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still darker, longitudinal line ; ventral area, sooty-black. One fine 

 variety was pale ashen-white all over ; same on the ventral area, which 

 was suffused with faint sooty-black. In some specimens the black 

 presents a bluer tinge than in others ; but in all the cases which have 

 come under my notice, the contrast between the black suffusion of 

 the ventral area with the rich creamy-brown of the dorsal surface was 

 very marked. — F. O. P. C, Swanage, July 27th, 1894. 



REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 



THE SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



July 12th, E. Step, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a bred series of Dianthoscia nana, Rott., from Unst, all 

 very dark and some unicolorous, and a yellow-banded var. of Sesia myopifurmis, 

 Bork., from Mr. Wellman's collection. 



Mr. Oldham, series of Rumia cratssgata , D.L., including one with a very well- 

 developed waved line on all four wings, of Noctua tviangulum, Hufn., and of 

 Dasychira pudibunda, L., all bred this year from Epping Forest ; also insects taken 

 at Wisley on July 7th. 



Mr. Dennis, varieties of Epinepliele janira, L., including a fine xanthic specimen. 



Mr. Auld, a long bred series of Phorodesma smaragdaria, Fb., from Essex, one 

 specimen having only the discoidal spots present. 



Mr. C. A. Briggs, a specimen of the rare Lacewing Fly, AlotJwchrysa capitata, 

 taken at Wisley. 



Mr. Edwards, two specimens of OmitJioptera crcesus, from Batchian, Papiiio gyas, 

 from India, and P electra. 



Mr. Perks, the egg of a Coccinella deposited on the point of a thorn. 



Mr. Turner, series of Lyc&na minima, from Galway, showing gradual diminution 

 of spots on the underside ; a brown-suffused var. of L. astrache, Bgstr., from 

 Reigate, and an asymmetrical var. of Smerinthus Mice, L. 



Mr. Winkley, recently-hatched young of Helix pomatia, L., concerning which a 

 long discussion ensued ; also fossil wood from Shanklin and two fossil oysters, one 

 from the same place and the other from the centre of Australia. 



Mr. Hall, examples of Dvosera rotundifolia, L., and D. intermedia, Hayne, from 

 Wisley, and read notes. A long discussion ensued. 



Mr. Step, specimens of Spircea Jilipendula , L., and Carduus nutans, L., from the 

 Downs, and described their characteristics. 



Mr. Rice, two " cock's nests " of the Wren, one from Wisley, and an ordinary nest 

 for comparison ; also the eggs of a Bullfinch taken during the Field Meeting. 



Mr. Turner read the Report of the Field Meeting on July 7th, at Wisley ; and Mr. 

 Carrington made some remarks upon the scarcity of Lepidoptera in that district, and 

 noted the abundance of Neuroptera. 



Thursday, July 26th, E. Step, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited a bred series of Melitrea cinxia, L., set to show the variation 

 on the underside. One specimen had large oblong blotches in the light median band. 



