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.Societies. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, July 27th, 1916.— Mr. Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. Frohawk exhibited a fio-iire of the unique^.absolntely white form of 

 Melanargia qalathea, taken near Walmer, in 1843 ; also a specimen of Euchlo'e 

 cardamines, in which there was no fface of black scales on either side ; and a 

 Colias hyale, in which the black markings were represented by a faint dusky 

 shade. Mr. Turner, a series of Parnassius apollo var. valaisica from Macugnaga, 

 and contrasted its size and brilliancy with the smaller var. montana from 

 St. Moritz, Engadine. Mr. Turner also showed cases of the following species of 

 the genus Coleophora (Micro-Lepido'ptera), supposed to have been in the late 

 H. T. Stainton's collection, and referred to by him in his " Tineina of Southern 

 Europe," 1869 : C. calycotoniella on Calycotorne spinosa, C. chamaedryella on 

 Teucrium chamaedrys, C. giraudi, C. musculella on Dianthus superhus, C. cor- 

 nuta, C. polonicella on Astragalus arenarius, and C. otitae on Silene otites. 

 Mr. Bowman, a specimen of Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria irom the Isle of Wight. 

 Mr. B. S. Williams, several species of Eupithecia, including melanic E. lariciata 

 from Leith Hill, a melanic E. castigata from Finchley, and a series bred from 

 larvae taken at Oxshott last Autumn. Mr. Sperring, dwarf examples of 

 Polyommatus icarus, $ , 22 mm., $ , 24 mm., and $ , 22 mm. respectively, with 

 very light $ s, and very blue $ s from Portsmouth ; a barred aberration of 

 Eupithecia oblongata (centaureata) ; seven examples of Epinephcle tithonus, 

 with extra eye-spots, from Sidmouth ; and a yellow Pieris napi spring brood. 

 Attention was called to the destruction caused by the larvae of Lucanus cervus 

 in fencing around London. 



Thursday, August 10th, 1916. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. H. M. Stewart, M.A., M.D., of Dulwich, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Leeds exhibited a series of Hihernia leucophaearia, from Herts, with 

 aberrations including ab. marmorinaria and ab. merularia, together with a 

 female of Polyommatus icarus with paler to whitish areas. Dr. Chapman, a 

 series of Vespa norvegica which has this year occurred in some numbers near 

 Eeigate); and also bred living specimens of Selenia bilunaria, showing both 

 spring and summer forms in the same brood. Mr. Main, the pupa of the tiger- 

 beetle, Cicindela campestris, produced in one of his small observation cages. 

 Mr. Turner, the life-history of Coleophora nigricella on hawthorn ; the larval 

 " winter cots " of a species of Limenitis from N. America ; cocoons of Nepticula 

 euphorbiclla from mined leaves of Euphorbia dendroides ; leaves of the cork tree 

 Quercus suber, with mines of the larva of Nepticula suberis ; cocoons of Nepticula 

 catharticella from mined leaves of Rhamnus alaternus ; leaves of Quercus suber 

 with mines and cocoons of Nepticula subcrivora ; and cocoons and webs of the 

 larvae of Zelleria phillyrella among twigs of Phillyrea angustifoliella. These 

 Micro-Lepidoptera are some of the actual specimens referred to and described in 

 Stainton's " Tineina of Southern Europe," pp. 224-229. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, June 7th, 1916. — 

 The Hon. N. C. Rothschild, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



Miss Alice Balfour of Whittinghame, Prestonkirk, Scotland, and 4, Carlton 

 (Jardens, S.W., was elected a Fellow of tne Society. 



