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Tugwell stated that he had not been able to find any larvae of this species during the 

 autumn. Mr. Tugwell said that this agreed with his experience. Mr. T. R. Billups, 

 a living specimen of Gvyllotalpa vulgaris, from Poole, and contributed notes. Mr. 

 Frohawk, light and dark forms of males of Calopteryx virgo, from the New Forest and 

 C. splendens, from Ipswich. Mr. Turner, some interesting specimens of Lyccena icarus, 

 from Folkestone. Mr. Step, coleoptera, from South Africa. Mr. Fremlin, grass to 

 which a number of flies had become attached. Mr. Cook, two examples of the mole 

 (Talpa Euvopoea), one of which was an albino, from Essex. Mr. Cooper remarked 

 that albino specimens of the mole were not at all uncommon in the county of 

 Norfolk, he had this year had four offered him and a greater number in the preceding, 

 he had also found a dead one in Finbury Park. Mr. C. A. Briggs, an example of 

 the fish Coregonus oxyrhynchus. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Secretary. 



Notes and Observations. 



C. celerio at West Hartlepool. — On October the 1st, I had 

 brought to me a specimen of the above insect. It was taken at rest 

 on the framework of a greenhouse by a little boy, the son of Mr, W. 

 G. Clarke, of Bellerby Terrace, near here. The tips of the upper- 

 wings are slightly " rubbed," otherwise, its condition under the cir- 

 cumstances of capture, is very fair. — A. Woods, 10th October, 1889. 



Deilephila galii. — One larva of D. galii has been met with here 

 this season. — S. Webb, Dover. 



Deilephila galii at Wallasey. — It is reported that five larva? 

 of D. galii have been taken, but the matter is somewhat doubtful, for 

 nine, that were previously reported, turned out on examination to be 

 only M. stellatamm, which has been plentiful. — F. N. Pierce, Liverpool. 



Acidalia inornata. — I have only twice met with this species here, 

 once last year and once this year. On both occasions the specimens 

 were sitting exposed to the full glare of the sun, but so little affected 

 thereby that they allowed me to box them as they sat. I thought 

 the first time I saw them it was curious, and was more than 

 astonished when I met with the insect again under the same con- 

 ditions, which seemed very unnatural, especially as there was abund- 

 of shelter. The place is a few miles away, and not convenient for 

 night collecting, I have not, therefore, had the opportunity of taking 

 it on the wing. — J. E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



I believe Acidalia inornata is more common about York than is 

 generally supposed. It flies principally just before dark, or I might 



