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SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natueal History Society. — 

 August 27tli, 1896. — R. South, Esq., E.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Montgomery exhibited a beautiful xanthic example of Epinej^hele 

 titlionus taiien at Jevington on July 27th, all the usually black area 

 being a rich dark fulvous. Mr. Auld, this yeai-'s results in breeding 

 Abraxas grossalariata in the neighbourhood of Lewisham. Mr. Adkin, 

 a head of flower-buds of ivy with ova of Cyaniris argiolus in situ, and 

 made some remarks upon the habits of the species. Mr. Manger, a 

 specimen of Kugonia polychloros taken on May 24th at Brockley. It 

 was suggested that the larva fed on poplar, as no elm was known to 

 occur in the neighbourhood. Mr. Moore, specimens of Fapilio daunus 

 and P. cresphontes from St. Augustine's, Florida ; also several speci- 

 mens of the " walking stick," A^iisomorpha buprestoides, which when 

 seized will spurt a strong acid vapour from exceptionally large glands 

 placed in the sides of the thorax. Mr. Mansbridge, a bred series of 

 Folia chi from a dark female taken near Huddersfield. Several 

 examples were dark, having all the lines, bands and markings of var. 

 olivacea, but without any trace of the olive-green shade of that variation. 

 Mr. South, two specimens of Caradrina anibigua taken by Mr. Wood- 

 ford near Exmouth in July this year. The specimens were unusually 

 pale and glossy. In answer to a question from Mr. Barrett, Mr. 

 McArthur said that the larva of Hadena adusta spun its cocoon m the 

 autumn, but did not turn to pupa till the spring. He had repeatedly 

 found them at the roots of moss. Mr. Auld reported that var. nigrata 

 of Limenitis sybilla had been taken in some numbers this year. He 

 also knew of a specimen of Folyoniniatus icanis having no vestige of 

 spots on the under side, and a var. of Argynnis paphia possessing a 

 pale border and a dark centre. Mr. Turner had taken the second 

 brood of Zonosoma annulata in N. Xeot, and three specimens came to 

 sugar. Mr. Adkin had spent a fortnight at Eastbourne, but had seen 

 no Colias edusa. Mr. South's experience in Suffolk was of the same 

 negative character. Mr. Mansbridge had heard that the species was 

 to be taken on the east coast. Mr. Tutt during a month spent in S. 

 France had seen but half a dozen, in fact it always appeared scarcer 

 than C. hyale on the Continent. Mr. Tutt asked if there was any 

 direct evidence that Pyrameis cardui hybernated as an imago. He had 

 failed to find any autheniicated record. In N. Africa Mr. Eaton had 

 reported the larvaB as feeding during the winter. Mr. Barrett had seen 

 imagines in late autumn and again in spring, but knew of no positive 

 evidence of the species being found in winter. 



Sept. 10th. — W. Mansbridge, Esq., F.E.S., in the chair. Mr. A. 

 E. Hall exhibited a gravid female of Termes beUicosus from Cape Coast 

 Castle, and a series of captured Callimorpha hem from Newton Abbot. 

 Mr. Lucas, a female of Flatetrum depressum having the male blue 

 coloration, a male Calopteryx virgo having the right fore wing without 

 the dark pigment, and a pair of the rare grasshopper Thamnotrizon 

 cinereum from the New Forest. Mr. Montgomery, a bred series of 

 Dianthcecia capsincola from Eastbourne; one specimen had a wide sub- 

 marginal line and a marginal area without the wavy lines. 



Sept. 24t/t.— 0. G. Barrett, Esq., F.E.S., in the chair. Mr. R. 



