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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



JANUARY \2.th, 1888. 



T. R. BiLLUPS, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. F. W. Hawes, C. E. Runnacles,and A. E. D. Gould 

 were elected members. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited specimens of Cicadetta 

 montana, Scop., and stated that it was the only species of 

 Cicadidse that was found in Britain. It was not common, and 

 was almost confined to the New Forest, two or three being 

 taken yearly ; this year the Gullivers among them had taken 

 a dozen examples, all, with one exception, being females. The 

 capture of so many females, Mr. Weir thought, might be 

 explained by the males being more active than the females, 

 and thus being able to elude capture. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited specimens of Dimithcecia ccesia, 

 Bork., from Germany, and the var. manani, Gregson, from the 

 Isle of Man, for the purpose of comparison, and pointed out 

 that the Manx insect was dark slaty blue in colour, whilst the 

 German examples were pale bluish grey with a pale ochreous 

 grey central fascia ; further, the Continental specimens were 

 decidedly larger than the English examples, and altogether 

 appeared hardly referable to the same species. Also Con- 

 tinental examples of reputed and rare species of British 

 Lepidoptera, among which were Cloantha polyodojz, Clerck., 

 Acontia Solaris v. albicollis, Fb., Thalpochares parva, Hb., 

 Eulepia grarninica, L., Notodonta trilopJms, Fb., Bryopliila 

 algcs, Fb., and Lythria purpuraria, L. With reference to the 

 last-named, Mr. Tugwell said that it had no right to appear 

 in the British list, as there was not a single authentic record 

 of its capture in Britain. Mr. Carrington said that he knew 

 of two authentic examples of this species, one of which he saw 

 alive, and both were taken about seven miles from York, there 

 being an interval of eight or ten years between the times of 



