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vafious stages of growth were exhil)itecl in spirit. i\lr. Donisthorpe 
said the female la.ys her eggs on a fence rasped by wasps, tlie larva 
emerges and clings to a wasp visiting the fence, and on arrival at the 
nest attaches itself to a wasp-larva at its neck. 
Akxokmal Euchloe CAKOAMiNES. — ]\Ir. .T. ^\'. Tiitt, a J K. canla- 
iiiinra, canght by Mr. Thornhill at Cambridge, having extensive 
ii’regnlar black patches on the right fore-wing and left hind-wing. 
Heredity in rkeedino Zonosojia annulata. —Mr. .J. M’. Tutt, 
liroods of Xditds/iiiia (onmlata {(iinicnDiaria) belonging to Dr. Hiding, 
descendants of a 2 without rings on forewings, the parents of each 
subsequent brood being carefully selected with a view of getting the 
rings discarded in the progeny. The last brood, the sixth, produced 
75% without the rings. 
Sphinx convolvuli at Ramsgate. — j\fr. W. 1. Cox, a specimen of 
S. rn)tnilrnli, caught in September, at Ramsgate. 
Cryllotalpa vulgaris from New Eorest. —Mr. Sauze, winged 
S , apterous ? , and two larval forms of the mole cricket, (r. nil(/aris, 
from the New Eorest, in August. 
October 4th, ISOH.-— Hyrrids. — iMr. A. Racot, hybrids between 
'J'l’jilinisid histiirlata and 7’. nrjiiixciilaria. 
Lepidoptera near London. — Mr. .J. A. Clark exhibited a specimen 
of rliaiiuii from Eltham, and said he thought it remarkable 
to get tliis butterlly still so near London. iMr. E. IM. Dadd had taken 
it at Hadley M ood, and was exhibiting a series of (ini tipia nrhran'a 
bred from pujae found on Lea marshes. Sji/iin.r ctinrolnili was 
reported to be common round London this autumn. 
^'ARIATION OF ScOTCII AND IrISH LyCAENA ICARUS FROM EngLISII 
FORM. — Ca))t. ]b D. Thompson brought up for exhibition English, 
Scotch, and Irish specimens of $ L. icanis, the two latter being nearly 
a third larger, and considerably more sufl’uscd with blue than the 
lormer. 
Taper. — i\lr. 11. Fuller read a paper, “Notes on the Droads,” an 
account of a holidav in “ Rroadland ” in .June. 
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October iHtb, 1S9H. — Localities for Noctua ditrapezium. — Mr. 
Riclies, a series of X. (litraiicduui from larva' taken at Hampstead 
Heath in spring. This insect appears to be found in Surrey and 
Sussex, luit is otherwise rare. Lewes and d’ilgate Eorest are known 
habitats; it is still found at M’imbledon, Richmond, and Most M'ick- 
hani. iMr. Tutt said he had not known it to occur in Kent. 
Larvae of Agrotis corticea. —Mr. H. H. ]\Iav, larva' of J. 
rnrtirca, hatched from ova, laid by a moth taken at Sandown ; they 
were feeding on potato and carrot. 
Noctua c-nigrum var. — A curious variety of this insect from 
Sandown was shown by iMr. iMay, in which the orbicular could be 
distinctly traced as circular, and the white ])atcb, of -which the 
orbicular formed part, was .squared at the base instead of being roughly 
triangular. The transver.se lines were more like those of X. trianiiuhnn 
than of X. c-R/V/noa. 
Leik'ania ai.iiipuncta at Sandown. — He also showed several L. 
litlKinjiii id, much like dlhijdnu td, with one L. alliijiniu td, a smaller 
and more delicate insect, the white spot being more sharply defined. 
