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LYCiENA ARioN IN THE CoTSwoLDS. — I recently took a small series 

 of this species in an unrecorded locality in the Cotswolds. The specimens 

 are considerably larger than the average size of the type from the 

 " Gloucestershire Alps." — W. Harcourt-Bath ; June 29th, 1896. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — - 

 June 2oth, 1896. — K. South, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. West, of Streatliam, exhibited a bred series of Hypsipetes ruherata, 

 containing uniform and banded specimens, and a specimen of Tro- 

 chilium crahroniformis, bred from an osier-stem cut at Streatham in 

 expectation of obtaining Sesia fonniclformis. Mr. R. Adkin, a bred 

 series of Eupithecla venosata from Hoy, with series from Shetland, 

 Forres, and Isle of Man for comparison, and noted that the Orkney 

 ones were of a browner shade, while the Isle of Man specimens were 

 like South of England netted forms ; also full-fed larvae of Calocampa 

 vetusta reared on dock from Inverness-shire ova. Mr. Barrett, a series 

 of the rare Osmylus chrysops from Haslemere. Mr. South, types of 

 the variation obtained from a brood of Spiiosoma menthastri from 

 Aberdeen. Several were smoky, one had dark fringes, in another the 

 edges of all the black markings had run in appearance. Mr. McArthur, 

 the five most remarkable forms of Abraxas grossulariata bred this year 

 from some 3000 larvae. In one the black external to the yellow band 

 was almost entirely suffused ; another was slightly smoky, and the 

 spots had the appearance of having run ; a third had the fore wings 

 almost entirely black, with the outer half of the hind wings wholly 

 black ; another had the hind wings with a narrow black border, from 

 the middle of which a wide streak ran into the centre of the wing. 

 The smoky form was remarked as being very rare. Mr. Dennis, a 

 series of Ccenonympha typhon from N. Lancashire taken early in June. 

 The specimens had very pure white markings underneath, referable to 

 var. rothlebi. He also exhibited several very brilliant Cyanirls argiolus 

 from Horsley, of a shade approaching that of Polyommatus hellargus. 

 Limenitis sibylla was reported as out in the New Forest early in June. 



July dth. — C. G. Barrett, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. 

 R. Adkin exhibited a short bred series of Dlanthcecia nana {co7ispersa), 

 from larvae taken in Hoy. They were all dark in colour, about 

 midway between the Shetland and Scottish mainland forms. Also a 

 series of D. capsincola, from the same locality, showing no variation 

 from the usual English form. Mr. Auld, series of varieties of Abraxas 

 grossulariata bred this year. One specimen was of an unusual form, the 

 basal half of each wing being curiously streaked, while the outer half 

 was quite normal. On the hind wings the streaks were very irregular 

 in length. Mr. Turner, series and life-histories of the following 

 species of Coleophora: — C. Imeolea from Brockley and Lewisham, 

 C. albitar sella from Lewisham, C. palliatella from Epping Forest, 

 C. lariciella and C. fiiscedinella from Carlisle. The latter species 

 showed the young curved cases, which are abandoned early and new 

 straight ones made. Also living pupae of Gonopteryx rhamni from 



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