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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [October 



REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 



THE SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



13th September, 1894, E. Step, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Mr. R. Adkiri exhibited, on behalf of Mr. South, all the named forms except v. zlbana 

 of Peronea variegona, Schiff. ; on behalf of Mr. Murray, of Carnforth, a beautifully 

 bleached var. of Erebia cethiops Esp.. from his neighbourhood; on behalf of Mr. 

 W. F. de V. Kane, a pale grey var. of Agrotis segetum, from N. Ireland ; also, on behalf 

 of himself, a branch of the rare star thistle, Centaurea {Centaur ea calcitrapa, L.), from 

 Eastbourne; and a short series of Arctia caja, L., bred this year, with notes on the 

 variation shown by them. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett, the specimen of Plusia moneta. Fb., taken at Norwich by Mr. 

 Tillett ; and a beautiful red var. of Onco era ahenella, Zinc, taken at Folkestone, by 

 Mr. Purdey. 



Mr. Filer, series of Epinephele hyperanthes, L., from Brockenhurst and Halstead, 

 showing local variation. #> 



Mr. H. Moore, male and female living specimens of the Orthopteron Ephippigera 

 vitium. from Poictiers, and read notes as to their habits; he also contributed his observa- 

 tions upon Lepidoptera in France during August. 



Mr. A. Halij a splendid var. of Pvrameis myrinna, from Bogota, S. America, with the 

 type form for comparison. 



Mr. Dennis, a specimen of the " Silver Fish," Lepisma saccliarina. 



Mr. Manger, a specimen of the rare Stalk-eyed Crustacean, GonupLex angulata, which 

 had been dredged off Weymouth. 



Mr. Step, several specimens of Poly poms perrennis, from Oxshot. 

 Mr. Perks, a fungus of the genus Tubercularia. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett, photographs of the entomologists who recently met at Mr. Capper's 

 house in Liverpool. 



Mr. Tutt gave a lengthy and interesting account of what Dr. Chapman and himself 

 had observed during a tour through France, Switzerland, and N. Italy, especially referring 

 to those species of Rhopalocera which occur in Great Britain. A discussion ensued, and 

 Mr. Mansbrid^e gave a few remarks upon Lepidoptera in the Indian territory, U.S.A. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, a specimen of the rare Coleopteron, Lebia ci/ano epliala, L , 

 from Bookham, with specimens of the two races of L. chlorocephala, Hoff.,for comparison. 



27th September, F.Step, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Mr. Auld exhibited a larva of Phorodesma smaragdaria, Fb., which had been feeding 

 fourteen months. 



Mr. Jager exhibited the series of -Callimorpha herx, L., taken by him in S. Devon this 

 year, while accompanied by Messrs. H. Robson and G. T. Porritt. The red, yellow, and 

 terra- cotta forms were all represented. 



Mr. Winkley, two specimens of a second brood of Smerinthus populi, L., bred this 

 year; also four clutches of young of the mollusc, Helix pomatia, L., which had recently 

 hatched. 



Mr. Filer, long series of bred Papilio machaon, L., from Cambridge, one specimen 

 having the marginal band of the hind wing extended so as to unite with the discoidal spot. 



Mr. H. Moore, a specimen of Vanessa urticce, L., from Vienna, having the two spots 

 only represented by a few dark scales. 



Mr. Williams, a specimen of the intestinal worm, G or dins aquaticus, which had emerged 

 from the body of a water spider. 



