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Spanish Rhopalocera. — Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited specimens of both 

 sexes of Pleheins sephi/rus var. hesperica taken by him in June last 

 at Albarracin. P. aephyrus, type and var. h/cidas, were also exhibited 

 for comparison. Mr. Jones exhibited also from Albarracin, in 

 Spain, Melitaea clesfontainii var. hoetica, Rbr., the Spanish form 

 of M. desfontaim'i, Godt. (an Algerian butterfly) : both sexes were 

 exhibited. An abnormal pairing. — Mr. E. E. Green exhibited 

 two Pierid butterflies, of distinct genera, taken in coith at Aripu, 

 Ceylon, viz., Appias lihj/thea, Fab., ^ , and Teracolas limbatiis, Butl., 9 . 

 Variation in Heliconius doris, L. — Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a large 

 and very variable series of Heliconinn doris. Mimicry (?) in Erebias. 

 — Dr. Chapman exhibited some Erebias, showing how several species 

 varied in parallel directions in difterent localities when they flew 

 together. The species dealt with were E. melawpus, E. pharte, il. rcto, E. 

 inanto and E. epiphrnn. A considerable discussion followed. Pierids 

 AND THEIR ScENT- SCALES. — Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited a drawer contain- 

 ing specimens of the genus Pierin, with drawings of their scent-scales. 

 The Method by which Fleas infect with Plague. — Mr. A. Bacot 

 exhibited slides showing the development of Plague Bacilli in the 

 alimentary canal of the Flea, and the method of infection through the 

 mouth, and read an important paper on that subject. A curious 

 Larval Habit. — Dr. K. Jordan exhibited some specimens of a lepidop- 

 terous larva discovered by the Rev. A. Miles Moss, F.E.S., who, when 

 collecting near Para, noticed a Saturniid caterpillar with black inter- 

 segmental bands and long branched spines, a species of Automeris, 

 some of the black bands of which appeared to be swollen. To his 

 amazement these swellaigs, when touched, quickly slid over the back 

 of the caterpillar to the other side with the hurried motion of a Pyralid 

 larva, and indeed turned out to be small lepidopterous larvae as black 

 and glossy as the bands of the Aiitdiiwris caterpillar. The following 

 papers were read: — "Revision of the Mexican and Central American 

 Malachiidae and Meli/ridae, with descriptions of new species," 

 by George Charles Champion, F.Z.S. " Four new genera and 

 species of Hipnenoptera from Australia," and "Three new species 

 of AustraUan Hi/menoptera," by A. A. Girault, communicated by A.M. 

 Lea, F.E.S., Govt. Entomologist, South Australia. 



December Srd, 1913. — Election of a Fellow. — Mr. Walter 

 Ormiston, of Kalupahani, Haldumille, Ceylon, was elected a Fellow of 

 the Society. — Presentation to the Library.— -Dr. G. B. Longstafif 

 presented to the Society, on behalf of a number of subscribers, a copy 

 of Hiibner's " Exotische Schmetterlinge," original edition, being the 

 copy selected by the late Mr. W. F. Kirby for Mr. Roland Trimen. 

 Aberrations of Abraxas grossulariata. — Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited 

 two curious specimens of Abra.vas urossiilariata. In the first the fore- 

 wings were asymmetrical in marking, and the left lower wing was 

 wanting. In the other the right lower wing was also wanting, but in 

 its case there was a rudiment of it visible. Butterflies from Sao 

 Paulo, Brazil.— Miss Diana R. Wilson, who was present as a visitor, 

 exhibited a collection of butterflies caught in Brazil this year, during 

 the last week of January and the first week of February. Mr. C. 0. 

 Farquharson's record of Erotylid beetles in clay cells. — Prof. 

 Poulton exhibited eight examples of the Hymenopteron Epismphida 

 interrupta, Lac, found in one clay cell, and eleven examples found in 



