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by the latter at sea, about half way between the River Plate and Rio, at a distance 

 of over 250 miles from land, in about 30 0 S. lat. and 46° W. longitude. It was stated 

 that the ship was surrounded by swarms of moths. Mr. J.J. Walker, R.N., observed 

 that he had seen a large number of insects at sea about 150 miles off the coast of 

 Brazil, and he referred to other records of the capture of insects at sea in Darwin's 

 " Voyage of the Beagle," and Dr. Carpenter's " Cruise of the Alert." The discus- 

 sion was continued by Dr. Sharp, Lord Walsingham, Mr. White, Mr. Kirby, and 

 others. 



Mr. E. Meyrick read a paper entitled " On some Lepidoptera from New 

 Guinea," and exhibited the species described in the paper. He stated that the speci- 

 mens were derived from two sources, viz. (1), a portion of the collection received by 

 the Society from Baron Ferdinand von Miiller, F.R.S., and collected by Mr. Sayer 

 when accompanying the Australian Geographical Society's Exploring Expedition ; 

 and (2), a number of specimens collected by Mr. Kowald near Port Moresby, and 

 obtained from him by Lord Walsingham. 



Mr. Blandford read a letter from Mr. Wroughton, of Poona, Deputy Conservator 

 of Forests, asking for assistance in working out certain Indian Hymenoptera and 

 Diptera in the collections of the Bombay Natural History Society. Lord Walsing- 

 ham, Colonel Swinhoe, and Mr. Moore made some remarks on the subject. — 

 H. Goss, Hon Secretary. 



SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY SOCIETY. 



July 25th, 1889.— T. R. Billups, Esq., F.E.S., President in the chair. Mr. R. 

 South exhibited a fawn-coloured var. of Argynnis adippe, the black spots being 

 represented by semi-hyaline spots; also two vars. of A. euphrosyne; the var. of A. 

 adippe, and one of A. euphrosyne were received from a correspondent in Kent. Mr. 

 West, specimens of Apamea ophiogramma, taken in his garden at Streatham. Mr. R. 

 Adkin, examples of Selenia lunaria, Fidonia piniaria, Amphidasys betularia, and Odentopera 

 bidentata, bred from larvae and pupae received from Forres. Mr. Frohawk, pupae of 

 Gonopteryx rhamni, and called attention to their resemblance to a young bird, also 

 living larvae of Nemeobius lucina. Mr. Wellman, bred series of Sesia tipuliformis, S. 

 myopiformis, S. formiciformis, and S. muscifovmis , the last named bred from pupae from 

 the Isle of Man. Mr. Auld, three specimens of Callimorpha Jura, var. lutescens, bred 

 from ova obtained from a female of the var. taken in Devon, 1888. Mr. J. T" 

 Williams, an example of A rctia caja, the red colour of the inferior wings being re- 

 placed by orange. Mr. T. R. Billups, six out of the seven species of Social Wasps 

 indigenous to this country, viz. — Vespa cvabo, V. vulgaris, V. gevmanica, V. rufa, V. 

 sylvestris, and V. norvegica, and read notes relative to his exhibit. Remarks were 

 made by several members on the failure this year of sugar to attract moths, and a 

 discussion as to the cause of this ensued. Mr. Rice, eggs of Stonechat (Pratoncola 

 rubicola), found in Surrey, and a nest and eggs taken on the edge of a cornfield. Mr. 

 Weir thought these eggs were those of a Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella ncevia ) . 

 Mr, Henderson did not agree, 



