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capture of this species appear to be the only ones ; — Ne\vcastle-on- 
Tyne, at rest April, 1845, recorded V. R. Perkins, Ent. x., p. 99; 
Kent, Parry and Edney, July and August, 1875 (three specimens); 
Edney, (one specimen), 1873, E7it. viii., 229. Besides these there 
are the two records in Newman’s British Moths. The April date of 
the first record above is a strange one. As is well known to a 
few, the species has quite recently been taken in Aberdeenshire, and 
amongst my long series of Aberdeen adusta I detected two specimens, 
one very small, and another very worn. There is no doubt that the 
species may be easily overlooked, as I practically overlooked the 
specimens I captured at the time, but its richer colour and the 
deeper coloured hind wings give it a very different appearance to 
adusta when carefully examined. — J. W. Tutt. Septonber loth, 1891. 
SOCIETIES. 
Entomological Society of London. — September 2 ?id, 1891. — Mr. 
Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
Mr. G. F. Scott-Elliott exhibited a series of various species of Diptera 
collected on RanunculacecE.^ PapaveracccB, and CriicifercB, He said 
that during the past summer he had studied about forty species of 
plants belonging to the orders named, and that they had all been 
visited by insects which were probably necessary for nectariferous 
flowers. The majority of the Diptera caught were not confined to one 
species or even genus, but in view of the unmodified character of the 
flower in the orders named this was only to be expected. Mr. Verrall 
observed that certain insects affected certain plants, but that the 
Gera7iiacece were seldom visited. The discus don was continued by 
Mr. M’Lachlan, Mr. Kirby, and others. Mr. W. L. Distant exhibited 
a specimen of the orthopterous insect He77iisaga hastata, de Sauss, 
which, in the Transvaal, he observed to attack and feed on Da7iais 
chrysippus.^ a butterfly well known from its protective character and 
distasteful qualities to have a complete immunity from the usual 
lepidopteral enemies. The He77iisaga lurked amongst the tops of tall 
flowering grasses, being consequently disguised by its protective 
resemblance to the same, and seized the Da7iais as it settled on the 
bloom. From close watching and observation Mr. Distant could 
discover no other danger to the life of this well-known and highly 
protected butterfly. Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited four species of 
Diptera, which he believed to be respectively, Oxycera ter77ii7iata, 
Meg., Pipezella a7i7iulata.^ Meg., Clidogastra pimctictps., i^ieg., and 
Oxyphora ar7iiccB, L., taken at Oxshott, Surrey, on the nth July last. 
He mentioned that all of them, were recorded in Mr. Verrall’s list only 
as ‘‘ reputed British.” He also exhibited a specimen of Hypoder77ia 
bolds, Deg., taken at Plumstead on the 29th July last. Dr. D. Sharp 
exhibited several species of ForficulidcB, and called attention to the 
diverse conditions of the parts representing the wings in the apterous 
forms. Mr. H. Goss exhibited living larvae of Scoria dealbata, reared 
from ova. They were feeding on Polyg07iu77i avmilare, but not very 
freely; Brachypodiiuii sylraticu77i been named as a food plant for 
this species, but he di 1 not find that the larvae would eat this or any 
