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readiness to act as Treasurer for any subscriptions given by Fellows 

 of the Society. Thais rumina as a Protected Species. — Dr. G. B. 

 Longstaff exhibited a series of 17 Thais rionina, Linn, (including a $ 

 of the var. cantoieri, Feld.), taken in March, 1913, at Ronda, in 

 Andalusia, and called attention to characters suggestive of a distasteful 

 butterfly. Panorpa cognata, Ramb. — Mr, W. J. Ijucas exhibited three 

 species of Panorpa, viz., a female of the scarce Scorpion-fly Panorpa 

 cof/nata, Panorpa (jerwanica, L., and Panorpa cornvuinis, L. Lepidoptera 

 FROM Devonshire. — Mr. H. Lupton exhibited a specimen of Tlialpochares 

 ostrina, taken in the middle of June, 1913, about four miles from 

 Ilfracombe. Also two specimens of THanthoecia Ititeaao var. harrettii, 

 taken in the middle of the same month on the coast of N. Devon. The 

 importance of preserving insects found in coitu. — Dr. G. D. H. 

 Carpenter read notes in connection with his exhibit of Epitoxa 

 albicincta, showing the importance of preserving insects taken in coitii, 

 with a view to discovering how far they chose those specimens which 

 had their own characteristics. Various Insects mostly from Africa. 

 — Dr. Carpenter also exhibited a case of miscellaneous insects and 

 communicated notes upon them. A very rare Ant. — Mr. Donisthorpe 

 exhibited $b, winged Js and a dealated ? and ^ s of Solenopsis 

 fugax, Latr., taken at Blackgang, Isle of Wight, on August 26th, 1918. 

 Aberration of Pyrameis indica. — Mr. E. E. Green exhibited an 

 aberrant example of Pyrameis [Vanessa) /n(//>rt, Herbst, from Ceylon. 

 He remarked that the aberration was apparently caused by a sudden 

 change of temperature at the critical period of pupation. Corydalis 

 orientalis, McLach. — Comm. J. J. Walker exhibited a S specimen of 

 the gigantic Neuropteron, Conjdalis orientalis, McLach., taken by a 

 native collector at Chuchow. Aberrant and Hybrid Heterocera. — 

 Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited : — (1) Cahjmnia [Cosmia) trapezina. A 

 melanic ? , a worn specimen taken at sugar in Bexley Woods. (2) 

 Zonosoma (Ephi/ra) annnlata and Z. pendalaria ; a long and very 

 varied series of both species, showing extreme light, dark, and inter- 

 mediate forms, and one very pink Z. pendalaria. (3) A series of 

 hybrid Z. pendalaria 2 x annalata J ; specimens showing the 

 markings of pendalaria most pronounced and the coloration of annalata 

 prominent. The following papers were read : — "New or little-known 

 Heterocera from Madagascar," by Sir G. H. Kenrick, Bart., F.E.S. 

 "The Caliculae of Australia," by Frank H. Taylor, F.E.S. 

 •' Descriptions of New Species of Staphylinidae from India," by Malcolm 

 Cameron, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. " Psendacraea eanjtas var. Jiobleyi, Neave, 

 and its models on Bugalla Island, Lake Victoria, with other members 

 of the same combination;" " Pseadacraea boisd avali, Douh\., and its 

 models, with special reference to Bugalla Island;" " The inheritance 

 of small variations in the pattern of Papilio dardanas, Brown," by 

 G. D. H. Carpenter, B.A., M.D., F.E.S. 



November Idth, 1913.— Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 President, in the chair. Wicken Fen. — It was announced that the 

 Council had decided to make an annual grant of two guineas towards 

 the maintenance of Wicken Fen. The following gentlemen were 

 elected Fellows of the Society : — Messrs. B. G. Adams, 15, Fernshaw 

 Road, Chelsea; Barnard Ormiston Dickinson, B.A., 57, Castlenau, 

 Barnes, S.W. ; Alfred Oliver Rowden, 3, Archibald Road, Exeter; 

 Oscar Whittaker, Ormidale, Ashlands, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire. 



