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tains the combined collections of Noah Greening and Nicholas Cooke, and a 

 selection from that of Edwin Birchall, for which Mr. Cooke paid One Hun- 

 dred and Fifty Pounds.— C.S.G. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this society, held 23rd April, Mr. May exhibited a 

 series of P. unguicula and one specimen of U. porata, bred from larvse 

 taken in Epping Forest, and Mr. Russell made a donation of several species 

 of diptera, and some pupse cases for the life-history collection. The chief 

 object of interest was a discussion upon the life history of A. aglaia, which 

 was introduced by Mr. Sheldon, who gave a very exhaustive account of the 

 species, which he had met with abundantly in Merionethshire, where the 

 specimens were remarkably large and dark, some of the females approaching 

 in colour the var. valezina of A. paphia. Mr. Harper also contributed much 

 information regarding the species, which he had observed commonly between 

 Deal and Folkestone, and also in the New Forest, where he once took the 

 var. Charlotta. Mr. Russell gave his experience of this species in the New 

 Forest, where he had once taken the larva, and the meeting did not terminate 

 till past 11 o'clock. 



At the following meeting there was an unusually good attendance, and a 

 great many exhibits, which may be mentioned living specimens of 0. 

 pudibunda and P. hamula by Mr. Harper, a series of S. illustraria by Mr. 

 Franklin, and specimens of N. camelina, D. capsincola, A. betularia, P. 

 meticulosa and H. prasinaria all bred this year by Mr. Russell. Mr Huckett 

 shewed specimens of A. aglaia and A, adippe in connection with the 

 discussions, and Mr. Clark arriving in the room at a late hour direct from 

 Chingford, exhibited living specimens of A. derivata, C. suffumata, S. 

 illunaria, A. badiata, and mentioned that Mr. Goldthwaite had taken A, 

 pictaria, and L. adustata. 



The meeting of May 7th was chiefly occupied with the discussion of 

 coleoptera, Mr. May exhibiting various species from China and Suez, and 

 Mr. Lewcock shewed a number of plates sent to him by Mr. Gill of the 

 Bath Microscopial Society, the whole of which were most beautifully 

 executed, and excited the greatest admiration. Mr. Lewcock also read some 

 extracts from a paper read by Mr. Gill before the Bath Microscopical 

 Society, in connection with the beautiful lot of plates exhibited by him, 



