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fauna. (7) The contributed notes and discussion on the genus 

 Anthrncera by various members, which take up some twenty pages of 

 the letterpress, and form a most useful and important summary. 

 (8) Mr. A. E. Gibbs, " The giant sawfly and its parasite." 



Only four Field Meetings were held during the year, viz., at 

 Ranmore Common, Beaconsfield, Ascot, and Byfleet, reports of which 

 with records of captures, notes, etc., are included. There is also a 

 Report of the Delegates to the South-Eastern Union of Scientific 

 Societies, giving an interesting account of the doings at the very 

 successful Bournemouth meeting. 



The volume is extremely well got up and quite worthy of the 

 Society. Possibly one could find small points to improve in future, if 

 one felt in carping mood, but it is not worth while to be-little what is 

 generally so excellent. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 



.Time 24f/<. — New Member. — Mr. Fagg, of Lewisham, was elected a 

 member. Aberrations of European Butterflies. — Mr. Edwards, for 

 Mr. Dawson, exhibited several remarkable aberrations of European 

 butterflies, including Poh/nminatiin icariis with elongated marginal 

 markings on underside; ^lelitaea (lictynna with underside forewingall 

 markings blurred and hindwings markings extensively radiated, the 

 upperside almost wholly black' suffused ; a melsimc Brenthis jiales ; a 

 a xanthic form of Epinephele jurtina ; Pnlyonviiatits Jnjlas, with very 

 pale marginal area on underside; and Melitaea didynia with radiated 

 undersides. He also showed nests of the humble-bee, Bomhas 

 lapidarius with imagines, from Worcestershire. Coleoptera from the 

 New Forest. — Mr. West (Greenwich), the principal species of 

 Coleoptera taken by him in late May and early June in the New Forest 

 including Leptura acutellata, Mesosa nubila, Clytiis arietis, (jrra)iviioptera 

 praeti^ta, FAater saiKininolentus, E. nnniatiis, Ar/rilns riridis, Cob/diinn 

 eliDiiiatiDii, Afhndiuii nif/cr, etc. Exhibition and discussion of L. 

 quercus. — Messrs. B. Adkin, R. Adkin, Hy. J. Turner, A. E. Gibbs, 

 and Cowham, series and specimens of Lasiocawpa qiiercuti, and Mr. B. 

 Adkin subsequently read a paper on the species. Mr. Gibbs, a male 

 with complete female coloration. Mr. Cowham, a female from Epsom 

 which was two j^ears in pupa and had emerged in May. It was of the 

 var. callunae. Another example had the discoidal on the left forewing 

 duplicated. 



Jidy 8tJi. — The President, in the chair. Mr. G. B. Pearson, Russell 

 Sq., W., was elected a member. There was a special exhibition of 

 Malac()$o)iia neustria, M. rastiensis and Cnsuiatriche potato) ia, b}' Messrs. 

 B. Adkin, R. Adkin, S. Edwards, A. E. Gibbs, Leeds, Sperring and 

 Brooks, which included series of numerous local races, and many 

 aberrations. Mr. B. Adkin then read a series of notes on the variation 

 attainable in the three species. Mr. B. S. Williams exhibited a bred 

 series of Biipalim )iiniaria from Leith Hill. Mr. West (Ashtead), 

 examples of Triaena p^i and T. tn'dens and asked if members could 

 point out definite markings Avhereby the imagines could be correctly 

 distinguished. 



