120 I May, 1907. 



It was annoiinced tlial. tlic Kev. F. ]). Morico, Al.A., and Professor E. B. Poul- 

 ton, D.Sn., M.A., F.R.S., would represent tlie Society at the fortlicoming celebrations 

 at Upsala and Stockliolni. 



Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited several species of Phrinsura and Mylothrix, illustra- 

 ting the remarkable parallelism between different forms of the two genera, a 

 correspondence believed by the exhibitor to have a mimetic significance, the mimicry 

 being probably of the Mullerian kind. 



The following papers were communicated : — " Studies in the TettUjitive. {Ortho- 

 ptera) in the Oxford Museum," by Joseph L. Hancock, M.l)., F.E.S. " A List of 

 the Coleoptera of the Maltese Islands," by Malcolm Cameron, M.B., R.N., and Dr. 

 A. Caruana Gatto. " The Life History of Spindasis lohita, llorsf.," by John C. W. 

 Kershaw. " On the Egg Cases and Early Stages of some South Chinese Cas.iididse ," 

 by John C. W. Kershaw and Frederick Muir. " A Life History of Tesseraloma 

 papulosa, Tlninb.," by John C. W. Kershaw, with " Notes on the Stridulating Organ 

 and Stink Glands," by Frederick M. Muir. '' The Vinegar Fly {Drosophila 

 funehris)" by Ernest E. Unwin, communicated by Professor L. C. Miall, F.R.S. 

 " On (he Structure iind Life lIif<tory of the Holly Fly," by Professor Louis Coinp- 

 ton .Miall, F.R.S., and T. IL Taylor; and a "Note on Xanthorhoe ferrtigata, 

 Clerck, and the Mendelian Hypothesis," by Leonard Doncaster, M.A., F.E.S. 



Wednesday, April, lOtli, 1907. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Sydney R. Asliby, of 11'.), Greenvalo lioad, Klthani Park, Kent; Mr. 

 Arthur Buileid, F'.S.A., of the Old Vicarage, Midsonier Norton, Somerset; Mr. 

 Bernard H.D. Harrison, ofChuemont, Ashleigh Road, Barnstaple; and Mr. Charles 

 F'ielding Johnson, of Mayfield, Binnington Crescent, Stockport ; were elected F^ellows 

 of the Society. 



Tlie decease was announced of Mr. John Emmerson Robson. 



Dr. F. A. Dixcy exhibited specimens of I'ieritur belonging lo the genera Tera- 

 colus and Muphina. The exhibit was intended to illustrate the fact that in species 

 of which the wet-season phases were very distinct from each other, the correspond- 

 ing dry-season phases often could only be discriminated with difllculty. Mr. G. C. 

 Chauipion, on behalf of Mr. J. Edwards, a few forms of the genus Osphya, tog(;ther 

 with certain otlier species occurring at the same time and place, and which, having 

 regard to gait and appearance, resemble them more or less closely. It was not sug- 

 gested that these resemblances were |)rotective. Attention was also drawn to one 

 impoitant function of the hind-legs of the male, namely, to secure him in position 

 at the time of pairing. Mr. H. J. Carter, a microscopic slide prepared to demon- 

 strate tliat the antennae in certain species of the genus Trachyscelis have eleven 

 joints, and not ten as hitherto described. 



The following papers were communicafed : — " Odonala calleetcd by Lieut. -Col. 

 Nurse, ehiedy in North- Western lndi;i," by Mr. Kenneth J. Morton. " The Life- 

 History of Cydimon {Urania) leiius," by L. Gupjjy, Jun., eomniiniieated by 

 Mr. W. J. Kaye, which was followed by a discussion on the migration, habits, and 

 classiilcatiun of the species. — H. Rowland- UuowN, Hun. Secretary. 



