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M'Lachlan, Mr. Verrall, Lord Walsingham, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Kirby, and others 

 took part. 



Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a paper entitled " Descriptions of some new 

 Lepidoptera-Heterocera in the collection of the Hon. Walter D. Rothschild." He 

 also contributed a second paper entitled " Synonymic Notes on the Moths of the 

 earlier genera of Noctuites." 



Dr. Sharp read a paper entitled " An Account of Prof. Plateau's Experiments on 

 the Vision of Insects." Lord Walsingham, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. White, and Mr. Water- 

 house took part in the discussion which ensued. — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary, 



CITY OF LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY. 



May 16th, 1889. — Mr. Huckett, Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. Clark 

 exhibited a series of Agarista glycina from Victoria, and read a paper on behalf of 

 Mr. E. Anderson, entitled " A day's collecting on the banks of the river Yarra." 

 This paper was of a very interesting character, giving detailed accounts of the 

 habits of various species of lepidoptera found in that country, and also interesting 

 items for the general naturalist. Mr. Manley exhibited a series each of C. anachoreta 

 and 0. bidentata, all bred ; the latter species showing some nice variation. Mr. 

 Hanes, series each of C. ridens (second season's breeding), L. lobulata and E. abbreviata. 

 There were several large exhibits of coleoptera. Mr. F. Milton's box contained 

 Silpha littorahs and Hydrous caraboides, from Stamford Hill, and Hhynchites pubcscens, 

 from Esher. Mr. Boden exhibited Hylobius abietes, Silpha atratus, Rhagium inquisitor, 

 and living specimens of Gibbium scotias. Mr. Lewcock, the congener of last-men- 

 tioned species, viz. : Mezium affine, also alive, and pointed out the difference between 

 the two species. Mr. Jarvis also exhibited coleoptera. 



June 6th, 1889. — Mr. Huckett, Vice-President, in the chair. ?.Ir. Clark exhi- 

 bited a series of E. lariciata, from Forres, also male specimens of Lucanus cervus, and 

 remarked upon their unusually small size. Mr. Battley, series of A. citraria. P. radi- 

 ella, &c. Mr. Hanes, series each of T. rubricosa, T. gracilis, and N. cristulalis, also 

 larvae of X. scolopacina, and observed that the latter species was very common this 

 season, notwithstanding the large number taken every year by collectors, and the 

 building operations in the vicinity which were gradually enclosing their he, id- 

 quarters. Mr. Bellamy exhibited a series of T. gothica, showing a fine variation. 

 Mr. Battley mentioned that he had observed a large flight of insects, chiefly P. 

 brassicce and P. napi, off Gravesend, the insects were apparently leaving the Kentish 

 coast. The scarcity of the the larvae of T. viridana was also commented upon. The 

 localities last year, in which the larvse were so abundant that the oaks were entirely 

 denuded of foliage, were comparatively free from the insect this year. A trig of oak 

 was also exhibited showing the contrast of the two seasons, the leaves being entirely 

 perfect ; last year the same tree was bare, not a leaf remaining. In coleoptera, Mr. 

 Milton again exhibited Silpha littorales, remarking that he had been able to secure 

 five specimens of the species this year, all from fish ; comprised also in his exhibit 



