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LONDON. Entomological Society, September 5.—Dr. D. Sharp, President, in the chair.—Dr. Sharp mentioned that he had received, through Prof. Newton, a collection of Coleoptera from St. Kilda, consisting of Carabus catenulatus (1), Nebria brevicollis (12), N. gyllenhalii (3), Calathus cisteloides (20), Pristonychus terricola (1), Plerostichus nigrita (71), Pt. niger (31), Amara aulica (4), Ocypus olcns (i). The species being nearly all large Geodephaga, he thought probably that many other Coleoptera inhabited the island. He remarked that these specimens showed no signs of depauperation, but were scarcely distinguishable from ordinary English specimens.—Mr. South exhibited a melanic Aplecta nebulosa from Rotherham, bred with five others of ordinary form, and an albino of the same species from Devonshire; a very curious dark variety of Plusiagamma; two dark varieties of Eubolia limitata from Durham; Dicrorhampha consortana from North Devon.—Mr. Champion exhibited Harpalus cupfeus, Leptusa testacea, and Cathormiocerus maritimus from Sandown, Isle of Wight.—Mr. Elisha exhibited the following Microlepidoptera: Œneana atricapitana, turionana, Juliana, derasana, capreana, pomonana, taken off Sorbus aticuparia; sodaliana, zephyrana, trigeminana; also Schiffer-mulleriella horridella, alpella, fuscoaurella, therinella, and semidecandrella, on Cerastium tetrandrum.—Mr. Jacoby exhibited three boxes of Coleoptera, collected partly by Mr. Frubtroffer, containing some rare Cetoniadce, Patissida, &c. — Mr. E. Saunders exhibited Amblytylus delicatus, Perr., a new British bug1, taken at Woking.—Mr. Jacoby mentioned that he had taken the larva of Vanessa cardui on a narrow white-leaved plant in his garden.—Mr. Enock mentioned that out of a batch of two males and six females of the Hessian Fly kept together, all six females had laid fertile eggs, so that each male must have impregnated more than one female.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 38, 560 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038560a0
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