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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[March 



THE SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



January 22nd, 1891. W. H. Tugwell, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. — Mr. J. C. 

 Dacie, of Putney, was elected a member. Mr. South exhibited specimens of what he 

 thought to be a new species of Miana, the examples which had been until lately in his 

 cabinet as M. strigilis, were taken with others in North Devon. Mr. South read notes 

 relative to his exhibit. Mr. Tugwell remarked that an examination of a larger 

 number of specimens would be necessary before coming to any conclusion as to 

 whether those now shown were a new species or only strongly divergent forms of M. 

 Strigilis. Mr. J. A. Clark, a variety of Arctia caia in which almost all the white of the 

 superior wings was replaced by brown colour. Mr. Short, specimens of Polyommatns 

 phlceas, approching variety schmidtii, Gerbs. Mr. Tugwell, Hepialus velleda, from 

 Paisley showing considerable variation in colour and size. It was mentioned that 

 this species occured at Darenth Wood, and Foikstone, Kent, and at Sutton, and Box 

 Hill, Surrey. Mr. Tutt's specimens of ilfm/za, received from Ireland and and which 

 he contended are intermediate between M. strigilis and M . fasciiincula. 



The treasurer submitted his balance sheet, showing a balance to the Society's 

 credit of £ji 17s. gd. The Secretary read the Council's Report for 1890, from which 

 it appeared that 32 members had been elected during the year, making a total 

 membership 232. The election of officers was next proceeded with and resulted as 

 follows: — Mr. W. H. Tugwell, President; Mr. J. James Weir, F.L.S., &c., Vice- 

 President ; Mr. C. Step, Hon. Treasurer; Mr. West, Hon. Curator; Mr. D. J 

 Rice, Hon. Librarian; Mr. H. W. Barker and Mr. D. J. Rice, Hon. Secretaries; 

 Messrs. R. Adkin, F.E.S., T. R. Billups, F.E.S., C. A. Briggs, F.E.S., J. T. Carring- 

 ton, F.L.S., C. Fenn, F.E.S., R. South, F.E.S., and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., Council. 

 The Meeting closed with votes of thanks to the various Ofl&cers. 



12th February, iBgi. — W. H. Tugwell, Esq., President, in the chair. Mr. R. Adkin 

 exhibited Aplecta occulta, bred during November and December last from one received 

 from Forres in the previous August. The specimens were all of a light form, the 

 pink shade in the primaries being strongly produced in many of them. Mr. Tugwell 

 said there was a darker shade of colour in the specimens shewn than those obtained 

 iu the south. Mr. Tugwell exhibited Melanippe hastata, from Sussex and the Shetlands, 

 to show the desirability of obtaining insects from various localities. Mr. Nussey bred 

 specimens of Thecla pruni, and called attention to'a large specimen of the ? , which 

 had emerged from the pupa without antennae. Mr. McLachlan— Po/m chi, dark 

 forms of Nociua xanthographa, Agroiis luccrnca, &c., all taken at Aberdeen. Mr. Farrant, 

 a richly-coloured specimen of Smerintluis tilia, and an example of Epinephele hypevanthes, 

 approaching the var. arell. ''Mr. Auld — a coloured drawing of a pale variety of 

 Abraxas grossulariata. Mr. Billup— a number of miniature mollusca obtained from 

 drift collected by Mr. C. G. Barrett on the Pembrokeshire coast, and read note 

 relative thereto. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited living slugs found by Mr. D. B. 

 Cockerell at Acton and Bedford Park, Middlesex — Amalia sowerbyi, Terta (carinata, 

 Leach), Acton ; A. gagates, Suhsp. plniiibca, Moq., Acton ; Arion hortensis, Fer. ; and a 

 w variety with colourless slime, .\cton ; A. circmnscriptus, Johnst. {= bourguignati , 



