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them to congratnlato Mr. Verrall on his election as a member. 

 He stated that there could be no doubt that the party to which 

 Mr. Verrall belonged was that with " two wings," he could not 

 belong to the other which had more, but he could be claimed as 

 Conservative, for he upheld the best traditions of the race ; he could 

 also be claimed as Liberal, his liberality in the matter of the invita- 

 tions he annually sent out to the guests of the Entomological Club, 

 spoke for itself ; his volumes on the Diptera proved conclusively that 

 he could be claimed as a Labour member. The health of the host 

 was then drunk with musical honours, to which Mr. Verrall briefly 

 replied. The rest of the time was filled by personal gossip among the 

 guests, who began to disperse about 11 p.m., those staying in the town 

 for the night, however, remaining some time longer. 



Another Conversazione will be held in May next by the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London. Fellows who are willing to assist in any way 

 by exhibiting, etc., are kindly requested to communicate with Mr. H. 

 Eowland-Brown or Commander J. J. Walker, the Honorary Secretaries, 

 at 11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W. 



We should be very glad of any information with regard to the 

 range of the J form of Pob/otiniiatufi icarus, in which the red lunules 

 are noticeable on the upperside of the hindwings (ab. nifoliiniilata): 

 also of information relating to the underside aberrations addenda, 

 costajiincta, and basijimrta of the same species, parallel with those of 

 A. thetix and A. coridon bearing the same names. 



We have just received from Mr. Culot (Villa-les-Iris, Geneve) 

 Part ii. of his Xoctnelles et Geowetri'n d' Europe, with eight pages of 

 letterpress and two plates of the Noctuids, quite equal to those issued 

 with Part i. They are indeed quite masterpieces of hand-coloured 

 work. 



It is with the greatest regret that we hear that Professor E. B. 

 Poulton has met with an accident, breaking his arm in Switzerland. 



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City of London Entomological. Society. — January i.th, 1910. — 

 Pocket Box Exhibition. — Exhibits: Series of Hydrcecia nictitans, L, ; 

 PALUDis, Tutt ; LucENs, Frr. ; and crinanensis, Burrows ; with micro- 

 scopic mounts and photographs of the genitalia of both sexes of each 

 species, to show the specific distinction, the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows. 



AgRIADES coridon ab. $ SYNGRAPHA AND A. THETIS ( = BELLARGUs) 



var. $ ccELESTis, Ob., both from West France, Dr. T. A. Chapman. 

 NoNAGRiA EDELSTENi, Tutt, froui Sussex, with the new aberrations 

 nift'sreiis, Edelsten, and fiisca, Edelsten. with the ova and pupa in fiitu, 

 and photographs of the early stages, by Mr. Main, to illustrate the life- 

 history of the species, Mr. H. M. Edelsten. Agriades coridon, males 

 and females from the South Downs, August, 1909, the males showing 

 shades from steel-grey to bright blue, and some females of ab. wmi- 

 syniirafilia, Mr. A. F. Hemming. Catocala fraxint, bred from eggs 

 obtained from female taken at Horsham, September 9th, 1908 [It would 

 be interesting to get further particulars of these ova; information has 

 come to us that leads us to ask for details of their British origin. — 

 Ed.] Mr. G. H. Leach. Arctia villica, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, 

 DiAPHORA mkndica, Spilosoma LnBHiciPEDA and var. radiata, and S. 

 menthastri, with its buff aberrations, Mr, A. W. Mera, Venusia 



