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S. Populi. — At light. May and June. Larvae once common about 

 North London ; also at Ilfracombe (Lynton) and Whitby (Yorkshire.) 



S, Tihle. — May. At rest on lime trees by day and at light. Larvae not 

 common on the trees in August. Camden Town (North London.) 



Acherontia Atropos. — One larva at Lyndhurst, 1871. Brown variety, 

 perfect insect emerged by forcing in September. 



Sphinx Ligustri. — Used to occur in May and June in the gardens about 

 Camden Town, hovering over petunias, &c, and the larva occurred on lilac 

 and privet in the autumn. Never common. 



CHiEROCAMPA Elpenor. — Saw one, said to have been taken at sugar in 

 Denny Wood, New Forest. 



Macroglossa Stellatarum. — This would seem to be of erratic appear- 

 ance. Larvge occurred commonly on the main road to Minehead, Somerset, 

 August, 1865, on galium. The imago was in good condition but scarce, 

 near Hadleigh Castle, Essex, August, 1869, fluttering along hedgerows by 

 day. Yisited the same locality in the hot June of 1878, but could not see a 

 specimen. Larva at Yarmouth as already recorded — it ought to abound 

 there as galium is extraordinarily abundant. 



(To he continued.) 



REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



July 7, 1886. — J. Jenner Weir, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass-, United States, was elected a 

 Foreign Member of the Society. 



The Rev. H. S. Gorham exhibited specimens of Eucnemis capuczna (Ahr.), 

 a species new to Britain, discovered in June last in an old beech tree in the 

 New Forest. He also exhibited specimens of Cassida chloris. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited larvae of Meloe, and read notes on their habits; 

 and Mr. Saunders exhibited a specimen of Halictus infested with about thirty 

 Meloe larvge. 



Mr. Billups remarked that he had recently found forty -seven larvae of 

 Meloe on the body of a species of Eucera. 



Dr. Sharp said that he was of opinion that the operations of these larvae 

 were not the result of instinct, but were more like reflex actions ; the instant 

 the larvae touched a suitable surface they clung to it. The discussion was 

 continued by Prof. Riley, who disagreed with Dr. Sharp, and believed these 

 larvae were guarded by instinet, as they showed a decided preference for par- 

 ticular hosts. 



