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He was a Devonshire lad and born in 1835. After five- and- twenty 

 yoars of successful business life as a wholesale and retail druf^gist in 

 London, Ontario, on his retirement he became Director of the Experi- 

 mental Farms of the Dominion. He was one of a small band of earnest 

 workers in entomology, whose efforts, persistently pursued, at length 

 obtained the recognition of the Government. In 1862 Dr. Saunders 

 took part in the founding of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 

 and in 1906 was elected President of the Royal Society of Canada. 

 He was taken ill in 1911 while on a visit to Europe, his first real 

 holidav, and never entirely recovered. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 Jiihi 22Hf/. — Parasites in ova. — Mr. Newman exhibited living 

 examples of a Braconid (?) which had just emerged from a batch of ova 

 of Manofhi/lacia nihi found at Rutham in the autumn of 1914. Local 

 Variation in L. oiibitulus and A. escheri. Ichneumon in Aphids. — 

 Dr. Chapman, specimens of Latiorina pyrenaica, the first that had been 

 bred, from the Pyrenees, and L. nrhitiilKs var. nherthiin from the same 

 area, but found also in Switzerland. He also showed specimens of 

 the Ichneumon, Ajihidiiis ervi bred from the Aphis of Ononh arveyisis. 

 Aherkations of 2 P- icarus. Syntomis phegea bred. — Mr. B. H. 

 Curwen, some first brood females of Foli/oniinatns icarus from Ranmore 

 Common, all much suffused with blue, and several underside aberration 

 iiielannto.ra [arriiata). He also showed a series of Si/ntoiiiis pliegea 

 interbred for the past four years. Drawings of larv.« of T. psi and 

 T. tridens. — Mr. Sich, coloured drawings of the larvje of the British 

 species of Acionicta and pointed out the differences between the larvae 

 of Tyiavna psi and T. tridens. Variation in British A. iris. — Mr. B. 

 Adkin, long series of Apatura iris from many British localities and 

 showed that the species was much more variable than it was usually 

 considered to be. A considerable discussion took place on the occur- 

 rence and disappearance of the species in its near London localities. 

 Ephestia Ki hniella in rice. — Mr. R. Adkin, living larva?, pupae, and 

 imagines of Kphestia kiiJmieUa in rice flour. Remarks on the Season. 

 — Several members gave experiences of the present season, making 

 remarks on ^hjriades thetis, I'olyonnnatns icarus (abs. of $ s), I'clastrina 

 art/ioliis, Pi/rameis cardui, P. atalanta, TAthosia complanula and Eucldnr 

 cardaiiiincs. 



AiKjiist 12tli. — Zew Zealand Lepidoptkra. — Mr. H. Smith exhibited 

 a number of Lepidoptera from New Zealand, including Chrysophanids, 

 Lycfenids, and species of the giant liepialids. Confluent A. trikolii. 

 — Mr. B. S. Williams, Antliroccra trifolii var. palustris with confluent 

 forms from Somerset, and an aberration of Xanthorrhoc saciaia in 

 which the usual dark band on the disc of the left forewing was reduced 

 to a blotch on the inner margin. Ova of C. perla. — Mr. West 

 (Ashtead), the ova of Chrt/sopa jwrla, laid solitary on a long 'stalk. 

 B. PAL,Es var. and p. plantagims vars. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, examples 

 of an excessively local form of Ihentlds pales var. a rsilac/ic taken by 

 him on one side of one small lake at St, Moritz, Engadine, and a 

 series of Parasemia plantaijinis varying from the normal yellow and 

 black males to the form with a much extended white ground on the 

 one hand, and on the other hand to the form with a much extended 



