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special advantage to Entomologists, viz, an 

 account of the various insects that live upon 

 the plant, as larva or perfect insect, and 

 which portion of the plant is so attacked. 



The regular monthly plate will be discon- 

 tinued, and in lieu of it will be given at 

 frequent intervals a coloured plate of 

 superior quality illustrative as before of 

 British insects. We have found it impossible 

 to give plates so good as we could wish at 

 the price charged. We hope to meet this 

 difficulty by what we now propose. One 

 other point remains to be noticed. The 

 part of the Magazine due on December ist 

 will not be issued, and the new volume will 

 commence on ist January, 1885, and be 

 co-terminous with the year. This change 

 we are sure will commend itself to the 

 convenience of our readers. 



We enclose herewith a circular or two 

 which we will be obliged if you will 

 circulate among your friends with a 

 recommendation of our little Magazine. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY. 



The annual pocket box exhibition of the 

 above society will take place on Thursday 

 November 13th at the society's rooms, and 

 will consist of insects captured or bred 

 during this season or not previously shewn 

 at an annual evhibition. The cases compet- 

 ing for the Epping Forest collections and 

 setting competitions will also be on view 

 and the awards will be made for the same. 



At the meeting held Thursday, October 

 i6th, Mr. T. Huckett in the chair, the 

 chief objects of interest were a magnificient 

 series of eight Melanic varieties of A. caja, 

 one was almost black and all were very 

 dark suffused specimens. They were 

 exhibited by Mr. Gates, who reared them 

 from eggs laid by an ordinary female. They 

 were a second brood and he had obtained 



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ova from a dark female. — E. Anderson, 

 Secretary. 



We regret to announce the death of the 

 veteran Entomologist, Mr. Harper, who 

 died on Sunday, October 20th. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Laphygma Exigua at Crosby. — On Sept. 

 16th, I took on a lamp at Crosby, a noctua 

 which was unknown to me, I subsequently 

 identified it as L exigua. Mr. Gregson 

 verified it and says that it is a very well 

 marked specimen, and an addition to the 

 Lepidoptera of. the Liverpool district. — 

 George A. Harker, 28, Brook's Road, 

 Blundell Sands, Liverpool. 



Hepialus Velleda var. Gallicus (Y.N. 

 Vol. v. p. 236). — Hepialus velleda was ex- 

 ceedingly plentiful here this season, and the 

 variety Gallicus also occured in greater 

 numbers than usual. At Possil Marsh 

 Velleda actually swarmed, as many as seven 

 being taken at one stroke of the net. Gal- 

 licus is certainly not nearly as plentiful as 

 the type — as least in this district. — J. 

 McGrouther, Glasgow. 



V. Atalanta and Cardui at Glasgow. 

 — I observe that several Magazines note the 

 appearance of the above species in abun- 

 dance in several parts of England. I may 

 say that in this neighbourhood atalanta has 

 occurred in unprecedented abundance, while 

 at Paisley and several other localities 

 cardui has been very plentiful. The 

 appearance of atalanta is looked upon in 

 this locality as something very unusual, but 

 this year one collector alone has taken as 

 many as thirty specimens. I believe it is 

 two or three years since atalanta was last 

 seen near Glasgow. Other species have 

 appeared in their usual numbers. — J. 

 McKay, Glasgow. 



