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male and female of B. colpopJiorus, Wesm., not at all a common species ; 

 B. fuscicoxis, Wesm. ; B. stahlis, Wesm., both sexes, and which Mr. 

 Marshall says is uncommon ; also several specimens of B. reyularis, Wesm., 

 which seemed to me to be fairly plentiful, although Mr. Marshall, in his 

 * Monograph,' speaks of only two males as being taken by himself, while 

 Mr. Fitch has taken females at Maldou. — T. K. Billups. 



Beacon ostmaelii, Wesmael. — This is another previously unrecorded 

 species, taken by myself at Oxshott, in the month of July of last year. It 

 is only right to say that this species has been known as British to the Rev. 

 T. A. Marshall for several years past, but, like the preceding species, has 

 been reserved with a number of other things to be described in a Supple- 

 ment to his valuable ' Monograph,' whenever that may be called for. 

 Amongst other good things taken at the same place were a male and female 

 of B. roherti, Wesm., and a solitary female of Cheloims latrunciUus, 

 Marshall.— T. R. B. 



Erratum. — Page S5l, for " Tortrix tenehrata" read " Heliaca 

 tenehrata" 



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South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 July ^7th, 1893. — J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. A. Robinson exhibited a magnificent series of Calliviorpha hera, L., 

 bred from ova obtained from a female captured in Devonshire in August, 

 1892. - He pointed out that the hind wings showed three distinct varieties 

 of coloration, namely, the typical scarlet, the var. lutescens, and an inter- 

 mediate orange colour, the relative numbers of each being about equal ; he 

 also mentioned that among those he bred a large number were deformed 

 in the hind wings, and principally in the left one. Mr. Robinson also had 

 two specimens of Dicranura hicuspis, Bork., from Tilgate Forest, in one of 

 which the dark colour was absent from the central fascia and apical patch, 

 thus giving the insect a remarkably pale appearance. Mr. Turner 

 exhibited a fine series of Pemp)elia jjalumbella, Fb., from Oxshott ; also a 

 few extreme forms of Thera variata, Schiff., bred from various suburban 

 localities, one being almost unicolorous, and T. firmata, Hb., &c. Mr. 

 Dennis, a box of Thecla betulce, L., bred at the end of June, from larvae 

 taken in Epping Forest, one having the orange baud somewhat smaller 

 than usual. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a short series of Smerinthus popuU, 

 L., bred from larvae taken last autumn in Sutherlandshire ; the majority of 

 the specimens were of the usual Scotch form, but in one the prevailing 

 colour was a pinkish grey, and closely resembled two others from the New 

 Forest and Lewisham respectively, which were shown for comparison ; also 

 three Smerinthus ocellatus, L., bred from larvae found in his garden at 

 Lewisham, one of them having the ground colour unusually pale, thus 

 giving the insect a particularly bright appearance. Mr. Barrett exhibited 

 the larvae belonging to the Diurnea group, referred to by him at the last 

 meeting, and made some comments thereon. These larvae, if not actually 

 still alive, were in a state of very fresh preservation, and Mr. Weir said he 

 thought there was hardly any doubt about their having been stored by one 

 of the mason wasps, as food for its young. Mr. H. Williams exhibited five 

 pupae of Leucophasia sinap)is, L., for the purpose of showing the gradual 

 development of the perfect insect, and mentioned that the black tip showed 



