. Mr. Helps, Acontia luctuosa, Esp. Mr. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, Trichodes ornatus, Say, Chrysis pacifica, Say, and Cantharis 

 Nuttalli, Say, from Colorado, and notes were read relative to his exhibit. 



The Secretary also read the following communications from a note on the genus 

 Euchloe, and a short paper, entitled, " Can insects distinguish between red and 

 yellow P" in which he asked the Members to assist him with information as to 

 whether yellow insects showed a fondness or otherwise for pink flowers, and whether 

 the insects seemed aware of the difference between red and yellow. 



September 13th, 1888. — J. T. Carrington, Esq., E.L.S., Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



Mr. J. H. Keys, of Plymouth, was elected a Member. 



Mr. H. A. Auld exhibited a large number of Dicycla oo, L., taken at sugar on 

 August 10th last near Hayes. Mr. Bouttell, a fine variety of Melanippe sociata, 

 Bork, also many other species. Mr. Turner, a melanic specimen of Boarmia gem- 

 niaria, Brahm, v. ferfumaria, Newrn., taken near Ashdown Forest. Mr. Stringer, 

 species of Lepidoptera from Shenley, and remarked on the unusual abundance of 

 Ino statices, L., and Zygcena filipendulce, L. Mr. Croker, imagines and preserved 

 larvas of Smerinthus populi, L., and Panolis piniperda, Panz. Mr. Elisha, fine bred 

 series of the following Tortrices : Argyrolepia eeneana, Hb., A. zephyrana, Tr., 

 Eupoecilia atricapitana, St., E. amandana, H.-S., Retinia tunonana, Hb., Catoptria 

 Juliana, Curt., Phoxopteryx derasana, Hb., Ephippiphora trigeminana, St., and 

 Carpocapsa pomonella, Schiff., the last named bred from the berries of the white 

 beam tree ; also the following Tinea : Nematois fasciellus, Fb., Cerostoma horridella, 

 Tr., C. alpella, Schiff., (Ecophora unitella, Hb., Coleophora therinella, Tgst., and 

 Qelechia semideoandrella, Threlf., the last named bred from Cerastium tetrandrum, 

 Mr. Wellman, bred examples of Noctua sobrina, Grn.,' Plusia interrogation-is, L., 

 both from Perth, Dianthcccia irregularis, Hufn., from Cambridge, &c. Mr. South, 

 short series of Lyccena Icarus, Rott., from County Durham, which he said might be 



