284 THE entomologist's record. 



Italian Val Formazza, from Domodossola leading up to the Tosa 

 Falls. Aberrations of Coccinella. — Mr. Ashdown, two aberrations 

 of Coccinella biptinctata, in which the spots were enlarged and united 

 in a very unusual manner. A rare Coleopteron. — Mr. West (Green- 

 wich), a rare Coleopteron, Sii/Dinus a rniatuft, -presented to the Society's 

 collections by the Rev, J. F. Perry. Melanic Boar.mia gemmaria. — 

 Mr. Hperring, extremely dark examples of Boannia (lemmaria (rJioiiiboi- 

 (laria) bred from ova, the female parent from Darenth. Confluent A. 

 filipendul^. — Mr. Tonge, confluent examples of AntJirncera jilijiendulae 

 from Reigate. A gynandromorph (?) G. rhamni and Melanic H. defo- 

 LiARiA.— Mr. B. S. Williams, on behalf of Mr. Wanhill, a (Jonepteryx 

 rhaiiini in which male and female colour w^ere mixed on the forewings, 

 and several melanic specimens of flihernia defoliaria from Epping 

 Forest. Melanic and other forms of H. defoliaria. — Mr. Bowman, 

 a very fine series of H. defoliaria from Epping Forest, including a 

 dozen melanic examples, several light forms, strongly banded forms, 

 mottled forms, etc. In the nine years previous to 1914 he had only 

 met with two melanic forms in this locality. 



September dth. — Life-history of R. inquisitor.— Mr. Sano exhibited 

 living larvct', pupx and imagines of the Longicorn Coleopteron, lihanimn 

 Du/iiisitdr. Aberrations of LyctEnid.e. — Mr. Leeds, underside aberra- 

 tions of Ai/riade.s coiidon. ab. .st'»//,s7/»r/c(^/)/((/, blue suffused females of 

 I'oli/Diiniiatiii! icariis and an ab. syix/rapha with very dark margins to 

 the wings. The pylades group of IPapilio.^ — Mr. H. Moore, imagines 

 of the pi/lades group of t'apilio from Africa, and read notes. A rare 

 species of Coleoptera. — Mr. West (Greenwich), the rare Coleopteron 

 Athniifi r/io»ibtts, taken at Swinley during the field meeting on July 3rd. 

 Aberration of E. subnotata. — Mr. B. S. Williams, an aberration of 

 Kapitliecia nuhnotata in which the mottled markings were absent, there 

 being present on the submarginal area a series of quadrate light spots. 



September 2Srd. — An evening for the exhibition of Lantern-slides. — 

 Mr. Rowan exhibited some beautiful slides illustrating the habits of 

 birds. Mr. Tonge, the resting attitudes of the imagines of several 

 Lepidoptera. Mr. Colthrup, the attitudes of living larvae of several 

 Lepidoptera. Mendelian and other results of breeding. — Mr. Tonge 

 exhibited a series of Boannia repandata reared from Norfolk ova, the 

 repaiidata-iorm <? =1, ? s = 29, a.nd cnncersaria-iovm <? =0, $ s = 39. 

 He also showed a series of Niimeria pulveraria reared from Abbot's 

 Wood ova, the variation was practically nil, J s = 24, ? s = 27. Aber- 

 ration OF C. elinguaria. — Mr. B. S. Williams, an aberration of Crocallis 

 elinr/iiaria in which the ground colour was heavily dotted with dark 

 brown, and the central band sharply margined white. The Crustacean 

 B. DiAPHANus.— Mr. West (Ashtead), the freshwater Crustacean, Bran- 

 chippus diajdiauiis, from Claygate. P. vilosella. — Mr. Morford, the case 

 of the Psych id Parlnjthelia rilosclla from the New Forest. Aberration 

 OF L. DEPLANA. — Mr. Buckstone, a bred series of Liihnsia dcplana from 

 Mickleham, one example being very smoky with rich yellow costa and 

 fringes. Arerration.s of Lycenids, etc. — Mi'. Leeds, many aberra- 

 tions of "blues" taken this season mainly in Herts, with an h'.pine- 

 phele jurtina having extra ocelli on both upper and lower side, and an 

 Arpiades coridun ab. semisyufjrap/ia from Kent. 



