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last February. He also mentioned that he had seen an albino 
specimen of the sparrow at Westminster. — G. A. Lewcock and A. U. 
Battley, Hon. Secs. 
South London Entomological Society. — Thursday, October Zth, 
1891. — Mr. W. H. Tugwell exhibited a very fine selection of Scotch 
specimens of Agrotis agathma, A. strigula (porphyrea), Noctua castanea 
and var. neglecta, and N. sobrhta. Of the first three species he also 
exhibited English specimens for comparison, the h^nglish strigula and 
agaihma being in general much redder than the Scotch examples. He 
also exhibited a specimen each of Hade 7 ia porphyrea (satura) and H. 
adusta for comparison. Mr. Jager, a beautiful series of Agrotis ripce 
from Essex including some very fine white vars., and Callimorpha hera 
and its var. lutescens bred from ova. Mr. A. Robinson, a bred series of 
Nonagria cannce from Norfolk, including very red, very pale, and 
almost black varieties, undoubtedly the finest series of British canna. 
ever seen. He also exhibited bred Vhninia var. myricce and Retinia 
reshiana. Mr. Adkin exhibited a series of Sesia musccBformis from the 
Isle of Man and Cornwall, also two specimens of Tortrix steineriana 
var. dohrniana, bred from larvae feeding in firshoots in Galway, 
Ireland. He also read a long description, under the name of donelana, 
of the imago and larva, the damage it had already done, and an 
account of its first discovery in Ireland. Mr. C. G. Barrett also 
exhibited two bred specimens of the same species, and said that, in 
spite of the strange foodplant he thought the specimens were T. 
viburnana. Mr. Tutt remarked that the species was, as he expected, 
as soon as its connection with pine was announced, the well known 
Tortrix steineriana var. dohrniana, an insect not uncommon in the 
mountainous districts of Central Europe, and referred to in the 
Entomologist’s Record, vol. i., p. 32, when the provisional naming of 
Tortrix teucriana^ was being discussed for the Folkestone form. He 
also stated that he possessed a series from Herr A. Hoffmann, and was 
well acquainted with the species. Mr. Barker exhibited a series of 
varieties of Ematurga atomaria. Mr. West, a specimen of Caiocala 
nupta curiously streaked with yellow on the hind wings. Mr. Dennis, 
a specimen of Gonopteryx rhanmi, which, having been eight months in 
cyanide, had the colour of the tips of the anterior wings and the anal 
angle of the left posterior changed to a yellowish red. Mr. Turner, 
Zygcena meliloti from the New Forest, Xylophasia monoglypha var. 
infuscata from the north, Hepialus velleda from north and south for 
comparison of size, Limenitis sibylla with its closely allied species. L. 
cainilla from the south of France, and also AntJiocharis carda mines with 
the somewhat similar Continental A. belia. Mr. Short, a long series 
of Noctua xanthographa from Folkestone and Hampstead — the 
Folkestone ones being decidedly lighter in colour, a nice series of 
Tapinostola boridii, a varied series of Bryophila perla, a very variable 
series of Miana bicoloria, and a short series of Gnophos obscuraria — 
all from Folkestone. It was recorded that Mr. Mera had taken 
Tapinosto'a concolor in a new locality, viz., Suffolk. — E d. 
Entomological Society of London. — October ^th, 1891. — Dr. 
^ I am of opinion that some of our Essex coast workers breed the allied T.unicolo^'ana, 
Dup. ix., 240, fig. 6, p. iOT, = asphodilana, H.-S.,35, and distribute it as T. viburnana, 
which, by the by, should be spelt viburniana. — Ed. 
