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are contributed by Mr. P. Cameron, F.E.S. ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiii. 

 r 93)- 



Tapinoma melanocephalum. For., an ant new to this country, was 

 found by Mr. T. R. Billups in the Palm House at Kew Gardens, 

 and exhibited by him at our meeting on March ioth (see also 

 Entom. xx. 184). 



Strongylogaster macula, Klug., a species that appears not to have 

 been previously noted in England, is identified by Mr. P. Cameron 

 from a specimen taken by Mr. McLachlan, in his garden at 

 Lewisham, in June last ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 45). 



Lepidoptera : — 



Parnassius delius, Esq. : the capture of a specimen of this butterfly 

 by Mr. E. W. Schwartz near Bangor, North Wales, in September, is 

 reported by Mr. E. Merywick, who suggests that its presence in so 

 unlikely a locality was probably due to man's agency rather than the 

 laws of nature. Its range on the Continent appears to be confined 

 exclusively to Alpine districts (" Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 130, " Entom." 

 xx. 301). 



Polyommatus alciphron, Rott, = hippono'e, Esp., var. go r dins, Esp., 

 is reported as having been taken at Tiverton in 1886, by Mr. F. G. 

 Johnson. There is no reason to doubt the bona-fides of the captor ; 

 but in this, as in the previous case, further evidence is desirable before 

 accepting it as an addition to the British Fauna (" Entom." xx. 173). 



Notodonta iorva, Hub. : this interesting and handsome species is 

 added on the authority of Mr. C. G. Barrett, who detected a single 

 specimen among a series of N. trepida, Esp., in the cabinet of Mr. 

 F. Norgate, of Downham, Suffolk, who had reared it some six years 

 ago from ova or larvae that he found in Norfolk. The larva, which 

 closely resembles that of N. ziczac, L., feeds on the Aspen {Populus 

 tremula), and is full-fed in September. The species is widely dis- 

 tributed on the Continent ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiii. 276). 



Acidalia immorata, L. Two examples ( $ and $ ) of this species 

 were taken by Mr. C. H. Morris, of Lewes, flying over heather 

 (Calluna vulgaris) near that town on 27th June last, and were exhi- 

 bited at the Society's meeting by Mr. J. H. A. Jenner on 13th 

 October. At the Entomological Society's meeting in November 

 Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited a specimen of this species that he 

 obtained some thirty years ago at the sale of Mr. Desvigne's collec- 



