250 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



T. R. Billups exhibited four species of Diptera, whicli he believed to bo 

 respectively Oxycera tcrmlnata, Meg., Pipizella annuLata, Meg., Clidot/astra 

 punctipes, Meg., aud Oxyphora arnicce, L., talien at Uxshott, Surrey, on 

 the 11th July last. He meutioned that all ol them were recorded in Mr. 

 Verrall's list ouly as " reputed British." He also exhibited a specimen of 

 Hypoderma hovis, Deg., taken at Plumstead on the ;iyth July last. Dr. D. 

 (Sharp exhibited several species of J^'orhculidse, aud called attention to the 

 diverse conditions of the parts representing the wings in the apterous 

 forms. Mr. H. Goss exhibited living larvae of Scoria dealbata, reared 

 from ova. They were feeding on Polygonum aviculare, but not very freely ; 

 Brachypodiwn sylvaticum had been named as a food-plant for this species, 

 but he did not find that the larvae would eat this or any other grass. The 

 Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited, and read notes on, a collection of Lepidoptera, 

 Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, and Diptera, which he had recently 

 made in Norway. Mr. Champion, Mr. Billups, and Mr. M'Lachlan took 

 part in the discussion which ensued. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Sooiett. — 



August %lth, 1891. — The President in the chair. Mr. Tugwell exhibited 



a series oi Bryophila perla, Fb., from Kent, showing great variation, those 



from Deal being the orange form ; and particular attention was called to 



some specimens collected by Mr. Austin at Folkestone, in which the usual 



white colour of the wings was replaced by a dark greenish shade. Mr. 



Tugwell also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. E. Robson, of Hartlepool, 



LyccEtia astrarche, Bgstr., collected at Durham, and showing the species in 



all its forms — vars. salmacis, St., and artaxerxes, Fab., with intermediate 



forms. Mr. S. Edwards, the genus Charaxes; and read notes on the 



distribution of the species, and descriptions of the larvae and pupae. 



Mr. J. H. Carpenter, under sides of Thecla ruhi, L., bred from pupae, and 



being strongly marked with white spots ; he also showed Eugonia quercinaria, 



Hufn., bred from ova, which were unusually dark. Mr. Frohawk, Pieris 



napi, L., from different localities, and three females showing gradations in 



the formation of an additional spot between the third and fourth nervules ; 



one male entirely white ; pale and dusky forms of the female ; and a banded 



form of Pararge megcera, L., taken at Chattenden, 1861. Mr. Mera, living 



larvae of Acronycta tridens, Schiff. Mr. West (Streatham), the Lewes form 



of Gnophos obscuraria, Hb. ; also an example of Ncenia typica, with two 



tibiae aud tarsi on the left front femur. Mr. Turner, bred series of Pelurgia 



comitata, L., and of Hypsipetes sordidata, Fb., the latter showing red, pale, 



dark, and banded forms ; he stated that the larvae had been fed on a mixed 



diet. Mr. Turner also exhibited a living larva of Stauropus fagi, L. Mr. 



C. Fenn, Odontia dentalis, Schiff. (bred from Echium), Hyria muricata, 



Hufn., Anerastia lotella, Hb., Gramhus uliginosellus, Zell., C. contaminellus, 



Hb., and Sericoris conchana, Hb., from Deal and neighbourhood. Mr. H. 



A. Sauze, a case of Coleoptera, containing twenty-six species. Mr. Billups, 



British Diptera, including Nemorcea strenua, Meig., from Oxshott, Eristalis 



sepulchralis, L., a male, taken at Plumstead ; also a female of the rare 



Hypoderma bovis, Deg., Plnjtomyza aquilegice, Hardy, reared with its 



parasite Ehizarcha areolaris, Nees, from leaves of the columbine growing 



m his garden at Peckham. Mr. Billups also exhibited Polysphincta varipes, 



Gr., and a cocoon of Attacus cecropia from New York State, received from 



Mr. Turner, and from which he had bred forty-eight specimens of a species 



of Cryptus, closely allied to the British Cryptus digitatus, Gmel. 



