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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



One of the most noticeable features of the Exhibition was a named collection o 

 living Mollusca made by Mr K. Step, in the neighbourhood of London 



In a separate room Mr Henry Burns, f.e.s., exhibited pond life, the enlarged 

 image of the living object being thrown upon a screen by aid of a lantern. 



On each evening lectures were given, illustrated by the aid of micro-photographic 

 slides shewn by the oxy-hydrogen lantern 



Mr F. Enock, f.e.s., lecturing on " The wonders of Insect Life, as exemplified in 

 the life-history of the Hessian Fly." Mr George Day, f.r.m.s., lecturing on "A walk 

 by the Sea Shore." 



Mr George Smith, of the Sciopticon Company, also gave an exhibition of Micro- 

 photographs, principally of Foraminifera. 



During the Exhibition a selection of music was played by the Misses Tugwell, 

 E. VVenborn, May Cole, g.s.ivi., Lucy Willcocks, and Lottie Sharp. — H. W. Barker 

 Hon. Sec. 



CITY OF LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



TImrsday igt/i March, 1891. — Mr. J. A. Clark, President, in the chair. Mr. HolHs 

 exhibited a bred series of 0. potatoria, some of the ? 's being very dark, and a long 

 series of var's of Teras contain! nana. Mr. Battley, H. leucophearia, P. pilosaria, N. 

 hispidaria, &c., all from Richmond Park, also four specimens of 5. tllia bred this 

 spring in a greenhouse. He pointed out that they were very light in colour, and 

 almost without the pink tinge usual in this species. Mr. Clark exhibited a series of 

 the same insect showing a perfect gradation from the unspotted form to one with a 

 complete band, several of them differing on each side ; also a large box of Forres and 

 Shetland lepidoptera, including a black L. casiata, H. hwniili, var. hethlandica, melanic 

 N. glareosa, P. alpina, and N. fcstiva, var. thulei dark L. monacha, and a dwarf A. litura. 

 Mr. Hodges, a long series of pale forms L. testacea, from the Isle of Wight. Mr. Tutt 

 a var. of this species taken by Mr. Baxter at St. Annes on the Sea. He pointed out 

 that some of those exhibited by Mr. Hodges were very similar to this specimen, which 

 did not agree with Freyers description of L. nickerlii. Mr. Sampson a series of E, 

 la'nesiris and S. ilbinaria. Coleoptera : Mr. Milton D. obscnVus, /E. liirida, C. gasttingensis, 

 lamina, D. sagittarce and dentipes, all from Xeedham Market. Mr. lieasler C. marginellns, 

 and P. melanocephalus, taken by digging in the banks of streams at Mitcham. Mr. 

 Cripps L. mnltipiinctum from the same locality. 



April 2nd, 1891. — Kxhibits : Lepidoptera. Mr. Smith, N . hispidaria, from West 

 VVickham. Mr. Battley bred £. hicipara from larvae taken at Stamford Hill, which 

 varied in the width of the central band and the intensity of the black and yellow 

 sub-marginal lines. Mr. Hodges, pa.\e A . pronutiata from the Isle of Wight, and for 

 comparison, specimens from Portland and elsewhere. Mr. Prout, a variable series of 

 B.glandifera from Sandown. Coleoptera : Mr. Heasler, a specimen of . emarginatus 

 from Loughton. The Secretary read a paper by Mr. E. Anderson, late Secretary of 

 the Societ}', entitled, " A trip to Corranwarrabool," giving a graphic account of an 

 entomological expedition in Victoria. A vote of thanks was unaminously awarded to 

 Mr. Anderson for his interesting paper. 



