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JULY 2ith, 1919. 



Mr. N. C. Preston of Fulham was elected a Member. 



Mr. Sperring exhibited aberrations of the following species : — 



1. Brenthis eiiphroayne. — A remarkable assymetrical variety cap- 

 tured in Lincoln, June, 1919, in which the spots had coalesced and 

 formed solid transverse lines. 



2. Pararge cE<jeria. — Two underside varieties, bred April, 1919 

 (Peterborough), one with primrose markings and extended central 

 blotch, similar to those exhibited on June 12th, and with cinereous 

 ground colour, the other an exceedingly dark suffused specimen. 



3. Pararge niegera. — Two, captured Lincoln, June, 1919, with 

 extra large ocelli. 



4. Smerinthus populi. — An exceedingly dark unicolorous speci- 

 men, almost melanic, bred May, 1919, from Bradford, Yorks. Also 

 a series bred, S.E. London, 1917-1918, covering a wide range of 

 variation in coloration and banding. 



Mr. W. West exhibited specimens of the beetle OnthophajiuA tauriis 

 from Malta and Gibraltar, with Onthophagus nutans from Epping 

 Forest, and pointed out that the former had two frontal horns, the 

 latter having only one. The O. to urns is very rare in this country, 

 probably an introduced species. 



Mr. Main exhibited living specimens of the glowworm from 

 Delamere and the Isle of Wight, and pointed out that the former 

 were only half the size of the latter. He also showed bred examples 

 from the latter locality. 



Mr. Ash exhibited a specimen of Sirex gigas taken in the Strand. 



Mr. Carr exhibited the pupa cases of Chattendenia ir-album 

 on the undersides of the leaves of the Wych Elm, from Chalfont 

 Road. 



AUGUST Uth, 1919. 



The death of a member, Lieut. F. H. Wolley-Dod, of enteric, 

 fever, at Lharnak, in the Dardanelles, on July 24th, was announced. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a series of Epinephele juttina race 

 hispidla, taken in May, on the plains of Catania, Sicily. All were 

 much larger than the ordinary British forms. The males had from 

 two to five intercellular spots on the underside of the hindwings, the 

 third interspace being invariably vacant, and the second and fifth 

 spots being always the more emphasised and the last to disappear. 



