SOCIETIES. 45 



lore, Mysore, Inclia, and the Rev. Frederic S. F. Jannings, Warmsworth 

 Rectory, Doncaster, were elected Fellows of the Society. Abnormal 

 Neuration in Melitaea AURiNiA.^Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited an 

 abnormal specimen of Melitaea aurinia, taken in Kent, in which six of 

 the nervures were almost symmetrically deficient on either side, 



ChLOROPERLA VENOSA, StPH., AND C. GRAMMATICA, PoDA. Mr. G. T. 



Porritt exhibited a series of C. venosa, Stph., taken by Prof. Carr and 

 Mr. Mottram in the river Trent near Nottingham ; also a series of C. 

 (jramniatica, Poda, for comparison. Abnormal Hymenopteron, etc. — 

 The Rev. F. D. Morice exhibited a specimen of (Jrabro (Lindcinus) 

 albilabris, F., ? , with abnormal ocelli ; also a photograph, from nature, 

 of eggs in situ, laid in a rose-stem in a duuble row by Vallisnieri's 

 " Mosca dei Rosai," Arye pai/ana, exactly as in the author's original 

 figure. Gyn ANDROMORPHOUS Plebeius argyrognomon, etc., from Swit- 

 zerland. — The Rev. G. Wheeler exhibited a gynandromorphous 

 specimen of Plebeius argijnuinomon taken by him in the Val Maggia on 

 July 13th this year, alsoanextreme exampleof ab. persica of Puli/uunnatas 

 icavKs taken on the marshes at Altmatt, on July 11th, and a (3^ of 

 Pararije iiiaera with symmetrical deeply concave costa of both forewings, 

 taken on the Via Mala on July 17th ; also a well-marked series of 

 Pieris manni from Vernayaz, taken on July 5th this year. Rumicia 

 phl.eas, etc., from North Kent. — Mr. Prideaux brought for exhibition 

 a very perfect example of lluDiicia phlaeas ab. scluniiltii, of a pale yellow 

 colour; also a 3 L'ulijDminatiis icarns Sih. obsoleta, and some very blue 

 $ s of the latter species, all taken in the neighbourhood of Brasted, N. 

 Kent. Platyphora lubbocki, Verrall, and Aenigmatias blattoides, 

 Meinert, one species. — Mr. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of Platy- 

 phora lubbocki, Verrall, and Aeniginatias blattoides, Meinert, which he 

 had reared in a nest of Formica picea, Nyl., taken in the New Forest in 

 July last. He pointed out that he believed he had proved that these 

 two flies were the J and $ of the same species. Noteworthy Lepidop- 

 TERA. — Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited :— (1) A curious gynandromorphic 

 Pohjo)it)uatus icarus, the right fore-wing being $ and the remaining 

 three wings J except for one orange lunule on each of the hindwings. 

 (2) A curious Zygnsnid of doubtful species, being small and having 

 four spots only. (3) A short series of Epicnaptera ilicifolia, bred from 

 the wild 2 taken May, 1913, at Cannock Chase by Mr. Oliver. (4) A 

 pair of beautiful Nenria saponariae from the Cork coast, the ground- 

 colour being a rich pink instead of the usual yellowish colour. The 

 following papers were read: — "Contributions to the Life-History of 

 Pohjonuiiatus eros," by T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. " Par- 

 thenogenesis in Worker-bees at the Cape," by R. W. Jack, F.E.S. 

 " Description of New Species of Catasticta,'' by W. F. H. Rosenberg, 

 F.E.S. " Revision of the Species of the Genus (^ili/nenis (Hymenoptera) 

 occurring in the /Etbopian Region," by G. Meade- Waldo, M.A., F.E.S. 

 " Some Remarks on the Coecid Genus Lencaspis, with Descriptions of 

 two New species," l)y E. Ernest Green, F.E.S. 



October 21.s(. — Messrs. L. D. Cleave, Dept. of Science and Agri- 

 culture, Georgetown, British Guiana, and J. R. Menon, B.A., Trichur, 

 Cochin State, South India, were elected Fellows of the Society. The 

 death was announced of Mr. William Warren, M.A., F.E.S. Abnormal 

 Anthrocerids. — Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited three abnormal speci- 

 mens of Anthrocerids, and read notes. Variation in Dianthiecia 



