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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Mons. Alfred Wailly exhibited a large number of species of Lepidoptera 

 and Coleoptera, recently received by him from Assam, from the West Coast 

 of Africa, and from South Africa. He also exhibited eggs and living larvse 

 of Bojribyx cytheraa, and made remarks on the life-history of the species. — H. 

 Goss, Hon. Sec. 



CITY OF LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The exhibits at this Society meeting on J uly 6th, were fairly numerous in 

 spite of the bad weather. Mr. Huckett brought up a series of A. grossu- 

 lariata, some of them being very dark and one semi-transparent. Mr. J. A. 

 Clark shewed Arlutana, Vacciniana, Mygindana, &c. Mr. Hanes brought a 

 series of bred T. piniperda, P. kamula, and a specimen of A. alni taken at 

 Reigate. Mr. Allbuary exhibited some nice Villica, and Mr. Thompson's 

 box had quite an assortment of noctuse. The coleoptera were well represented 

 in Mr. Lewcock's box containing Balaninus nucum, Phyllobius calcaratus, 

 Tanymecus palliatus, and a series of Clytus mysticus from Esher. Mr. Dawes 

 sent up from Manfield, eight nests and eggs of British birds for the Society's 

 collection, being the second donation from him of a similar character, he also 

 communicated the observance of specimens of the Barnacle Goose, Crossbill, 

 and other birds of interest, in the vicinity of Nottingham. Mr. Hanes 

 mentioned having seen large quantities of the larvae of C. verhasci on the 

 Mullein at Rickmans worth, and Mr. Sheldon made an interesting communi- 

 cation respecting the influence of the long continued wet weather on the 

 Sesida. 



At the following meeting the attendance was rather poor owing to the 

 absence of members in various parts, three being at Brockenhurst, from 

 whence they sent a telegram saying that many species were plentiful. Mr. 

 Battley made an interesting exhibit of a series of the cells of the Queen Bee 

 larva, from the first enlargement of the ordinary cell to the large complete 

 oval, something like the cocoon of S. carpini. Mr. Lewcock, who presided, 

 gave the results of his recent collecting, and stated that though the weather 

 was most unfavourable, on the whole he had fair success, and had succeeded 

 in taking over a dozen Bembidium lunatum, a species which was not sup- 

 posed to occur in the south of England. Mr. Cripps had also been at work 

 and had been rewarded with several good species of Balininus, he mentioned 

 having seen specimens of Lucanus servus in the roadways quite overpowered 

 by the continued rain. It was stated by Mr. Hanes that noctuse were very 

 common at sugar this year, especially the root and grass feeders. — J. Russell 

 and E. Anderson, Joint Hon. Sees. 



