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ed a case of living reptiles, containing salamanders, American and English 

 newts, &c, The vegetable kingdom was represented by the dried and 

 mounted plants of Messrs. A. E. and W. A. Pearce, which formed a most 

 interesting collection ; as also did that of Mr. Hudson, who exhibited fourteen 

 of the natural orders of the sub-class CorolliflorEe. This gentleman also 

 showed a collection of dried fruits, illustrating the various forms and methods 

 of dehiscence. Mr. T. S. Davis, a case of seeds of special morphological 

 interest, mounted and arranged for microscopical purposes. The Society was 

 assisted by members of the Royal, New Cross, South London, Croydon, Hack- 

 ney, and Queckett Microscopical Societies, and the Haggerston Entomologi- 

 cal Society. The Exhibition was the most successful ever held by the Society, 

 a result to a large extent due to the untiring exertions of the two Secretaries 

 Messrs. Pearce and Parker. — From our London Correspondent. 



December 2nd, 1886. — R. Adkin, Esq., E.E.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. W. Farren, of Cambridge, was elected a member. 



Mr. Wellman exhibited examples of Satyrus semele and Lyccena icarus 

 (alexis) from Ireland. Mr. Tutt, long series of the genus Agrotis, and for 

 the purpose of comparison some specimens of A. cursoria and A. aquilina, 

 from Mr. Percy Russ, of Sligo. In Mr. Russ's box were specimens of Epunda 

 lutulenta, vars. luneburgensis, Err., and sedi, Gn. Mr. Tutt contributed some 

 observation on his exhibits. Mr. Adye, varieties of Hemerophila abruptaria 

 and Epinephele janira. Mr. R. South, species of Rhopalocera, from the Amor 

 Valley, Siberia. Mr. Adkin, Cidaria recticulata and varieties of Sarothripus 

 undulana, Hb., from the New Forest. Mr. Tug well, a number of insects 

 from New Caledonia, among them a specimen of Chcerocampa celerio, similar 

 to the type found in this country. Dr. P. Rendall, Vanessa antiopa, also a 

 specimen of Noctua f estiva, var. conflna ; a discussion ensued as to whether 

 conflua was a distinct species or not. Mr. Hall, a specimen of the Great 

 Green Grasshopper (Locusta viridissimaj, taken at sugar. Mr. Tugwell 

 stated he had frequently seen this species at sugar on the sand hills, Deal, 

 and in his opinion it came there for the purpose of feeding on the moths that 

 were attracted to the sugar, as he had often noticed them make a meal of as 

 large an insect as Phlogoplwra meticulosa. Several other members contributed 

 remarks on Mr. Hall's exhibit. Mr. Billups exhibited a species of Coccidse 

 (Aleurodes vaporariorum), West., from a greenhouse, at Snaresbrook, Essex, 

 December 2nd, on the leaves of tomato (Ly coper sicum esculentum), where it 

 had been doing an immense amount of damage. He stated the species was 

 first described by Professor Westwood, in the Gardeners 3 Chronicle, for 1856, 

 but for a later description he would refer members to the Entomologists 1 

 Monthly Magazine for December, where it was described by Mr. J. W. 



