Societies and Academies

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LONDON Entomological Society, July 7.—J. W. Dunning, M.A., vice-president, in the chair.—Mr. Jenner Weir, on behalf of Mr. J. W. Douglas, exhibited a female specimen of Noctua c-nigrum.—Mr. McLachlan exhibited a piece of sugar cane from, Queensland much eaten by some undetermined lepidopterous larvæ, of which specimens were shown. Mr. W. L. Distant was able to state that this was a quite distinct larva from that infesting sugar-canes in Madras, of which he had lately received specimens,—Miss Ormerod exhibited specimens of various sugarcane borers from British Guiana, and read notes thereon.—Mr. Distant exhibited a specimen of the larva of Hepialus vivescens, the so-called vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand, The spores of Cordiceps robertsii, falling on this caterpillar, become parasitic, destroying it, and growing therefrom in the form which has caused many erroneous statements to be made.—Mr. Billups exhibited a larva of Plusia chrysitis and some specimens of an ichneumon (Paxylloma sp.) that was parasitic thereon.— Mr. Phipson exhibited a remarkable variety of Pyrameis cardui.—A note was read from Mr. Sidney Churchill of Teheran on Argas persicas.—Mr. Roland Trimen communicated notes on the pairing of a butterfly with a moth, and on a supposed female of Dory his helvolus, Linn.—Messrs. Godman and Salvin communicated a paper entitled “A list of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Columbia, and the vicinity.”