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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETY. 



October 27t/i, 1887. — R. Adkin, Esq., E.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Messrs. C. E. M. Ince and W. H. B. Fletcher, M.A., were elected members. 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited dwarfed forms and varieties of Lyccena corydon, H., 

 taken this year. Mr. C. E. M. Ince, a variety of the underside of Argynnis 

 paphia, L., having a black blotch on the centre of the left superior wing. 

 Mr. Sheldon, living larva? of Eupithecia expallidata, Gn., and Aphomia 

 sociella, L., and a discussion ensued as to the hibernation of this species in 

 the larval stage. Mr. Tutt, a cocoon of Saturnia pavonia, L., having two 

 exits, there being only one pupa inside ; Mr. Tutt stated that Mr. Clark, of 

 Hackney, had met with a similar pupa of Bomhyx trifolii, Esp. Mr. Robin- 

 son, who was present as a visitor, Tapinostola fulva, Hb., Plusia orickalcea, 

 and a specimen of Noctuae, which Mr. Weir said was probably a variety of 

 Orlhosia upsilon, Bork. Mr. R. South stated that after a close examination 

 of the specimen of Zygana lonicerce, Esp., with apparently four antennae 

 exhibited at the last meeting, he had found Mr. Tugwell' s suggestion that the 

 extra pair were simply the pupa cases of the antennas, was correct, the only 

 parts of the insect free of the pupa case being the legs and antennas. Mr. R. 

 Adkin read " Notes on collecting at Eastbourne during August and part of 

 September." At the close of the paper a discussion took place, in which 

 Messrs. J. J. Weir, Sheldon, Tutt, Cooper, Carrington, Tugwell, Wellman, 

 and Billups took part. 



November lOt/i, 1887. — The President, in the chair. Messrs. A. M. Keay, 

 A.S.T.E., J. H. A. Jenner, E.E.S., and A. Robinson, were elected members. 

 Mr. J. A. Cooper exhibited a curious form of Eadena dentina, Esp., red 

 forms of Noctua glareosa, Esp., and N. castanea, Esp., also a series of 

 Tephrosia biundularia, Bork., from Derby. Mr. Oldham, a strongly marked 

 variety of Noctua baja, Eb. Mr. Tugwell, English, Scotch, and Irish forms 

 of Boarmia repandata, L. Mr. J. A. Clark, bred specimens of Polyommatus 

 pklceas, L', with preserved larvae and contributed notes. Mr. Goldthwaite, 

 Pericaliia syringaria, L., Mr. Mera, varieties of Arctia caja, L., bred from 

 ova which hatched in June. Mr. Kenward, varieties of A. caja, one specimen 

 having yellow hind-wings. Mr. H. H. Druce, a melanic variety of Vanessa 

 urticce, L., taken at Mexico. Mr. Sheldon, a series of about 25 Tephrosia 

 biundularia, Bork., from Derbyshire, and contributed notes. Mr. Tutt, 

 specimens of Dianihacia comjjta, Eb., from Germany, and a variety of D. 

 cotispersa, closely approaching I), compta, Mr. West (Greenwich), Dytis- 

 cus marginalis, L., D. circumflexus, L., and I), punctutatus, L. Mr. Billups, 

 Astynomus adilis, L., from Chobham; Strangalia aurutentia, E., from 



