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seiited nests and eggs of the hedge sparrow, song thrush, chaffinch, and 

 blackbird. — J. Russell and E. Anderson, Joint Hon. Sees. 



SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETY. ■ 



April mh, 1888.— T. R. Billups, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 Messrs. J. E. Pearce and J. Pearce were elected members. Mr. A dye ex- 

 hibited Cymatophora ridens, and varieties of Taniocampa munda. Mr. Lea, 

 small specimens of Hyhernia leucophcearia, from Richmond Park, and com- 

 mented on their size. Mr. Dobson, a specimen of Smerinthm tilice with the 

 lower part of the central band of the superior wings absent. Mr. Dennis, 

 three streaked varieties of Spilosoma luhricipeda, and a similar variety of 

 8, menlhastri taken in his garden at Kingsland. Mr. T. R. Billups, a living 

 specimen of the genus Plopaeus, or sandwasps, from Honduras ; also a species 

 of Blattidae, Paratrpes elegans ) from South America. Mr. J. Jenner Weir 

 read a communication from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, referring to his note on 

 the origin of Gonepteryx cleppatra and G. rhamni, read at the meeting on the 

 8th of March last. Mr. Cockerell being of opinion that G. cleopatra and 

 G. rhamni are climatic forms of one species. Mr. Weir said that seeing that 

 C. rhamni and G. cleopatra existed over a large part of Europe in the same 

 districts, and had synchronous appearances in the latter end of the summer 

 and again after hybernation in the spring, he was unable to accept Mr. 

 Cockerell' s ingenious theory of the origin of the two species. Mr. J. W. 

 Slater read a paper : " Sanitary and Anti-sanitary services of Nature." 



May 10M. — The President in the chair. Mr. W. Martin was elected a 

 member. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited full-fed larvae of Ephestia Kuhniella. Mr. 

 Cooper said he had taken this moth very freely in a bakery at Leytonstone, 

 and had found the larvae feeding in great numbers ; there was very little 

 flour stored in the bakery, but the larvae fed on the dust collected on the beams. 

 He had taken odd specimens of the species for the last four years. Mr. 

 Billups, living examples of Eydraticus seminiger. The remainder of the 

 evening was devoted to the exhibition of microscopical objects, many mem- 

 bers of the South London Microscopical Society assisting. H. W. Barker, 

 Hon. Sec. 



CLYDESDALE NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. 



The usual monthly meeting of this society was held on Wednesday even- 

 ing, May 16th, in the Society's rooms, 207, Bath Street, Glasgow. Mr. T. 

 J. Henderson, President, in the chair. The following gentlemen were ad- 

 mitted as ordinary members of the society : Mr, Alfred Brown, Mr. Archibald 



