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Messrs Carpenter. Froh^vwk, Barrett, Hawes, and Carrington took part. The 

 President read a letter from Mr J. Jager in which he reported the capture of 

 Callimorpha hera, from South Devon on the 6th inst., and stated that as there were 

 still a number of unbelievers regarding the genuineness of this beautiful moth, he 

 felt it necessary to again come forward in its defence, as he felt sure that anyone who 

 knew the country, intersected as it was by wooded mountains and tracts of marsh- 

 land would, he was sure, never favour the theory that it had been artificially planted 

 there. — H. W. Bakk?:k, and A. Short, Hon. Sees. 



CITY OF LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Thursday, Auf;u$t 4th. — Exhibits. — Mr. Tremayne, a bred series of Callimorpha 

 doininida from Deal, and Mclitcea athalia from Abbot's Wood. Mr. Machin, Mamesira 

 anceps, a. variety of Acronycta psi, dark forms of Doarmia abietaria and a series of 

 Phlaoxies dcmarniana. Mr. Smith, Thyatira dcrasa, Triphuma fimbria, Pcricallia syringaria, 

 Clcora lichcnaiia and Hyria auroraria from Lyndhurst, and Sesia ichueumoniformis from 

 Swanage. Mr. Bellamy, Thyatira derasa, T. batis and Leucania turca from Highgate 

 Woods and Dicranura purcula from Southend. Mr. HoUis, a yellowish variety of 

 Abraxas grossulaiiata and ichneumons bred from Sclcnia illiistraria . Dr. Buckell, a 

 sev\i:is o{ Ampliidasys bctularia hred irom one batch of eggs. One specimen of these 

 had the ground colour almost ochreous, while the dark nlarkings seemed to have 

 lost their intensity. He also exhibited a variable series of Noctiia /estiva, all taken in 

 one evening at Highgate Woods, one of them having the dark dot beneath the 

 discoidal spots expanded into a distinct claviform mark. Mr. Clark, a specimen of 

 Grammesia trilinea var. bilinea and a fine variety oi Polyommiatus phlceas, hoih ivom 

 Abbot's Wood. The latter had a broad black hind marginal band on the forewings, 

 reaching to, and including the transverse row of spots. Mr. Battley, a bred series of 

 Phorodcsma smaragdaria and various preserved larvae showing a system of retaining the 

 colour by stuffing with green silk. Mr. Milton, Colias cdusa, Sesia iipuliformis, 

 Notodonta dictcejides and Sectosia ecrtata ; also a living example of a rare species of 

 Diptera, Stratiomys riparia, of which he had recently taken specimens at Gravesend 

 and Stamford Hill. Coleopttra — Mr. Heasler, Seaphidium 4-maeulatum, Mycetop:rus 

 lucidus, Mcgapenthes sanguinicoUis and Maliliinus frontalis. INIr. Machin stated that he 

 had recently bred N otodonta dietoeoides from ova deposited last May, proving that this 

 species is occasionally double brooded. 



August 18th, 1892. — Exhibits.— Lepidoptera : Mr. Smith, Hcsperia lineola, Acidalia 

 imniHtuta and A. cmarginata from Leigh, Essex, also a series of Pamphila aet<eon from 

 Swanage. Mr. Tremayne, Bonibyx qucreus bred from Larvae taken at Deal ; also 

 Hcmithea thymiaria and Phorodesma bajularia from the New Forest. Mr. Nicholson, a 

 series of Vanessa cardui bred from ova from Chattenden. Mr. Bacot, a ? Colias ediisa 

 and a series of Noctua f estiva irom Epping Forest. Mr. Broomfield, a fine ? of 

 Argynnis paphia from Ringwood having a very distinct suffusion of dark green on the 

 upper side, closely approaching the var. valezina, and a fine blue tint on the 

 underside ; also Lasioeampa qucrcifolia, Triph^Fna subsequa and Heliothis dipsacea from 

 the same locality. ]\Ir. Allbuary, Colias hyale, a fine series of C. ednsa including the 

 var. heliee and a series of Odonestis potataria irom Abbey Wood. Mr. JIuckett, Halias 

 quercana, Noetua rhomboidea and examples of a third brood of Selenia illunaria from 

 Epping Forest. Coleoptera. — Mr. Heasler, a number of " weevils " from 

 Wimbledon, including Phytubius waltoni, P. comari and Balaninus ccrusorum. — A. U. 

 Battley and J. A. Simes, Hon. Sees. 



Erratum. — In the report for July 21st, Drit. Nat., p. 174, 4tli line from bottom, 

 after " larvae " insert " of Sphinx ligustri, Mr. Southey series " . . . . 



