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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [December 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two very dark specimens of Peronea cristana, from the New 

 forest. 



Colonel C. Swinhoe exhibited, and remarked on, types of genera and species of 

 moths belonging to the Tineina, all of which had been discribed by Walker, and 

 placed by him amongst the Lithosida. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited specimens of Callimorpha heva, taken in August last by 

 Major-General Garden in South Devon, and observed that the species appeared to be 

 getting commoner in this country, as Gen. Garden had caught seventeen specimens 

 in five days. Mr. Goss said that the object of the exhibition was to ascertain the 

 opinion of the meeting as to the manner in which this species had been introduced 

 into this Country. A long discussion on this object and on the geographical distrib- 

 ution of the species ensued, in which Mr. G. T. Baker, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Barrett 

 Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Verrall, Capt. Elwes, Mr. Fenn, Mr. Jacoby 

 and others took part. 



Mr. C. J. Gahan contributed a paper entitled " On South American species of 

 Diabrotica : an appendix to Part II." 



Mr. M'Lachlan contributed a paper entitled " Descriptions of four new species of 

 holo'pilciaXmovLS A seal aphida.'' 



Mr. W. L. Distant communicated a paper entitled " Descriptions of four new 

 species of the genus Fulgora." 



Mr. F. Knock read a paper entitled '■ Additional notes and observations on the life 

 history of Atypus piceus." Every detail in the life-history of this spider was most el- 

 aborately illustrated by a large number of photographs, made by Mr. Knock from his 

 original -drawings, and shown by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern. A discussion 

 followed, in which Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, Dr. Sharp, Mr. G. C. Champion, the Rev. 

 A. K. Katon, Mr. P. Crowley, and others took part. — H. Gross, Hon, Secretary. 



THE SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



November 12th. — Mr. W. H. Tugwell, Esq., President, in the chair. Mr. Cooper 

 exhibited a variety of Abraxas grossulariata, L., well banded and there being no trace 

 of yellow in the markings of the wings. Mr. Auld a hornets nest from Ware, Hertford. 

 Mr. West (Streatham) Polia chi, L., from the lake district, one specimen being 

 extremely dark. Mr. Herbert Williams wine corks perforated by the larvae of some 

 insect — one of these larvae was also exhibited ; Mr. Williams stated that they were 

 doing a considerable amount of damage to a wine merchant in the city, the corks of 

 over two hundred bottles of port (for which wine the species showed a decided 

 preference) having been attacked. Mr. C. G. Barrett said he thought the larva was 

 half-grown but it was very active and might be the common ' En dro sis fenestrellar 

 Scop. Mr. Adkin said he did not think the larvae confined their attention to port wine 

 corks, nor did he think they ever went through the cork into the wine. Mr. Forrester 

 showed Bombyx querens, L., var. calluna, Palmer, from Perth. Some remarks were made 

 with reference to this exhibit in the course of which several instances were mentioned 

 of full fed larvae of B. qitercus, having been taken in the autumn, at Folkestone and 

 elsewhere. Mr. E. Joy Epinephele hyperanthus, L., the variety arete, and others 



