THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



proving that the statement that eorydon is always over before adonis appears 

 is erroneous. Undersides of " blues " were also exhibited by Mr. Barker, 

 chiefly L. adonis females, one very curious specimen having the margin of 

 the wing curved in like a " hook tip " the cilia being quite perfect. Want 

 of space forbids the mention of more exhibits. A handsome piece of furni- 

 ture, in the shape of the lower part of a bookcase, was added to the Society's 

 possessions by the generosity of Mr. J. A. Clark, and the stroke of the 

 President's hammer at ten o'clock broke up a very pleasant and instructive 

 meeting. — J. Russell and E. Anderson, Hon. Sees. 



SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETY. 



September llnd, 1887. — R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Jager exhibited Stilbia anomala, from Tenby, Caltimorpha hera and 

 var. lutescens, from Devon, and stated he had obtained ova of hera and now 

 had the larvse feeding. Mr. Sheldon Xanthia fulvago and var. Jiavescens, 

 and remarked on the number of melanic specimens which he had observed in 

 a particular valley in Derbyshire. Mr. Cooper, dark forms of Ennomos angu- 

 laria (qurrcinaria, Hufn.), upon which interesting comments were made by 

 Mr. Goldthwaite. Mr. Carpenter, a number of specimens of Argynnis papkia, 

 var. valezina. Mr. Tutt, Melanthia rubiginata (bicolorata, Hufn.), var. plum- 

 bata, from Rannoch. Mr. Oldham, Dicycla oo, from Epping Forest ; a dark 

 form of Arciia caja, and a variety of Satyrus megara. It appeared from the 

 remarks of members that D. oo, had occurred freely at Epping and in some 

 parts of Kent. Mr. Skinner exhibited a specimen of Deiopeia pzilcAella, 

 taken at Dover, 1886, a bleached specimen of Epinephele janira, and very 

 pale forms of Zygcena jilipendulce. Mr. Adkin, bred Melanippe rivata, M. 

 galiata, and Anticlea sinuater {cucullata, Hufn.) Mr. Goldthwaite, varieties 

 of the underside of Lycena adonis (bellargus, Rott.) Mr. Elisha, Geleckia 

 hippophcdla, from Deal ; G. vitella, Incurvaria capitella, Agrolis Ashworthii, 

 &c. Mr. J. Jenner Weir, Carpocapsa saltitans, and living specimens of the 

 larvse of Myrmeleo Europeans, and made some interesting remarks relative to 

 his exhibits. Mr. West, of Greenwich, showed eight species of Halipus, 

 taken by him out of one pond ; and Mr. Billups, on behalf of Mr. Tugwell, 

 exhibited Limneria ensator and Macrocentrus linearis var. pallidipes } both 

 bred from Cucullia gnaphalii ; and on behalf of Mr. Turner, two old wedges 

 which had been used to fasten the chairs holding the rails to the sleepers on 

 the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway between New Cross and 

 Forest Hill, containing nests of Osmia rufa, and read notes. 



