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Catocalids, containing most of the European species. Mr. Durrant 

 exhibited, on behalf of Mrs. W. C. Boyd, a series of specimens of British 

 Lepidoptera of great historical interest which she is presenting to the 

 British Museum. Aberrations of Lepidoptera from the Guildford 

 District. — Mr. H. 0. Holford exhibited a specimen of CoenonympJia 

 ■paniphilioi of abnormally large size, and a $ of Ematnnia atomaria, 

 almost without markings. Butterflies from the Tyrol. — Mr. D. 

 Pearson showed a drawer of butterflies taken this summer in the 

 Tyrol, including specimens of the large Tyrolean form of Poli/onimatus 

 aiiiandus, and a series of Erebia euryale var. ocellarh. The following 

 papers were read : — " Illustrations of Specific Differences in the 

 Saws of Female Dolerids," by Eev F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S. 

 " Additions and Corrections to my List of the FJiopalocera of 

 Trinidad (1904)," by W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. " On the Urticating 

 Properties of Porthciiia siinilu," by H. Eltringham, M.A., F.E.S. 



October 15th, 1913. — The following gentleman were elected Fellows 

 of the Society : — Messrs. Edward 0. Armitage, Geelong, Victoria, 

 Australia ; F. W. Cragg, M.D., Capt. I.M.S., King Institute of 

 Preventive Medicine, Saidapet, Madras ; Walter James Dow, The 

 Cottage, Lynwood Avenue, Epsom ; Leslie John William Newman, 

 Dept. of Agriculture, Perth, W. Australia. The Evolution and 

 Distribution of Asymmetrical Indo- Australian Passalid^. — Mr. F. H. 

 Gravely, who was present as a visitor, exhibited lantern slides 

 illustrating the evolution of asymmetrical from symmetrical forms of 

 Indo-Australian PassaUdae. A new Genus of Mymarid.e. — -Mr. F. 

 Enock exhibited photographs of the $■ and $ of a new Mymarid, 

 which he had named Neurotes iridescem. It is closely allied to Haliday's 

 genus Limacis, and he had placed it at the head of the British 

 Mipiiaridae. Rare Myrmecophilous Diptera. — Mr. Donisthorpe 

 exhibited specimens of the rare myrmecophilous Diptera : — 1. Platij- 

 phora lubbocki, Verrall, two specimens bred out of his observation nest 

 of Formica sanyiiinea. He expressed his opinion that his two speci/nens 

 had hatched from pupje of F. fusca given to the sawndnea colony as 

 slaves. 2. .Fjiiirpnatias blattoides, Meinert. A specimen of this curious 

 little apterous Dipteron was taken in a nest of F. fusca at Nethy Bridge, 

 July 21st. 3. Peyerimholfia brachyptera, Kieft"., taken in a nest of Lauaa 

 alienus on Lundy Island, June 9th. Scotch Zyg^enids. — The Hon. N. 

 Charles Rothschild exhibited specimens of Anthrocera (Zyyaena) jilipen- 

 (hdae from the Isle of Lismore, Scotland, and an example resembling 

 them from Folkestone. Chrysophanus dispar, var. rutilus. Also 

 specimens of Chrysophanus dispar var. rutilus from Hungary and other 

 localities. Chrysophanus dispar, var. rutilus and forms of Agriades 

 coridon. — Mr. H. Rowland-Brown brought for exhibition examples of 

 Clirysophanus dispar var. rutilus, captured by him in the marshes of 

 the Gironde below Bordeaux, to compare with the much larger form 

 taken in Hungary by Mr. N. C. Rothschild. He also exhibited specimen 

 of Ayriades coridon var. si/ngrapha, Kef., taken in the Chiltern Hills 

 on August 9th, 1913, being the first ever recorded therefrom ; with 

 several examples of the variety taken by him at Dompierre-sur-Mer, 

 Charente-Irrferieure, and an example of the form semisyngrapha, Tutt. 

 Smerinthus populi. — Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited four gynandro- 

 morphous specimens of Suierinthus populi, three with the left side 2 

 and right side <? , and one vice versa. Agriades coridon. —Mr. 



