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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
H. Harpur Crewe in the “ Entom- 
ologist ” for Dec. 6th. besides other 
Lepidoptera. He also exhibited a 
box containing Coleoptera. captured 
since the preceding November meeting 
in illustration of the number of species 
to be obtained in winter. 
It was announced that the fortnight- 
ly winter meetings of the Society 
would commence in December, and 
accordingly when thanks had been re- 
turned to Mr. Balshaw, for his hos- 
pitable entertainment, Mr. E. M. 
Geldart, invited the members to hold 
their next meeting at his house, 
which invitation was cordially accept - 
ed. With this the meeting closed. 
York Entomological Society. 
The usual monthly meeting of this 
Society was held on the evening of 
the 2nd. inst. at Me. Anderson’s, 
Coney Street, York, at which there 
was a numerous attendance of mem- 
bers, and several friends. Mr. Birks 
occupied the chair, and exhibited 
Deilephtla lineata, Lithosia caniola, 
Camptogramma fluviata, Anarta ?ne- 
lanopa, Crambus latistriellus, C. 
hamellus, Phycis ahietella etc. 
Mr. Dossor exhibited Catocala 
fraxini , bred from a larva found on 
lime, last June, in the south of En- 
gland. The correspondent who sent 
him the insect observed that the larva 
is beaten from Lime and Beech, by 
lantern light, from the beginning of 
June to July, and feeds well, in con- 
finement, on leaves from those trees, 
and Birch. It is full fed in July, and 
Bpins a cocoon among the leaves, gen- 
erally on the top, but will sometimes 
go into the earth. The perfect insect 
appears in confinement, according to 
his diary, August 4th. 16th. and 28th. 
and as late as September 12th. He 
has taken the perfect insect flying in 
mid-day sunshine, as well as C. 
Nupta, but never saw it at sugar. 
Mr. Dossor drew attention to the ad- 
vantage of night beating the larger 
trees for larvae and stated that had his 
correspondent not availed himself of 
it he would not have bred C. Fraxini 
as he had never beaten the larvae out 
in the day-time. Mr. Anderson exhib- 
ited Fidonia pinetaria Leucania lit- 
toralis Agrotis Ashworthii etc. 
Mr. Carrington exhibited Sybernia 
aurantiaria, male and female, Che- 
imatobia boreata taken near York. 
Mr Jackson exhibited Sena apiformis 
Cymatophora Or, Cosmia difflnis etc. 
Mr. Prest exhibited the following 
species of Continental Diurni — Van- 
essa prorsa, V. Levana, Papilio 
Alexanor, Thais medesicaste and T. 
FLypsipyle . 
Mr. F. J. Wade then read an in- 
teresting paper on “ The various 
forms of insect life,” which is how- 
ever too long for reporting here, 
illustrated by some powerful micros- 
copes kindly lent by Mr. Green. 
After thanks had been returned to 
Messrs Wade and Green the meeting 
terminated. 
REVIEWS OF BOOKS. 
A Manual of European Butterflies, 
by TV. F. Kirby. 
A little volume bearing the above 
