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thistles, by their resemblance to the seed of certain grasses. Mr. Bright, a box of 

 varieties of lepidoptera including many of the genus Argynnis, the black form of 

 Limenitis sybilla, forms of Tceniocampa gracilis (New Forest), Boarmia repandata (Scotch) 

 and of Vanessa urticce. In reply to Mr. Tutt who expressed an opinion that the last 

 named was V. milberti, a well known North American species, Mr. Bright said that 

 the specimen had been sent him by a Mr. Mumford and was said to have been taken 

 at Polegate in 1888. 



October gth, 1890. — The President in the chair. Mr. W. E. Butler, of Reading, 

 was elected a member. 



Adverting to the Vanessa exhibited at the last meeting, and said to have been taken 

 at Polegate, Sussex, Mr. Jenner Weir stated that, in his opinion, the insect in question 

 was Vanessa milberti, of which he exhibited specimens from the Canadian North-West 

 Provinces, and also specimens of Urtica from Hong Kong, Sweden and St. Peters- 

 burg, showing how very little the species varied in these widely separated localities, 

 differing also so much in climate, Hong Kong being within the tropics, and the 

 Swedish locality just outside the Arctic circle. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited the speci- 

 men of Plusia moneta taken near Reading by Mr. Holland, and stated that in his 

 opinion the species was moving northward. Mr. South, specimens of Noctua /estiva, 

 with varieties, and made remarks thereon. Mr. C. Fenn, Triphcena orbona, var. Cur- 

 tisii, and dark forms from Aberdeen. Agrotis pyrophila, A crony eta myrica, Agrotis 

 nigricans, Sciaphila octomaculana, all from Shetland, and shewing a melanic tendency. 

 Mr. Tutt on behalf of Lieut. Brown, Agrotis porphyrea from Portland, with Scotch 

 examples for comparison. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, Colias eurytheme Bdv. forms (1) 

 Amphidum, Bdv., (2) Keewaydin Edw., (3) Ariadne, Edw., eriphyle, Edw., from the 

 United States, and made remarks relative to his exhibit, Mr. Joy, living larvae of 

 Toxocampa pastinum. Mr. Tugwell, bred specimens of Heliophobus hispida, and said it 

 was just possible in some of the specimens to see a violet tinge. Mr. Moore an in- 

 teresting collection of Nests of British and Foreign Wasps. Mr. A. E. Cook, three 

 nests of Vespa sylvestris from Bagshot, Surrey, one of the nests showing the interior. 

 Mr. Billups, Epiolus pro ductus, from Cobham ; also a series of Trichoma erecator, bred 

 by Mr. Adkin from Peronea hasiiana, from the Isle of Man : also a male and female 

 of Pelecystoma lutea, the former of which was bred by Mr. Adkin from a larva of 

 Tortrix piceana, Mr. Billups read notes relative to his exhibits. Mr. Cockerell showed 

 living specimens of Helix fructicum, from Troyes, France, collected by Mr. S. C. 

 Cockerell. Mr. Tugwell exhibited botanical specimens. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Sec. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



October 1st, 1890.— The Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



The Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited, and read notes on, a long and varied series of 

 forms of Crymodes exulis, collected in June and July last in Iceland. In reply to a 

 question by Lord Wolsingham as to whether all the forms referred by Dr. Walker 

 to Crymodes exulis had beee identified as belonging to that species, Mr. Kirby said the 

 species was a very variable one, and that several forms had been described from Labra- 



