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the species. We must also examine dead and decaying wood, rotten 

 sticks, and under rotten bark, for in such places we shall find the 

 larvae of Dasycera sulphurella, and many species of CBco^hora, and 

 under Oak trees we may still find many mined leaves containing 

 pupae of the rarer LithocollididcB, the larvae of which only feed in the 

 leaves of the upper branches of the trees, and in the leaves of the 

 bramble we shall occasionally find the larvae of Nepticula auvella 

 making their long tortuous galleries. 



We may still find many of the larvae feeding in stems and roots of 

 plants that were to be taken in November and December, so that we 

 can find plenty to occupy all the spare time we may have between the 

 usual occupation of overhauling our cabinets, and all the numerous 

 duties connected with our favourite study appertaining to this 

 particular time of year. 



Shepherdess Walk, City Road, N. 



Reports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



December 2, 1891— The Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham. M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice- 

 President, in the chair. 



Mr. Henry A. Hill, of 132, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead. N.W. ; Mr. Frank 

 Nelson Pierce, of 143, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool: and Mr. Carleton F. Tufnell, of 

 Greenlands, Border Crescent, Sydenham, S.E., were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Dr. D. Sharp exhibited and commented on a number of photographs of various 

 species of Lucanida belonging to Mons. Rene Oberthiir. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a number of specimens of local forms and varieties 

 of Lepidoptera, taken by Mr. Percy Russ near Sligo, including Pieris napi, var. near 

 bryonice ; Anthocharis cardamines (male), with the orange blotch edged with yellow, 

 and yellowish forms of the female of the same species ; very blue forms of Polyonimatus 

 alsus; males of P. alexis, with the hind margin of the under wings spotted with black, 

 and very handsome forms of the female ; also varied series of Agi'Otis cursovia, A . 

 tritici, A. valligera, Hydrcecia micacea, H. nictitans, Epiinda luhilenta, Hadeiia pyotea, 

 Odontoptera bidentata, Cidavia immanata, C. testata, C. pyraliata, and Boarmia repandata. 



The Rev. S. St. John exhibited two specimens of Lycana argiades. taken in 

 Somersetshire by Dr. Marsh in 1884; three specimens of Deilephila euphorbia, bred 

 from larvse found feeding on Euphorbia paralias on the Cornish coast in September, 

 1889; and a series of various forms of Anchocelis pistacina, all taken in a garden at 

 Arundel. Lord Walsingham, Mr: Barrett, and Mr. McLachlan took part in the 

 discussion which ensued. 



Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited and made remarks on two dark specimens of Zygana 

 minos which had been caught by Mr. Blagg in Carnarvonshire. He remarked that 

 the specimens were not representatives of complete melanism, and suggested that the 

 word " phaeism "— dusky —would be a correct word to apply to this and similar 

 departures from the normal coloration of a species 



