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larvae of C. villica. Mr. Hanes, larvae of N. augur, triangulum, &c., also a series of 

 H. leucophearia, and remarked upon the scarcity of this species at Richmond during 

 spring ; Mr. Boden also spoke on the subject, and stated that he had observed an 

 unusual number of crippled specimens of this insect. 



May 2nd, 1889. — Mr. J. A. Clark in the chair. Mr. Clark, on behalf of the Rev. 

 G. Jones, exhibited two specimens of Queen Ant and also workers, the species being 

 from South Africa, and gave a short account of the life-history and habits of the 

 insect. Mr. Hanes, series of B. parthenias, C. flavicornis, A. badiata, &c, also larvae 

 of N. baja and J 'estiva. In Coleoptera, Mr. Battley exhibited specimens of Barynotus 

 obscurus, taken by him at Hackney marshes. Mr. Hanes, a specimen of Meloe pro- 

 scarabceus. Messrs. Jarvis and Lew cock, a quantity of Carabidae from Rainham, 

 Essex, including Pterostichus vernalis, P. incequalis, Bembidii, and Anchomenus atratus ; 

 also a large number of aquatic species from Epping Forest, amongst which were 

 two Hydrous caraboides, Ilybius ater, &c. ; likewise eight species of Hemiptera from the 

 same locality. Mr. Milton's box contained a variety of Coleoptera. Several mem- 

 bers gave accounts of work done during Easter at sallows ; in some localities such 

 species as T. rubricosa and T. gracilis were unusually abundant. It also appeared 

 that other orders of insects were on the move, and coleoptera especially plentiful. — 

 Edmund Hanes and G. A. Lewcock, Joint Hon. Sees. 



SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY. 



25^ April, 1889.— T. R. Billups, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. Messrs. 

 W. Cant, of Regent's Park, and R. Fortune, of Harrogate, were elected members. 

 Mr. Cooper exhibited a series of Tceniocampa populeti, bred from a specimen said to 

 have been taken at Rannoch. Mr. Tugwell said the specimens did not differ from 

 the southern form of the species, and Mr. Carrington remarked that the same form 

 was taken in Yorkshire. Mr. Adye showed a long series of Cymatophora ridens, from the 

 New Forest. Mr. Fremlin, varieties of Vanessa uvticce, picked from 3,500 specimens 

 bred by him last season ; in some of the specimens the variation was in the shade 

 of colour of the wings, in others in the size of the two spots on the superior wings, 

 and in the duplication of the spots, and many in the absence of the pigment. These 

 last, Mr. Fremlin said, emerged with crumpled wings, and died within a few hours 

 of doing so. There were also several varieties of Vanessa io in Mr. Fremlin's exhibit. 

 Mr. W. West (Greenwich) exhibited the specimen of Carpocapsa pomonella, referred 

 to in Mr. Cockerell's note read at the previous meeting. Mr. T. R. Billups, a large 

 number of British spiders mounted on card, and he stated that he had very little 

 difficulty in preserving them in this way. Mr. Wilkinson, an example of Neplula 

 maurata, from the Seychelle Islands, but expressed some doubt as to whether the 

 insect was properly named. Mr. Rice, varieties of the egg of the blackbird, and a 

 living example of Pelias berus from Leith Hill. Mr. Carrington contributed a paper 

 on " British Spiders " which was followed by a discussion. 



May gtk, 1889. — The President in the chair. Mr. Tugwell exhibited Tephrosh 



