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purposes and is a tangled mass of shrubs and weeds. Spilosoma 
lubricipeda and .S'. ??ient/msiri are in immense numbers, so is Mamesira 
persicaricB. How clearly this variable larva proves that it has 
practically no close connection with its neighbour in our list, 
M. brassiccB. The larvae vary from the palest green, through every 
shade of purplish and red to deep brown, some even being ochreous 
in colour. These three species clear as they go — weeds, raspberry, 
birch, elder, syringa, sallow, honeysuckle, all come alike. Gonophora 
derasa is on the raspberries and endless Pvgcera bucephala on the 
birches, one of which they have cleared completely, a sleeve I put 
on a poplar branch with ova of Clostera anachoreta was soon cleared 
by a brood of Smerinthus populi^ the eggs of which must have been 
on the leaves and so enclosed in the sleeve. Nce 7 iia typica^ M, 
brassiccB, Hade^ia chenopodii, Caradrma morpheus^ Platyptilia gonodactyla 
(now emerging) have also been or still are in abundance. — J. W. Tutt, 
September 2^t/i 1891. 
Hadena satura at Yaxley. — You may be interested to know that 
in addition to records you mention, B. satura is stated in the “ Fen- 
land ” list to have been taken at Yaxley Fen. — George Balding, 
Ruby Street, Wisbech. September 28M, 1891. 
Societies. 
City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 
Thursday^ October ist, 1891. — Exhibits: — Mr. Mead, Deilephila 
euphorbia^ bred from larvae taken on the banks of the Scheldt ; also a 
long series of Noctua festiva from Scotland. Mr. Battley, light and 
dark forms of Cuspidia psi from various districts, a pale variety of 
Cidaria corylata from Epping, also a partly silvery specimen of 
Polyommatus phlceas and a female of Lyccma alexis with light spots on 
the tips of the wings, both from Benfleet. Mr. Simes, a series of 
Orthosia suspecta from York. Dr. Buckell also exhibited a very variable 
series of this species from York, and some indistinctly marked speci- 
mens from Aberdeen ; also living larvae of Acidalia hrwiutata, bred 
from eggs deposited by moths taken at Leigh. Mr. Tutt, two specimens 
of Hadena satura from Wicken, and one from Aberdeen ; also for 
comparison, H. adusta from various localities, including one very 
strongly marked and variegated example from Unst. He pointed out 
that although the upper wings of these two species were much alike, 
satura invariably had the hind wings darker than adusta. Mr. Clark 
exhibited Arctia menthastri from the north of Ireland, the specimens 
being much more buff in colour than the south of England form. Mr. 
Bayne, a series of Cirrhoedia xeratnpelina from Aylesbury, and a 
specimen of Ennomos erosaria from Epping Forest. Mr. Prout, various 
specimens showing asymmetrical markings or malformations, including 
Xanthia silago, Arctia lubricipeda^ Noctua xa?ithographa, Triphcena 
orbona^ and Lomaspilis inargmata ; also a very pale specimen of 
Melanippe sociata {subtristata). Mr. Milton, a bred series of Plusia 
chrysitis ; also, in Coleoptera, Pyrrhus pilulce and Hypera rutnicis. 
Mr. Heasler, spec imens of Cis bilamellatusA^^^^ in fungus at Mitcham 
