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duced Cecidomyia salicis-siliqua , Walsh., the bud-galls Cecidomyia salicis- 

 strobiloides, Osten-Sacken. Mr. Cockerell expressed an opinion that from 

 the galls many Chalcids, including some rare species, would be reared, in 

 addition to the gall-makers. An exhibition of microscopical objects was 

 then given by Messrs. Collins, W. West, R. Adkin, T. K. Billups, 

 Cameron and others. 



March 12th. — The President in the chair. Messrs. A. E. Peake, of 

 Tooting ; and E. W. Sinclair-Cox, were elected members. Mr. Tutt ex- 

 hibited typical specimens of Agrotis obelisca, Hb., from Germany ; the 

 variety hastifera, Donz , from Hungary ; and some picked specimens 

 captured by Mr. A. J. Hodges in the Isle of Wight, of a different type to 

 the var. hastifera, but much nearer that than the typical obelisca. Mr. R. 

 Adkin, referring to a series of Mania typica which he exhibited, said that 

 the larvae were found last autumn, and were fed up in a warm room. The 

 majority pupated in November, and the imagines emerged in January and 

 February of the present year. He had found a similar method of forcing 

 the larvae of some species of Triphana equally successful, and he believed 

 that many other Noctuee whose larvae hybernated might be similarly treated 

 with good results, provided of course that the larvae could be induced to take 

 such food as might be obtained during the winter months. Mr. Gerrard 

 exhibited living larvae and pupae, with set examples of the imago, of a 

 species of Ephestia discovered in some old samples of rice. At present he 

 was unable to say where the moth came from, as the samples of rice were 

 from Japan, Java and Burmah, and these had unfortunately been mixed ; he 

 would, however, write to the merchant who had forwarded the samples, and 

 get further information. Mr. Mansbridge exhibited living larvae and 

 imagines of a Tineae found feeding in samples of fish-guano, and said that 

 the guano was brought from Brettesuaes, on the N.W. coast of Norway, 

 and was composed of the flesh and bones of small cod and herrings. The 

 larvae inhabited a tube or gallery which was formed of particles of the food 

 united with silk. In all the examples seen, these galleries were beneath 

 the surface, but before pupating the larva worked its way upwards and 

 pupated just below the surface. Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited a fine 

 collection of Coleoptera from the Columbian Republic. Mr. Billups, a 

 specimen of Ichneumon haglundi, Holmg., a species new to Britain, bred 

 by Mr. R. Adkiu, from a larva of Arctia fuliginosa, received from Scotland ; 

 a series of Apanteles emarginatus, Nees., bred from Gracillaria omisella, by 

 Mr. Elisha; a specimen of an Heraipteron of the genus Pentatonia, taken 

 alive in the Borough Market, from a package of West Indian bananas ; a 

 species of Chrysomelidae, found alive in a barrel of grapes from Malaga; and 

 a live female specimen of Bombus Latreillus, Kirby, found among lettuce 

 from the South of France. — H. W. Barker, Ron. Sec. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 February 20th, 1890. — J. A. Clark, F.E.S., President, in the chair. Mr. 

 C. B. Smith was elected a member of the Society. Mr. Whittle exhibited 

 three specimens of S. fagi from Epping. Mr. J. W. Tutt, the genus 

 Xanthia, including a long series of intermediate forms of X.fulvago, from 

 perfectly clear to very dark specimens ; also a selection of Agrotis tritici 

 from Deal, Aberdeen and Valais, exhibiting variation in ground colour 

 from pale whitish-grey to deep-brown and black, and the two marked forms, 

 (/<) with pale costa and median ncrvure, (b) without pale costa. In the 



