264 [November, 1894. 



Entomological Society of London : October Zrd, 1894.— The Eight Hon. 

 LoED Walsingham, M.A., LL.D., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Alick Marshall, of Bexley, Kent, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 

 Mr. W. F. H. Blandford exhibited specimens of a sand-flea, chigoe or nigua; 

 received from Mr. Szigetvary, of the Imperial Maritime Customs, China, who had 

 found them in the ears of sewer-rats trapped at Ning-po. [_Vide Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 ante pp. 228 — 230. — Eds.]. Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. McLachlan, Lord Walsingham, 

 Mr. Champion, Mr. J. J. Walker, Mr. Bari'ett, and others, took part in the discussion 

 which ensued. 



Mr. P. C. Adams exhibited a specimen of Mallota eristaloides, a species of 

 Diftera new to Britain, taken by himself in the New Forest on the 20th July last. 

 He said that the species had been identified by Mr. Austen, of the British Museum, 

 and that he had presented the specimen to the National Collection. Mr. Verrall 

 made some remarks oil the species, and on the distribution of several allied species 

 in the United Kingdom. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited specimens of a form of Zygcena exulans, well scaled, and 

 with the nervures and fore-legs of a decidedly orange colour, collected during the 

 last week in July by Dr. Chapman in the La Q-rave district of the Alps, at a con- 

 siderable elevation ; also specimens of the same species taken by Dr. Chapman near 

 Cogne, and another locality, which were less well scaled. He also exhibited 

 Scotch specimens for comparison, and stated that he was of opinion that the 

 latter were probably as thickly scaled as the Continental ones, but that, owing 

 to the differences in the climate of Scotland and Switzerland, collectors had fewer 

 opportunities of getting the Scotch specimens in good condition. 



Mr. P. M. Bright exhibited a remarkable series of varieties of Arctia menthastri 

 from N. Scotland, also series of Liparis monacha (including dark varieties) and 

 Soarmia rohoraria from the New Forest ; Zygcena exulans, from Braemar ; Noctua 

 glareosa, from Montrose and the Shetlands ; Agrotis pyrophila, from the Isle of 

 Portland, and Pitcaple, N.B. ; red varieties of Tceniocampa gracilis ; and a specimen 

 of Sterrha sacraria, taken at light, at Mudeford, in October, 1893 ; also living larvse 

 of JEulepia cribrum. 



Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited a living specimen of a large species of Flea, which 

 he believed to be Systricopsylla talpce, Curtis, taken at Hartlip, Kent. Mr. Verrall 

 and the Chairman made some remarks on this and allied species. 



Mr. K. J. Morton communicated a paper, entitled, " Palsearctic NemourcB." 

 Lord Walsingham read a paper, entitled, " A Catalogue of the Pterophoridce, 

 Tortricidce, and Tineidcs of the Madeira Islands, with Notes and Descriptions of 

 New Species." In this paper sixty-six species of Lepidoptera belonging to these 

 Families were recorded as occurring in the Madeiras, of which thirty were noticed 

 as peculiar to the Islands, twelve as common to the Madeiras and Canaries, of which 

 two were not known as occurring elsewhere, and one extends its range only to North 

 Africa. Over thirty species were added to the list, and one new genus, seven new 

 species, and two new varieties were desci'ibed. Mr. Jacobyand Mr. Bethune-Baker 

 made some remarks on the species and their geographical distribution. 



Mr. Blandford read a paper, entitled, "A Supplementary Note on the Scolytida 

 of Japan, with a List of Species." — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



