120 THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S RECORD. 



Election of Fellow. — Mr. Adam Charles Smith, of Horton, Morning- 

 ton Road, Woodford Green. Nomination of Vice-Presidents. — The 

 President announced that he had appointed Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, 

 Mr. E. Ernest Green, and Dr. G. B. Longstaff to act as Vice-Presidents 

 for the current session. South European Rhopalocera. — Mr. E. B. 

 Ashby exhibited some Ruralids from Southern Europe, including 

 specimens from Digne, le Vernet, and La Granja. A Giant Glow- 

 worm. — Mr. E. E. Green exhibited specimens of the giant glow-worm 

 of Ceylon {LaniprophoiKs tenebrosux), and its male — a large firefly. An 

 Ingenious Device. — Dr. H. Eltringham exhibited an instrument made 

 to his instructions by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, 

 for cutting paraffin blocks perfectly square preparatory to placing them 

 on the microtome. The Life-history of Agrotis lucernea. — Mr. 

 Lupton communicated notes on this species at Torquay. The habits 

 of the Australian Buprestid "Fire-beetle," Merimna atraea, Lap. et 

 Gory. — Prof. Poulton exhibited specimens of the above-named beetle 

 and read notes. The Australian Buprestid beetles Stigmodera con- 

 SPiciLLATA, White, and S. cyanura, Hope, proved to be female and 

 male of the same species. — Prof. Poulton exhibited the male and female 

 of S. consjiieillata. The two sexes had been bred by Mr. H. M. Giles 

 from the same food-plant, Melaleuca sp., and had also been captured by 

 him in coitu. The African ant Megaponera foetens, F., and its raids 

 upon termites. — Prof. Poulton said that he had recently received notes 

 upon the habits of this ant from three different observers. Butter- 

 flies from Biak. — Mr. Talbot exhibited on behalf of Mr, J. Joicey a 

 number of new forms of Lepidoptera from Biak, the largest of the 

 Schouten Islands to the north of New Guinea. The following paper 

 was read : — " New Butterflies and a Moth from Biak," by J. J. Joicey, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., and A. Noakes, F.E.S. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 



February 11th. — New members. — Messrs. E. J. Bunnett, M.A., of 

 Forest Hill, and Gordon Fryer, of Twickenham, were elected members. 

 New records re Pyrameis atalanta. — Mr. L. W. Newman communi- 

 cated a long record of the results of the October pairing of Pyrameis 

 atalanta, and of his unsuccessful attempt to keep the fertile females 

 alive through the winter. He felt conscious that we were almost 

 entirely dependent upon immigration for our supply of this species. 

 Mr. Frohawk said that P. atalanta was on the wing all the winter in 

 suitable weather in the Scilly Isles. Mr. Barrett said that it occurred 

 similarly in Sicily all the winter. Cocoon structure. — Mr. R. Adkin 

 exhibited photographs, highly magnified, of the silken thread construc- 

 tion of the cocoons of Satumia pavonia, Anthrocera tili]>e7idiilae and 

 Dicrafiura vintila. Lantern slides.- — Mr. Frohawk showed a large 

 number of lantern slides of birds, and gave an address incorporating 

 his own observations on the Scilly Isles. 



Correction. — An unpardonable error has crept into the last num- 

 ber of the magazine for which the author of the paper is not respon- 

 sible. On page 79 Anthocharis belia var. bellezina should of course be 

 Anthocharis tagia var. bellezina. — H.J.T. 



