1892.] 



THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



minutissimus, Kirb. — Taken at Rainhill, H.H.H.; and Oxton, 

 J.T.G. 



tumulorum, 'Linn.— flavipes, Kirb., Sm.— Has occurred at Bowden, 



B.C.; and Rock Ferry, J.T.G. 

 Smeathmanellus, Kirb. — Several taken on ragwort at Delamere, 



R.N. 



morio, Fab. — cBvatus, Kirb. — Hazelgrove, B.C.; and Lindow 



common, near Manchester, J.R.H. 

 leucopus, Kirb'.— Taken frequently at Chester, E.C.T. 



(To be continued) . 



Reports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



June 1st, 1892. — R. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., Treasurer, in the chair. The Hon. 

 Walter Rothchild sent for exhibition Ncpiis mimetica, n.s., from Timor, mimicking 

 Andascna orope, one of the Euplceidse, and Cynthia equicolor, n.s., a species remarkable 

 for the similarity of the two sexes, from the same locality ; also a hybrid between 

 Satiirnia cavpini and S. pyri. and specimens of Callimorpha dominula, var. roinanovii, 

 var. italica, and var. donna, bred by a collector at Zurich ; he further exhibited a 

 very large and interesting collection of Rhopalocera made by Mr. W. Doherty in 

 Timor, Pura, Sumba, and other islands, during October and November, 1891. Col. 

 Swinhoe remarked that the various species of Nepfis were usually protected and 

 imitated by other insects, and did not themselves mimic anything, and that the 

 pattern of the Ncptis in question was very common among the butterflies in the 

 Timor group. Mr. Jenner Weir, Prof. Meldola, Mr. Trimen, and others continued 

 the discussion. Mons. A. Wailly exhibited about fifty species of Australian 

 Lepidoptera, mostly from Queensland, and fertile ova of Tvilocha varians, which are 

 arranged in small square cells, fastened together in large numbers, and present an 

 appearance quite different from the usual type of Lepidopterous ova. Mr. F. 

 Merrifield exhibited a series of Drepana falcataria, half of which has been exposed for 

 a week or two, in March or April, to a temperature of about 77 degrees, and the 

 other half has been allowed to emerge at the natural out-door temperature. The 

 latter insects were in all cases darker than the former, all being equally healthy. 

 Mr. McLachlan, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Jenner Weir, and others took part in the 

 discussion which followed. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a curious variety of the 

 male of Arctia mcndica, bred by the Rev. W. F. Johnson, of Armagh. Canon Fowler 

 exhibited the egg-case of a species of Mantidse from Lake Nyassa, and specimens of 

 Bledins dissimilis, Er., from Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire. Mr. McLachlan called 

 attention to the re-appearance in large numbers of the Diamond -back Moth, Plutclla 

 cnicifeyarum , which is very abundant in gardens near London, and expressed his 

 opinion that the moths had been bred in the country and had not immigrated. Mr. 

 Jenner Weir, Mr. Bower, and Prof. Meldola stated that they had recently seen 

 specimens of Colias edusa' in different localities near London. Mr. Jenner Weir and 

 others also commented on the large immigration of Plnsia gamma, and also on the 

 appearance of a large number of Cynthia cardni and other Vanessidae. The Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild communicated a paper on two new species oi Pscudacv^a. — W. 

 W. Fowler, Hon. Sec. 



