THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



[September 



etc. Mr. Cripps, Mcgapenthes sanguinicollis, and Opilm mollis, from Claygate ; Hypera 

 pollux, from Wood Street, Walthamstow ; and bred specimens of Hypera fascicnlata 

 Mr. Battley, a living female glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) showing the light very 

 strongly. Mr. Lewcock, Cicindela sylvatica, captured at North Camp, Aldershot, on 

 August 4th ; also, on behalf of Mr. R. Beck, several Donatio, dentata from Christ- 

 church. Mr. Milton, Carabus consitus and Molytes coronatus from Deal. Mr. J. A. 

 Clark had an exceedingly interesting exhibit, consisting of three living specimens of 

 the Mole Cricket (Grylloialpa vulgaris) captured at the New Forest. 



Lepidoptera : — Mr. Quail, bleached forms of Epincphile janira, Limenitis sibylla, 

 Argyttnis paphia, Calligenia miniata, Pericallia syringaria, Guophos obscuraria, and P. 

 cytisaria, all from Brockenhurst. Mr. Clark, four Boarmia roboraria, and Mr. Manley, 

 a single specimen of the same, from the last mentioned locality. Mr. Raine preserved 

 larvae of Vanessa io, Ma.uestra brassier, and saw flies. Mr. Gurney, a long series of 

 Phorodesma smaragdaria, all bred from larvae obtained at Essex Marsh. Mr. Battley 

 showed eggs of Picris napi and P. rapce, deposited on underside of nasturtium leaves ; 

 the difference in the eggs being demonstrated by the aid of a microscope. Mr. Milton 

 exhibited a quantity of in vests obtained at Wicken and Brockenhurst, including ten 

 species of Butterflies, several Nccluse, Geometrae (including eight H . auroraria) and 

 many species of Diptera and Hymenoptera. Mr. Quail recorded the capture of 

 Stauropus fafj by a friend at the New Forest ; and Mr. Battley reported the capture 

 of eight Apamea ophio^ranma on balsam poplar in his gar Jen at Stamford Hill. 



August 2.1st, iSgo. — The President in the chair. Mr. R. Beck of (Southampton) 

 and Mr. A. J. Hodges (of 2 Highbury Place, N). were elected members of the 

 Society. Mr. Bellamy exhibited a series of E. cribrum captured at Bournemouth, 

 August 4th to 7th, He had observed L. agon to be plentiful in that district, and had 

 taken A adippe and L. Sibylla at Brockenhurst ; also captured a single specimen of 

 acteon at Lulworth Cove. Mr. Burrows' exhibit consisted of E. liypcranthus with 

 very small eye-spots, a very light, almost buff specimen of A. Euphrosyne, and a pair 

 of D . roboraria ; the whole were taken in a wood near Coventry. Mr. Smith, C. 

 ligniperda, which emerged on August 6th. Mr. J. A. Clark, bred specimens of D. 

 conspersa and D. carpophaga from North of Ireland; also series ol A . lunigera and A. 

 lucernea from the Isle of Wight. Mr. Raine, preserved larvae of S. carpi/ii, A. mendica 

 A. psi, and P. bucepliala. Mr. Manley, fine living larvae of S. ligustri, being the third 

 generation of a brood kept by him. Mr. Lusby. a series of V. Io, from Cheshunt, 

 including one slaty variety ; also a series of L. corydon. Mr. Sampson, a series of T, 

 fimbria captured at Woodford. 



Coleoptera: — Mr. Boden exhibited Clytus arietis, Toxotus meridianus, Dascillus 

 cervinus, Sec. ; a small beetle, known to cultivators of the strawberry by the name of 

 "The Elephant" (probably so-called from the rostrum), which had been very 

 destructive to certain beds in Kent and Surrey, on account of its propensity for eat- 

 ing the flower-stems of the plant when in full bloom. Its method of attack appeared 

 to be to eat half-way through the stem, which in a short time caused the flower to 

 droop, and fade. The beetle exhibited to the meeting was Rhynchites betula, a species 



