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Sep. 18th, 1900.— Second brood of Acidalia dimidiata. —Mr. W. 
J. Kaye exhibited specimens, bred, of a second brood of Acidalia 
dimidiata ; these hatched between August 27th and September 1st, 
from larvae that hatched July 26th. Some hybrid Melalopha curtula 
X pigra were also shown. 
Macroglossa stellatarum. —Mr. Pickett, a specimen of Macroglossa 
stellatarum bred on September 18th, from a larva found on August 
15th. He mentioned that the larvae of this species had been very 
abundant this year. 
Noctuids from Deal.— Mr. Bell, some Noctuids the result of a 
single night’s sugaring at Deal; these included some specimens of 
Agrotis nigricans, A. tritici, A. pitta, and Mamestra chenopodii. 
Acidalia species, etc. —Mr. Prout, Acidalia rusticata and A. 
interjectaria, giant specimens, reared chiefly on withered dandelion 
leaves, Acidalia imitaria showing extremes of colour variation. 
Some other specimens shown were, Porthetria dispar an abnormal $ 
blotched on the forewing with ? coloration. Pharetra menyanthidis 
of the type form, bred from Aberdeen, and ab. suffasa, Tutt, bred from 
Yorkshire, also a brood of Melanippe galiata from Torquay ; the ova of 
these were laid July 19th, 1899, by captured 7 , and nineteen moths 
emerged August 30th-September 5th, 1899, while eighteen emerged 
May lTth-.June 14th, 1900. Five of the autumn and four of the 
spring were of a handsome form with chalky-white ground colour with 
dark central band. Very few agreed with the forms the exhibitor had 
met with in the Isle of Wight. 
Eurymus croceus, E. hyale and Papilio machaon.— Mr. Bloom¬ 
field, examples from Ringwood of Eurymus croceus and E. hyale, also 
some of the var. lielice of the former; also Lithosia griseola var. 
stramineola. In reference to the specimens of Eurymus, Mr. Tutt 
remarked that the E. hyale from Ringwood were much more suffused 
in the margins with black than the specimens exhibited at the previous 
meeting. Mr. Bloomfield mentioned that a cousin of hishad, at Ringwood, 
caught a specimen of Papilio machaon. Mr. Tutt said that P. machaon 
had been seen in several parts of the South of England and that 
recently at a meeting of the South London Entomological Society, 
Mr. Moore had intimated that the species had been very abundant 
near Boulogne, and suggested that it was possible that a few 2 s had 
come across in the spring and laid eggs on these shores, and from 
which the present specimens had emerged. It was also pointed out 
that Eurymus croceus had probably followed the same course, as there 
had been no observed influx of specimens, and the same had been true 
in 1877 and 1892 when the species was abundant. Mr. Tutt also 
said that E. croceus had not such a wide range in northern and central 
Europe as E. hyale. When the former occurs in great numbers in the 
northern parts of the continent it is almost as phenomenal as with us ; 
with E. hyale the case was different, the species always being present, 
at least in the northern part of central Europe, and not subject to so 
great fluctuations. 
Some remarks on Sphingid.e.— Mr. Bacot raised a very interesting 
point with regard to the different subfamilies of Sphingidae. He said 
it was a matter of great difficulty to get members of the subfamily 
Sphinginae to lay ova. With the Smennthinae no such difficulty was 
experienced. He considered that those species that feed on the wing 
