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side ^ , bred last year at Eastbourne by Mr. E. P. Sharp. Rare 

 Goliath-beetles. — Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited a specimen which he 

 believed to be the female of Goliathiis wisei, Heath, hitherto unknown, 

 also specimens of Q. kirki, Gray, in which the white markings were very 

 perfectly preserved. British Eudectus and Oedemera virescens. — Mr. 

 Champion exhibited on behalf of Mr. E. W. Morse, of Leeds, the second 

 British specimen of the genus Kudectus, probably a variety of E. whitei, 

 Sharp, from Ingleborough, Yorks, and a pair of Oedemera virescens, L., 

 from Symonds Yat, Hereford. Suggested protective value of the 

 Cocoon of Lyonetia clerkella, L. — Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited, at the 

 desire of Mr. .J. C. Hawkshaw, F.E.S., a cocoon of Lyonetia clerkella, 

 L., spun up on a cherry leaf. Mr. Hawkshaw suggested that the fine 

 silken web attached to the leaf on each side of the supporting strands 

 and guy lines, by means of which the cocoon is slung up like a hammock, 

 served as a protection against ants. Living hkuviE and Imagines of 

 Agriades thersites.— Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited a J and 5 imago 

 of Ai/riades thersites, alive, bred from the egg ; also two last-stage larvse. 

 Dichotomy of Anterior Limb in a Coccid. — Mr. E. Ernest Green 

 exhibited a Coccid with double anterior limb, and read notes. Lasio- 

 CAMPA ilicifolia. — Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited a fine $ Lasiocampa 

 ilicifolia taken on the wing at Cannock Chase by Mr. G. B. Oliver on 

 May 25th, 1913. Mr. Newman stated that the larva in captivity took 

 readily to aspen. A varietal form of Cidaria suffumata. — Mr. A. W. 

 Mera exhibited two specimens of Cidaria suff'uinata, of an unusual 

 form, from East Devon, received from Rev. J. W. Metcalfe, who takes 

 this form in damp woods and finds it not entirely confined to one 

 wood. A surprising family of Hypolimnas (Euralia) dubia. Beau v., 

 AND anthedon, Dbl., FROM Natal. — Pi'of. Poulton statcd that he had 

 just received, from Mr. E. E. Piatt, of Durban, the male and female 

 parents— both of the wahlbergi form— caught in coitu, with their large 

 family of about 200 ininia and wahlbergi in about equal numbers. The 

 following paper was read: — "A Revision of the Central American 

 Chaidiotinathinae (Pam. Telephoridae), based on the Genital Armature 

 of the Males," by G. C. Champion, A.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



April 1st. — Mrs. Maria Ernestina Walsh, Soekaboemi, Java; 

 Messrs. J. P. Ramakrishna Aiyar, B.A., F.Z S., The Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Coimbatore, South India; Eugene Bendefitter, 11 Rue St. Jaques, 

 Le Mans, France; Rev. Prebendary Edward Grose Hodge, The Vicar- 

 age, Paddington ; A. J. T. Janse, 1st Street, Gezina, Pretoria, S. 

 Africa; Charles Nicholson, 35 The Avenue, Hale End, Chingford, 

 N.E.; Frederic de la Mare Norris, B.Sc, The Agricultural Department, 

 Kuala Lumpur, Malay States, were elected Fellows of the Society. A 

 Point in Mimicry. — Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited some specimens of 

 the genus Curetis from the Tring Museum, and read notes on a point 

 of mimicry. Pierines from Western China. — Dr. F. A. Dixey 

 exhibited specimens of Pierinae from Western China, with drawings of 

 their scent-scales, and remarked on them. New and rare Papilios. — 

 Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited both sexes of a new Papilio belonging to 

 the i/ainbrisiiis group, and apparently most nearly allied to P. ormeniis, 

 Guer., also the rare Papilio </abrielis, Roths., both recently received 

 from the Admiralty Islands. An Ant's nest and a Myrmecophilotis 

 Beetle. — Mr. Donisthorpe exhibited a small nest of the ant 

 Crenicfutogaster schenki, Forel, from Madagascar, fastened on the stem 



