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Essex he had noticed thousands and thousands of the latter, the nettles or 

 rather what was left of them being quite black with larvae. In the same 

 locality he found the larvae of A. cardamines rather commonly, and he gave 

 a description of how to find them on the seed pods of the wild mustard, which 

 they greatly resemble. 



On August 18th there was a good attendance. Mr. Pearson stated that he 

 had observed the larvae of C. elpenor, I), vinula, and H. chlorana and Mr. 

 Barker had taken the larvae of M. stellatarwm in the same locality. Mr. 

 Hanes brought up a fine series of Z. helulce bred from Epping larvae, and 

 Mr. Clark had a most interesting exhibit of P. phlceas bred from the ova, 

 also well preserved larvae of the same, and a large drawer full of Z. asculi, 

 all taken this year, some of the specimens being very beautifnl, having the 

 spots confluent, forming long streaks of metallic blue colour. A short dis- 

 cussion took place on the Hessian fly, and a notice calling a general meeting 

 was read by the chairman, it being considered advisable to move the Society 

 to a more central position, and to have the meetings fortnightly instead of 

 weekly. — J. Russell and E. Anderson, Joint Secretaries. 



Note. — In the report of this Society's meetings, in the August number, 

 Mr. Clark, by a printer's error is made to say that he took L. alsus at Sugar. 

 The line should read " and at Ongar, one of the few localities in Essex." 



SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETY. 



July 28**, 1887.— R. Adkin, Esq., P.E.S., President, in the chair. The 

 Rev. W. F. Johnson was elected a member. Mr. J. T. Williams exhibited 

 bred examples of Phorodesma smaragdaria, Fb. and Dianthcecia irregularis, 

 Hufn. Mr. West (Streatham), Apamea ophiogramma, Esp., taken in his 

 garden, flying over Ribbon grass, on which he believed the larvae had fed. 

 Mr. Tugwell, Apatura iris, L., with pupae cases. Mr. Hall, varieties of 

 Abraxas grossulariata, L. Mr. South, two varieties of Melitcea cinxia, L., 

 the usual dark fulvous marginal band of the underside breaking up into 

 spots, or having a tendency to form ocelli; he stated that the two specimens 

 were taken in the Isle of Wight, on the 11th and 17th June respectively, 

 the first being a male and the second a female. Mr. Dobson, lepidoptera 

 from the New Forest. Mr. R. Adkin, living larvae of Spilosoma mendica, 

 Cler., reared from ova obtained from the Cork form of the species. Mr. 

 Sheldon, Pempelia palumbella, Fb., from Leith Hill • Ephippiphora nigricos- 

 tana, Haw (bred) ; and Eupacilia amandana, H.S., which he stated he had 

 taken in great numbers near Croydon, and the species seemed to fly for about 

 two minutes only. 



