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to Britain, taken at Walmer on the 15th August last. He remarked that 

 Brischke had bred members of this genus from Sesia spheciformis, S. formica- 

 formis, and Leucania obsoleta ; but that in this country the genus was little 

 known, only one species [Echthrus reluctator) being mentioned in Marshall's 

 list of British Ichneumonidm. 



Mr. E. A. Butler exhibited a male and female of Macrocoleus tanaceti from 

 Bramley. near Guildford ; living specimens of Chilacis typhce, received from 

 the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, of Guestling, Hastings; and a pair of Harpalu* 

 discoideus, obtained in August last, on a heath near Chilworth, Surrey. 



Mr. A. J. Rose exhibited specimens of a mountain form of Lyccena vir- 

 gaurea, recently collected by him in Norway. 



Mr. Champion exhibited Teratocoris antcnnatus and JDrymus pilieornis, 

 taken near Sheerness. 



Mr. W. White exhibited specimens of Proctotypes ater (Nees) ; he also 

 exhibited a specimen of Chelonia caja with abnormal antennae, and read notes 

 on the subject. 



Mr. Elisha read a paper " On the life-history of Geometra smaragdaria" 

 Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse communicated a paper " On the Tea-bugs of India 

 and Java." 



During the meeting a telegram was received from Mr. Ereeman, of Ply- 

 mouth, announcing the recent capture in Cornwall, of Anosia plexippus. 

 — H. Goss, Secretary. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A very interesting discussion on the habits of Ccenonympha typhon took 

 place at the meeting held September 80th, there being a very large attendance 

 of members. Mr. Anderson, in speaking of the variations of this remarkable 

 species, drew attention to the great value of the list now appearing in the 

 Young Naturalist, for giving the particulars and named varieties of the 

 various species, and quoted from the same regarding the four vars. Laidion, 

 Philoxenus or Rot/diebii, Isis, and Orcadce. Mr. Edle in the course of his 

 remarks said the variations were undoubtedly caused by the geographical 

 distribution, thus specimens captured in Ireland were very different from 

 those taken near Manchester, but all the variations were certainly one species. 

 It was generally found on mountains, in fact he never took it under 2,000 

 feet elevation, but, of course, the moors round Manchester were considerably 

 lower. After giving particulars of his experience of this insect in Scotland, 

 where he had met with it very commonly, Mr. Edle stated that in ascending ■ 

 the mountains the first species observed was E. Blandina, which frequented 

 boggy places, never above 200 elevation, continuing the ascent he found C. 



