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had emerged, he considered it an interesting proof of lepidopterous ova being 

 attacked by parasites. Mr. Anderson exhibited some H. sylvanus, a very 

 small dark specimen of T.jantMna, and one M. albicolon, from the Warren, 

 Folkestone ; and mentioned that A. galathea, P. phlaas, L. agestis, S. meg- 

 (Bra, and other common species of Diurni were all represented there. 



The President, at the meeting on September 9th, exhibited some very fine 

 P. pklaas, and remarked that the species had appeared commonly all round 

 London this year, a fact worthy of record as its scarcity of late years had 

 been frequently commented on. The Secretary mentioned having received 

 from the Kentish hop gardens a number of larva? of A. betularia, which were 

 without exception of a green colour resembling the hops ; he had obtained 

 the same species from cherry trees and they were then of a dark brown, 

 while from oak and beech they were beaten of an ashy colour resembling the 

 twigs; he drew the attention of the members to this varying mimcry in larvse 

 as a fact worthy of further investigation. 



Mr. Pearson then brought forward the life-history of Satyrus hyperanthus, 

 and drew attention to the habits of the larvse, which were of an ashy- grey 

 colour, feeding at night upon various species of grasses, at the edges of 

 woods and on grassy downs ; the ova being laid in July, the larvse hyber- 

 nating and being full-fed about May. After several gentlemen had spoken 

 regarding this species, Mr. Harper mentioned that he had at times worked 

 this species for the variety Areta (see Y. N. list) ; and about four years ago 

 he met with several of this form at Raindean Wood, near Folkestone, and 

 .also near Dover, where he took one specimen having the "ringlets" very 

 much intensfied, he had never seen any variation of the upper side. The 

 species commenced flying very early, and at first sluggishly, but later in the 

 day it had a swift flight. Bramble blossoms were favourite settling places 

 for it, and it was never found very far from bushes. 



On the 16th September records of H. protea, C. dilutee, T. orbona, &c, at 

 Epping Eorest were handed in, but accounts of the autumn larvae there, are 

 not very encouraging at present — a fact the more remarkable as the gardens 

 in most places round London are regularly eaten up by such common species 

 as M. brassices, M. persicaria, H. oleracea, M. fluctuata, and the two com- 

 mon species of Arciia, with a sprinkling of H. chenopodii and E. lucipara.— 

 Ernest Anderson, Secretary. 



CLYDESDALE NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. 



The first meeting of the fourth session was held on Wednesday evening, 

 8th September, in the Society's rooms, 207, Bath Street, Glasgow. Mr. T. 

 J, Henderson, president, in the chair. Mr. William Speirs, Anderston, Glas- 



