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Hessian Fly (Cecidomyia destructor) in Britain, and inquired whether any 

 communication on the subject had reached the Society. 



The Rev, W. W. Fowler stated, in reply, that he had been in communi- 

 cation with Miss Ormerod on the subject, and that she had informed him 

 that neither the imago nor larva of the species had been seen, and that the 

 identity of the species rested on the supposed discovery of the pupa. 



Mr. A. H. Swinton communicated a paper, entitled " The dances of the 

 Golden Swift." In this paper the author expressed an opinion that the 

 peculiar osciilating flight of the male of this and allied species had the effect 

 of distributing certain odours for the purpose of attracting the females. — > 

 H. Goss, Secretary. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The meeting of this Society, held August 19th (the report of which should 

 have appeared in the previous number), was rather poorly attended. Among 

 the exhibits, however, may be mentioned a series of & autumnaria, bred 

 from ovae, by Mr. Huckett. Some bred Tkecla betulce, from larvae taken in 

 Epping Forest, by Mr. Pearson ; also some very large Vanessa io, by Mr. 

 Harper. Mr. Pearson mentioned having captured a specimen of Colias edusa 

 in Surrey, on the 15th. 



At the following meeting there was a much better attendance, and several 

 interesting accounts of members' work were mentioned. The general account 

 of those who have worked up the Lea valley this season appears to prove an 

 unusually large quantity of the larvae of C. elepenor ; but those of S. ocellatus, 

 which were in great profusion last autumn, seem very nearly absent this year ; 

 and the larvae of Arctia urticce also seem very scarce. Dr. Sequeira exhibited 

 a large store box, containing the result of three week's work in the Isle of 

 Wight. A very large number of species were represented, among which may 

 mentioned E. omnicronaria, C. lichenaria, C. miniata, B. glandifera, L % com- 

 plana, M. sociella, B. asinalis, &c. Mr. Clark showed tine examples of those 

 species he had bred this year, including B. rhomboidaria var. perfumaria, 

 N. cucullina, S. c/irysidiformis, B. irregularis, &c. Mr. Gurney mentioned 

 having visited Epping Forest the previous evening, and taking A., pyramidea 

 in very fine condition ; he exhibited living specimens, and also a specimen of 

 G. libatrix, captured on the same occasion. Mr. Pearson showed the sexes 

 of S. iemele, and the C. edusa which he captured on the 15th, the specimen 

 was very small. 



On September 2nd, Mr. Clark showed a long series of N. mundana, which 

 he found commonly in one spot near Windermere, he also exhibited some 

 ova, supposed to be those of P. bucephala, from each of which a small fly 



