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the note is of especial interest, as I believe this to be the first instance of 

 this species having been seen so early in the year. In the years 1885-6 

 several specimens were observed, all of which were, so far as I am aware, 

 noticed during the autumn. — F. W. Fkohawk. 



Notes from Wales. — I was fortunate to take a nice black variety of 

 Tephrosia crepuscularia on April 28th in this district. With the exception 

 of a pale waved line on the hind marginal area of fore and hind wings, there 

 are no other markings. The pale form has been common and is still out. 

 It appears to be a good season for Lepidoptera. I have been pleased to 

 again see Fieris brassiccB in fair numbers; it had been very scarce since 

 1893. Larvse are very abundant, especially on oak. Those of PcecUocainpa 

 populi, of which I have seen many, have been much infested with ichneu- 

 mons. The almost general feeder, Bomhijx neustria, is to be seen nearly 

 everywhere. — T. B. Jefferys; Langharne, Carmarthenshire, June 1st. 



Plus[a moneta at Watford. — A fine specimen of this lovely moth 

 was taken by Mr. Arthur Cottam, on June 19th, at about 10 p.m., flying over 

 honeysuckle in my garden. — 0. E. Fry ; Watford, Herts, June 22nd, 1896. 



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Entomological Society of London. — Jime Srd, 1896. — Dr. D. 

 Sharp, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. Gervase F. Mathew 

 exhibited the new species of Leucania, L. flavicolor, recently described 

 by Mr. Barrett (Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd series, vol. vii. p. 99), and also 

 the varieties of L. pallens noticed by Mr. Barrett in the same article 

 {I. c. p. 100). He also exhibited a remarkable variety of Mamestra 

 abjecta, which bore a close resemblance to Apamea gemiyia var. reiiilssa 

 and to Hadena genistce, and a bred specimen of Eupithecia cast'ujata (?), 

 with nearly the whole surface of the wings (the margins excepted) 

 denuded of scales. Mr. Elwes exhibited a collection of butterflies 

 taken in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar during last April, and said 

 that he had found the district very unproductive, owing to the great 

 drought. Mr. J. J. Walker remarked that Mr. Elwes had been very 

 unfortunate, as during three spring seasons his experience had been 

 very different ; at the same time it seemed to be agreed that Spain, as 

 a whole, was not so rich in Lepidoptera as in other orders of insects. 

 Dr. Sharp exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Hampson, specimens of the 

 female of Oiketicus crameri, recently sent by Mr. Dudgeon from Sikkim. 

 The females in this species are so maggot-like that it is difficult to 

 recognise them as perfect moths. There were also two pupa shells, 

 one of which was used as a receptacle for eggs, and in the other eggs 

 had hatched, so that it had the appearance of a pupa filled with young 

 larvae. Mr. R. W. Lloyd exhibited a specimen of Athous hcBuior- 

 rhoidalis, from Savernake Forest, Wilts, with a curious malformation 

 of the right antenna. Mr. Waterhouse exhibited several branches of 

 oaks from the New Forest entirely denuded of foliage, and stated that 

 throughout large tracts of the Forest the oaks had been stripped of 

 their leaves in the same fashion by lepidopterous larvae, especially 

 Cheimatobia bnwiata, Hybernia defoliaria, and Tortrix viridana. Certain 



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