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Anderson for his paper. This was seconded by Mr. Simes, and carried. 
— G. A. Lewcock and A. U. Battley, Hon. Secs. 
South London Entomological Society. — March 12th, 1891. — 
The Secretary read two extracts referring to the Society from The 
Entomologisf s Record and Journal of Variation^ vol. i., pp. 285, 286, 
and 305, 306. He then read a report which tended to show that the 
Society was in as flourishing a condition as ever, but the report was not 
put to the meeting. Mr Tutt, as the writer of the extracts in question, 
drew attention to the fluctuations which occurred in the early history of 
the Society, to the active state of the Society in 1888, to the gradual 
falling off in the number of scientific papers read, to the failure of the 
councils of 1889-1890 to publish the previous year’s reports, to the 
fact that a series of papers was advertised by the Secretary almost 
immediately on the issue of his critique, and that the general result of 
the extracts quoted had been to awaken the council to a more active 
sense of its duties. Mr. Adkin then exhibited for Mr. Smith of Paisley, 
a very pale form of Crambus prcEtelliis and other species; also specimens 
of Triphoena orhona illustrating Hubner’s comes (pale reddish-brown), 
var. adsequa (pale greyish), var. prosequa (variegated form), var. consequa 
(which the exhibitor said should.be referred to orbona rather than 
subsequa)^ and var. curtisii (dark form). Mr. South, an interesting 
series of Vanessa urticce., its vars. and allies, including the type from 
European and Asiatic localities (the specimens from N. W. China being 
very large), ichnusa from Corsica, kashmerensis from Cashmere, con7iexa 
from Asia and Japan, and ladakensis from Cashmere. Mr. Tugwell 
exhibited parallel seiies of Hydrocainpa nymphcealis from York and 
Kent, those from the former county being very dark. Mr. Adye, 
Abraxas grossulariata captured in Hampshire. Mr. A. Robinson, 
Pygc^ra curtula and two very dark vars. from Mr. Bird’s collection. 
With regard to these latter, Mr. Robinson said that they were bred by 
a collector at Sittingbourne (Kent) some years ago and sold for a few 
pence, and he would be pleased to have an expression of opinion as to 
whether they were curtula or not. Some of the members thought they 
might be distinct, but Mr. Tutt pointed out that the transverse lines 
were identical, and thai there was no similar continental species so far 
as he knew. Mr. Tugwell believed similar bred specimens were sent 
out from Dartlord, and suggested that they were probably inbred from 
the same lot. Other members had noticed specimens in some of the 
older collections. Mr. T. R. Billups then read a paper on Ichneu- 
monidae,” in which a very large number of parasitic species, bred from 
larvae by various members of the Society, were mentioned. — Ed. 
March 26th, 1891. — At this meeting the minutes in which were 
recorded the reading of the protest to the Record, and the fact of Mr. 
Tutt having ^‘spoken in reply” were read and confirmed. The 
attendance was small owing to the nearness of the Easter holidays. 
Mr. C. Fenn exhibited the long series of Tceniocampa mstabilis with 
the parent $ , and made a few remarks as to the extreme cold to which 
thepupaehad been subjected, and the predominance of pale forms amongst 
those bred. Although the black form is commonly taken at Lee (where 
the $ was captured), yet this form did not appear at all amongst the 
brood. Mr. Mansbridge exhibited a very fine dark form of Phigalia 
cidaria (pllosaria) taken in a very damp and boggy wood near Leeds. 
