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sibility of Great Britain for the War. Invitation to Entomologists 

 OF the Allied Nations. — The Rev. F. D. Morice then proposed the 

 following resolution: — "That all members of recognised Entomological 

 Societies in the countries of our Allies, residing in or visiting this 

 Country, be invited during the continuance of the Vv^ar to attend the 

 Ordinary and Annual Meetnigs of the Society, and to make use of the 

 Society's Library, in the same manner as though they were themselves 

 Ordinary Fellows, except as to the right of voting." This was seconded 

 by Dr. Burr, and carried unanimously. Isolated Colonies or Anthro- 

 CERA (ZYG.t:NA) TPjEOLii, AND Parasemia plantaginis. — Commander 

 Walker exhibited, on behalf of Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, specimens of A. 

 trifolii and P. plantaginin showing the effects of isolation. Winged 

 " Weta." — Commander Walker also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Morris 

 N. Watt, of New Zealand, a photograph of a "Weta " {Deinacrida sp.) 

 fully winged, the species being usually apterous. Colias erate and 

 HYBRIDS. — Mr, A. H. Jones exhibited a series of Colias erate, from 

 Sarepta, and its supposed hybrids with C. hyale and C. ediisa. Meneris 

 TULBAGHiA AND ScARLET Flowers.— Dr. G. B. LoHgstaff exhibited a fine 

 series of Meneris tidbaf/hia, L.,a large and handsome Satyrine butterfly 

 having much the appearance and habits of a Nymphaline. He said 

 that Trimen called attention to the decided liking of tidhaf/hia for red 

 flowers, mentioning yerine, Haemanthiis anthob/za and Disa cornuta. 

 The Rev. G. Wheeler said that amongst the old records of Aricia medon 

 var. arta.verxes, two entomologists published observations on the fond- 

 ness of this insect for blue flowers. Prof. Poulton observed that the 

 fondness of certain Pierids for yellow flowers might be accounted for 

 on cryptic grounds, and further mentioned Prof. Meldola's observations 

 that in some cases of British butterflies where the ? carried the 

 J in flight when paired, the $ was the more brightly coloured. 

 The Rev. G. Wheeler said that he had paid a good deal of attention 

 to this point for some years, and that the result of his experience was 

 that in the Lycaenids the 3' always carried the ? , while in other 

 families, except the Hesperiidae, none of which he had ever seen in 

 flight when paired, the $ carried the ^ . Speaking from memory, he 

 could say with certainty that this was the case on the one hand with 

 Pleheius ar(jus {ae(jon), P. ari/ijroffnoiiwn, Poli/oDniiatus icarns, Ar/riades 

 coridon, and A. thetis, and on the other with Dri/as paplda, Argt/nnis 

 adijtpe, A. aglaia, Pararge aegeria, Epinephele jurtina, Aphuntopus 

 hgperantus, Cuenonyiiipha pamphiliis, Melanargia galathea, and the 

 common Pierids. What had specially struck him was that he had 

 never seen a single exception to the rule. He suggested that it was 

 rather a matter of weight than of colour, the ? being generally 

 smaller than the ^ among the Lycaenids, whilst in other families it 

 was usually the larger, often conspicuously so. Mr. H. J. Turner said 

 that in all cases he had noticed the ? carried the <? , but that he had 

 never seen paired Lycfenids in flight. The President entirely 

 endorsed Mr. Wheeler's observations as to the Lycaenids, having seen 

 the 2 of various species carried by the S' ■ With regard to colour 

 forming an attraction to the J , Dr. Cockayne commented on the fact 

 that at Royston, where the J A. coridon was so scarce that every 

 specimen was surrounded by half-a-dozen $ s, the $ s also pursued 

 specimens of ab. scmi-si/ngrapha, vfhich. is common there, and whose 

 blue colour renders it conspicuous and causes an approach to the j" 

 in appearance. The proportion of the female forms of Papilio 



