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the insect in question was Vanessa Milberti, a well-known North American species, 

 of which he exhibited specimens from the Canadian North-West Provinces. Mr. C. 

 G-. Barrett exhibited the specimen of Plvsia moneta, Fab., taken near Reading by 

 Mr. Holland, and stated that in his opinion the species was moving northwards. 

 Mr. South, specimens of Noctua festiva, Hb., with varieties, and made remark 

 thereon. Mr. C. Fenn, Tryphcena comes, Hb., var. Curtisii, Newm., and dark forms 

 from Aberdeen, Agrotis simulans, Hufn., Acronycta euphorhice, F., Agrotis nigri- 

 cans, L., Sciaphila octomaculana, Haw., all from Shetland, and showing a melanic 

 tendency. Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Lieut. Brown, Agrotis simulans, Hufn., from 

 Portland, with Scotch examples for comparison. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, Colias 

 Eurytheme, Bdv., forms, (]) amphidusa, Bdv., (2) keewaydin, Edw., (3) Ariadne, 

 Edw., (4) Eriphyle, Edw., from the United States, and made remarks relative to his 

 exhibits. Mr. E. Joy, living larvae of Toxocampa pastinum, Tr., Mr. Tugwell, bred 

 specimens of Heliophohus hispidus, Hb., and said it was just possible in some of the 

 specimens to see a violet tinge. Mr. Hawes exhibited four specimens of Argynnis 

 Euphrosyne, L., bred from ova obtained from a female of the summer brood. Mr. 

 A. E. Cook, nests of Vespa sylvestris, from Bagshot, Surrey. Mr. Moore, an 

 interesting exhibit of nests and specimens of various species of wasp. Mr. T. R. 

 Billups, Epeolus productus, Thoms., taken at Chobham, a series of IchneumonidcB, 

 Trichoma enecator, Rossi, bred by Mr. Adkin from P. hastiana ; also male and 

 female of Pelecystoma lutea, Nees. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London: October 1st, 1890. — The Right Hon. 

 Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited, and read notes on, a long and varied series of 

 forms of Crymodes exuHs, collected in June and July last in Iceland. In reply to a 

 question by Lord Walsingham as to whether all the forms referred by Dr. Walker 

 to Crymodes exulis had been identified as belonging to that species, Mr. Kirby said 

 the species was very variable, and that several forms had been described from 

 Labrador and Greenland. Mr. South stated that he had examined Dr. Walker's 

 specimens, and he believed that most of the forms exhibited had been described by 

 Dr. Staudinger in his papers on the Entomology of Iceland. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited a specimen of Ornithomyia avicularia, L., taken near 

 Dartford, to which there were firmly adhering — apparently by their mandibles — 

 several specimens of a mallophagous insect. He also exhibited some specimens of 

 fragile iJiptera, Neuroptera, and Lepidoptera, to show that the terminal segments 

 in both sexes might be dissected off and mounted separately without the structures 

 suffering from shrivelling or distortion. Dr. Sharp also said, in reference to the 

 statement made by him, on p. 421 of his paper recently published in the " Trans- 

 actions " of the Society, as to the number of the segments of the abdomen, and the 

 position of the genital orifice in the female of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, that he had 

 recently been making some dissections, and found that the structures externally 

 were difficult of comprehension, and he now thought that the statement he had 

 made from observation, without dissection, might prove to be erroneous. 



Mr. Gr. F. Hampson exhibited and remarked on a series of Erehia melas, taken 

 in July last, in the Austrian Alps (Dolomites), by Mrs. Nicholls. Mr. Elwes 



