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Algae, Lichens, Fungi, Diatomaceie. There is also 

 a full set of the glass models, made by Bloscka, 

 which illustrate British mollusca, etc. The united 

 clubs then drove to Rolleston Hall, the residence 

 of Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., the High Sheriff, for 

 the purpose of inspecting the collections, first 

 made by the grandfather of the present baronet, 

 which have recently been re-organized. The chief 

 interest lay in the splendid collection of British 

 birds, Amongst the rarest of those obtained in 

 this county are peregrine falcons, rough-legged 

 buzzard, goshawk, golden oriole, black grouse (from 

 Cannock Chase), dotterel, spoonbill, shoveller, 

 Bewick's swan, and great northern diver. The 

 party was joined by the Rev. Canon Feilden, the 

 rector, who conducted them to see a very fine and 

 ancient preaching cross, which had been brought 

 from Need wood Forest. 



The South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society. — May 24th, 1894; 

 E. Step, Esq., President, in the chair. It was 

 announced that Mr. T. W. Hall, F.E.S., had been 

 elected a Vice-President in the place of the late 

 J. Jenner Weir. Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited a var. 

 of the underside of Lycana argiolus, having several 

 spots considerably lengthened into streaks and some 

 united; also a var. of Vanessa io, L., with the eye 

 only partially developed. Mr. Hall, a specimen of 

 Dicranura bkuspis, with its cocoon, and remarked 

 how closely the cocoon harmonised with the bark 

 of the tree where pupation occurred. Mr. Fremlin, 

 a large number of bred vars. of Vanessa itrtica, one 

 series being of premature varieties ; another showing 

 variation in number and size of the characteristic 

 spots in the centre of the fore wing, and ranging 

 from only one spot present to four blotches, and a 

 third series showed more or less suffusion of the 

 orange colouration ; one specimen was almost black. 

 Mr. Dennis, a number of similar vars. of the same 

 species, and one specimen having a perfect and 

 several an imperfect band on the upper wing. Mr. 

 R. Adkin, a long and variable series of Boarmia 

 cinctavia, bred from co. Cork ova, one extreme var. 

 having only a broad marginal dark band, a central 

 light band and a basal dark patch ; also living larvae 

 of the same species. Mr. Henderson, a specimen 

 of Maci'oglossa bombyliformis, Och., taken at Brocken- 

 hurst during Whitsuntide. Mr. Billups, the follow- 

 ing new and rare Diptera : Chortophila setaria, Mg., 

 from Dulwich ; Blepharoptera inscripta, Mg., from 

 Oxshot and Bromley; Heteromyza atricornis, Mg., 

 from Oxshot ; Hypostena medorina, Schnr., from 

 Oxshot; Lepsis punctual, F., and Callomyia amana, 

 Mg., both from Bromley ; also, on behalf of Mr. 

 Manger, a small collection of Australian Coleoptera 

 and Homoptera. Mr. Hamm, a series of Chryso- 

 phanus phlaas, L., vars., one being an intermediate 

 var. schmidtii; Agrotis saucia, Hb., all very light 

 and following the female form ; and other lepi- 

 doptera. Mr. Williams, a long bred series of Pieris 

 napi, L., showing extreme variation, and read a 

 short paper thereon. Mr. Sauze, insects taken at 

 Seal Chart during the Society's Field Meeting on 

 May 19th. Mr. Turner, two specimens of the rare 

 Homopteron, Centrotus cornutus,, taken by Mr. 

 Lewcock at the same place ; also specimens of 

 Helix lapicida, L., from Box Hill. Mr. Step, Helix 

 lapicida, L., Clausilia laminata, Mont., with var. 

 albinos, Mog., and var. pellucida, Jeff., Physahypnorum, 

 L., and a striking banded var. of Limnaa peregra, 

 Mull. Mr. Step read a paper entitled "Land Crabs." 

 —June 14th, 1S94. E. Step, Esq., President in the 

 chair. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited on behalf of Mr. 



Tug well, a series of vars. of Spilosoma lubricej 



the product of a cross between var. vadiata and var 

 fasciata, and read notes ; on behalf of Mr. R. A 

 Adkin, a very variable series of Cyclostoma elegans, 

 M till, taken during the Society's field meeting at 

 Reigate ; three specimens of hybernated Vanessa 

 antiopa, from Montreal, Canada, with pale margins; 

 a series of Asteroscopus nubeculosa, bred from 

 Rannock ova, and some of which had been in 

 pupae three years; also bred specimens of Aleucis 

 pictaria, from the New Forest. Mr. Frohawk, 

 on behalf of Mr. Fremlin, a var. of Apatura 

 iris, from Berlin, intermediate between the type 

 and var. iole, of Schiff ; on behalf of Mr. South, 

 a dwarf-captured specimen of Euchloe cardamines, 

 measuring only i£ inch in expanse, and another 

 specimen with the apical patch of two shades of 

 yellow ; also an ovum, in situ on a nettle leaf, 

 of Vanessa c-album, together with larvae of the 

 same species showing all five stages of growth. 

 Mr. Edwards, specimens of Pupil io priamus and 

 P. hewitsonii. Mr. West (Greenwich), specimens 

 of Cryptocephalus nitidulus and C. coryli, from 

 Box Hill; also two very rosy males of Smcrinthus 

 populi, which had been attracted by a bred female. 

 Mr. Filer, a long bred series of Smerinthus populi, 

 one male was of the female colouration. Mr. 

 Turner, a series of Cymatophora ridens from the 

 New Forest, a larvae of the same species and a 

 pupa of Melitia aurinia. Mr. Step, a series of Helix 

 rufesceus, Penn., hymneea peregra, Mull, var. 

 acuminata, from Epsom, and a side blown egg of 

 Helix pomatia, L., of which many were found at 

 Reigate. A long discussion ensued as to the 

 oviposition of this mollusc ; also the early stages 

 of growth of Osmunda regalis, with a series of 

 drawings enlarged to show details, and described 

 the gradual development at length. The report of 

 the Field Meeting at Reigate was then read. — 

 Hy.J. Turner (Hon. Report Sec). 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



R. M. Soulby (Liverpool).— We submitted your slide to 

 Mr. H. Morland, who very kindly examined it for us, and 

 reported that your diatoms appear to be from the deposit of 

 Abashiri, in Japan, described in the third part of Dr. F. 

 Pantocock's Bcitrasc :::;■ Kentniss der Fosstlen Bacill 



