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Mr. H. Moore, a specimen of Aet/mtera plu/inatens, a large Orthopfceron 

 from the Cape. Sicilian captures and notes. — Mr. J. Piatt Barrett, 

 living mole crickets, Gryllotalpa vidian's, small larvae and ova-shells of 

 of Melanariiia ji/ieiKsa, a large centipede, etc., all from Sicily. Pests 

 INFESTING oak, BEECH, AND ASH. — Mr. W. West (Ashtead), the Plujlloxera 

 of the oak, P. punctata. Mr. Step, two Hemipterous pests P/n/ajihifi 

 faffi in masses under leaves of beech, and PJnjUop»is fia.vini in a similar 

 manner under leaves of ash. Results in a bred series of C. argiolus. 

 — Mr. R. Adkin, a bred series of Celastrina {(^'ijaniris) ar(/ioliis, from 

 1913 autumn larv^ on ivy, one or two of which were of the facies of 

 the autumn emergence. Rosel's Insekten belustigung. — Mr. Hy. 

 Turner, the whole of the plates of Rosel's Insekten belusti(/nng, 1746- 

 1761, with Kleemann's additional volume of plates and an autograph 

 letter re the volume, written by W. Spence, 1812. Rare forms and 

 species of the genus Parnassius. — Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a drawer of species 

 and forms of Parnassius, including P. nmeinosyne, P. apollo, P. stuhben- 

 dorfii, P. delphtHs, P. apollonins, P. imperator, P. hardivickii, P. dh- 

 coboliis, P. roiiianori, etc. Report of the Congress of the S.E.U.S.S. 

 — Mr. Step read a Report of the Congress of the S.E. Union of 

 Scientific Societies held at Bournemouth, June 10th-13th, and which 

 he and Mr. Hy. J. Turner attended as the Society's delegates. 



London Natural History Socifty. — January 6th. — Mendelian 

 Results. — Dr. E. A. Cockayne exhibited Boannia consortaria bred 

 from a normal ? taken at Oxshott in May, 1912. The progeny were 

 50 per cent, melanic and 50 per cent, normal. Aberration of M. 

 bicolorata. — -Mr. L. B. Prout, ISlelantliia bicolorata var. plumbata with 

 an extremely dark suffusion near the margin of the forewings. Various 

 aberrations. — Mr. W. E. King, TepJirosia crepuscularia and Lithosia 

 deplana from Oxshott, and T. biandularia from Epping Forest, includ- 

 ing some fine specimens of ab. delaiuerensis. 



February did. — Pocket Box Exhibition. — Messrs. J. Riches and C. 

 H. Williams, long series of Abraxas (/rossulariata and its abs. nigro- 

 sparsata, deleta, rarleyata, etc. Mr. C. S. Pickett, a series of Ayriades 

 coridon, the result of two years' collecting in Hertfordshire, including 

 long series of ab. semisyngrapha, of fine underside forms, obsoleta and 

 striata, also several asymmetrical females, ab. inaequalis. Mr. H. B. 

 Williams, his series of varieties of Buinicia phlaeas, including abs. alba, 

 intermedia, roiiuta, addenda, radiata, suff'usa, cleus, etc. Mr. Bernard 

 Cooper, Nyssia hyb. denhaiui, one specimen, and Lycia hyb. harrisoni, 

 four males and four females. Mr. L. B. Prout, the same two hybrids 

 and also the reciprocal hybrids of Tephrosia crepuscularia, and T. bis- 

 tortata. Mr. L. W. Newman, a series of Aniorpha populi, ranging from 

 cream to rich pink, bred from Bexley, and a series of hybrid Suierinthus 

 ocellatus ^ , and Atnorpha populi J , showing considerable variation 

 in ground colour and also in the spots on hindwings. Mr. H. Worsley- 

 Wood, series of Mcllinia [Xanthia) ocellaris and M. (A'.) gilvago. Mr. 

 V. E. Sbaw, ApnrnpJiila australis, and the rare var. orientalis from 

 Sandown (I. of W.), 1913. 



February lltli. — Dr. E. A. Cockayne, a fine series of Aegeria {Tro- 

 chilinm) andrenaeformis and its parasites Meniscus piniplator, Dracon 

 variatnr, Cubocephalus brevicornis, Phanerotouia dentata, and Thrytocera 

 spinipennis, also A. scoliaeforniis and parasite and cocoons in sitii. Mr. 

 L. W. Newman, life-histories of A. scoliaeforniis and A. andrenaeformis. 



