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be dead he noticed males flying into the room. He did not know for 
certain whether a pairing had taken place before its death, but a few eggs 
Avere laid it being uncertain whether they would prove fertile or not. 
Sept. 5th, 1899.— Dicranura bifida bred. —Mr. J. Riches exhibited 
IB imagines of this species that had hatched from 27 pupie, the result 
of a batch of ova obtained at Hornsey. He thought the remainder of 
the pupie were probably dead, but would keep them to see if they wcie 
lying over another year. Mr. Tutt said the pupie must not be allowed 
to get too dry. 
Pyralis farinalis. —Dr. Sequeira, a dark form and a red form of 
P. farinalis, from Hackney. He found the red form more commonly, 
but the chairman thought this to be the most noteworthy. 
Cnethocampa pityocampa. —Mr. Bacot exhibited living ^sof ( netho- 
campa pityocampa, a continental processional moth. 
Lachneid larv.e, etc. —Dr. Chapman exhibited a batch of larvae 
from Arolla, which might prove to be the well known var. arbusculae 
of Lachneis lanestris. Members thought it was probably distinct. He 
also exhibited a larva of Mditaea cynthia black, and with the spines 
black, together with set 8 and $ . ' The $ is comparable with British 
M. artemis, but the 3 is distinct. Mr. Jennings showed Tettiyonia 
viridis a homopteron from the Lea valley. 
Catocala nupta at Hackney. —Dr. Sequeira said he had taken 
twenty C. nupta at Hackney, for the first time in many years collecting. 
There was no willow in the immediate neighbourhood, but members 
said that the larvae would feed up on poplar. 
Macroglossa steelatarum. —It was reported that this moth had 
been abundant this year at Clapton, Reigate and Hornsey. Mr. Tutt 
mentioned that Pyramids atalanta was exceedingly plentiful at 
Chattenden. At Fontainebleau he had met with Plebeius aeyon in 
June and again in August, which indicated there, at least, two broods 
in the year. 
Sept. 19th, 1899.— Coleoptera.— Mr. Jennings exhibited an 
aberration of MycetojihayHs ijuadripnstulatiis taken on fungus in the Lea 
valley. The two red spots on the right elytron were normal, but on 
the left the spots had run together at their inner sides in a straight 
line parallel with the suture. He also showed a living specimen of 
Byrrhu* dorsalis from Box Hill, and a Swiss specimen of Km its h ictus 
taken by Dr. Chapman. 
Noctua ditrapezium. —Mr. H. H. May, a fine series of A’, ditrapczwm 
with dark and pale forms, bred from larvie taken at Wimbledon. Mr. 
Dadd, specimens of Phibalapteryx vittata and ('amptoyramma fhiriata 
from Wicken. 
Porthetria dispar aberrations. —Mr. Garland, several 3 s of /’. 
dispar, splashed irregularly with patches of $ coloration. 
Exotic Erycinidae.— Mr. W. J. Kaye, a large exhibit of exotic 
Erycinidae, including Eurybia sahnnc from\ onezuela, Ancyluns atalmalpa 
from Columbia, and Anteros J'ormosus from Irinidad. Also the rare 
Sphingid, Aellopus commassiae, from W. Africa, with other Sphinyi-daf. 
Teratological specimen of apple. —Mr. Kaye also exhibited a 
double apple, the two having coalesced at the sides, and having two 
cores, but a common stalk. 
