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Specimen of this interesting little Geometer on June 7th in Carnarvonshire. 

 — A. marginepunctata, A. subsericeata, A. fumata, Bapta temerata. — 

 Strenia clathrata, Tan-y-Bwlch, — Bupalus piniarla. — Larentia ccBsiata, 

 taken on June 3rd; surely a very early date? — Emmelesia alhulata, very 

 abundant. — E, decolorata, Eupithecia pulchellata, E. nanata, E. absinthiata, 

 E. pumilata. — Lobophora viretata, one at Tan-y-bwlch. — Melanippe hastata, 

 M. tristata, M. sociata, M. galiata. — Anaitis plagiata, very plentiful. — 

 Tanagra atrata, very plentiful at Barmouth. — Ennychia cingidata, very 

 abundant. — E. octomaculata, plentiful on the railway line near Penrhyn- 

 deudraeth railway station ; one or two seen in other places. — Botys fuscalis, 

 plentiful. The above list will, I think, show that North Wales is by no 

 means a bad collecting-ground for the entomologist. — E. W. H. Blagg 

 Cheadle, Staffordshire, July 21st, 1896. 



Early appearances of Lepidoptera in 1896. — I was in the Lake 

 District this year from May 25th to June 8th, and found some species out 

 unusually early. This was notably the case with Ccenonympha davits 

 [typhon), of which I took several specimens on the Holker mosses on May 

 30th. The species was well out in the same locality on June 1st, and it 

 simply swarmed at Witherslack on June 3rd, where in an hour and a 

 quarter I captured and boxed sixty-seven specimens. On May 25th I 

 lound Argynnis selene well out near Lakeside, Windermere ; and A. 

 euphrosyne, males, were practically over, though the females were still in 

 very good condition and extremely abundant. I took three nice pale 

 varieties of this species. On May 28th I saw several Zygcena jilipendulcB 

 on the railway embankment at Grange, and on the same day took at 

 Witherslack a nice series of Procris geryoyi and a few Lycana agestis var. 

 salmacis. This latter species was very abundant a week later. On May 

 30th Hydrelia unca was well out on the Holker mosses ; and on June 1st 

 and 3rd I obtained respectively Aspilates strigillata and Acidalia fumata. 

 I took a number of other species, but their time of appearance was about 

 normal. — B. H. Crabtree ; The Oaklands, Levenshulme, Manchester, 

 July 23rd, 1896. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Juhj 23rd, 1896.— T. W. Hall, Esq., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. Mr. West (Streatham) exhibited specimens of Catocala 

 promissa and C. sponsa, bred from larvae taken during the Society's 

 field-meeting at Whitsuntide. Mr. Eobt. Adkin, a bred series of a 

 Eypsipetes, bred from larvaB taken in Orkney by Mr. McArthur. He 

 was unable to say whether they were H. trifasciata or H. ruberata, 

 although he was inclined to think they were referable to the latter 

 species. He also exhibited a specimen of Ccenonympha pamp)]iikis, 

 with the row of ocelli on the under side very well developed, Mr. 

 Dennis, a series of under sides of Cupido minima, taken at Horsley, 

 showing a complete gradation in the number and development of the 

 spots, and also one upper side well scaled with blue. Mr. Fremlin, 

 specimens of Polyommatiis astrarche var. salmacis, from Castle Eden 

 Dene. Mr. Mansbridge, varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, bred from 



