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The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursdinj, November dth, 1<)11.— Mr. W. J. Kaye,F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. Pat;-e, F.E.S., of New Cross, and Mr. W. S. Coxliead, of Clapton, 

 were elected Members. 



Mr. South, on behalf of the Eev. A. P. Waller, exhibited a series of a 

 Leucania reared from ova laid by a 5 L. favicolor, half of which are distinctly 

 L. 'pallens, the rest agree with the parent or are intermediate, and nunierons 

 captured examples for comparison. Mr. Newman, a long- series of P^jrameis 

 cardui, bred from ova and fed up in a hot-house. The ? was captiu-ed at 

 Folkestone on Sej^tember 2nd, and the last imago appeared on October 16th. 

 Mr. Kaye, bred specimens of Rumicia pMseas, forced in a hot-house from ova. 

 Mr Andrews, the local DipteraSi/J'^j/ms vittiger, S. line.ola, and Sciomyza simplex 

 from North Kent. Mr. Adkin, specimens of Peronea va^'iegaviataken in orreai'ed 

 from his own garden, including- a second brood example on October 6th. Mr. 

 Tonge and Mr. Colthrup, series and specimens of Xylina socia (petrifcata) and 

 X. semibninnea for comparison. One specimen of the latter species was from the 

 New Forest. Mr. Moore, specimens of the tsetse flies {Glossina) from the Lake 

 Chad area, and read notes on them. Mr. Buckstone, series of Brenthis selene 

 from Surrey, one small and dark from liigh ground, gravel overlying chalk, 

 mainly in July ; the other large and light, on low marshy ground clay, mainly 

 in June. Mr. Carr, a large number of Lepidoptera taken in Shropshire during 

 1910. Mr. Sich, specimens of Lithocolletis stettinensis from Oxshott. Mr. Tonge, 

 lantern slides of imagines, shortly after emergence, of species of the genus Mgeria. 

 (Sesia), and also the ova. Mr. J. P. Barrett, lantern slides of collecting grovinds 

 around Mt. Etna. Mr. Main, lantern slides showing details of the life-history 

 and economy of a common millepede. 



Thursday, November 23rd. — Annual Exhibition of Varieties, &c. 



The Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S., was elected a Member. 



Mr. South exhibited an extreme melanic aberration of Brenthis selene, a 

 dark-banded Ej-ihyra linearia, Rumicia phlseas v. eleus, R. phlxas v. schmidtii, a 

 fine series of varieties of Leptogramma literana, &c. Mr. R. Adkin, two series of 

 aberrations of Abraxas gross^dariata — (a) from wild larvas, (b) from inbreeding, 

 a Zonosoma orbicnlaria with the whole of the wings of a rich red-brown, &c. 

 Mr. Blenkarn, varied series of Amorpha populi and Bupalus piniaria, and a 

 Brenthis selene, almost devoid of transverse markings. Mr. Newman, a series of 

 Mellinia ocellaris, including the forms similar to M. gilvago and Citria tulvago, 

 a large number of the more striking varieties from the " Capper " collection, a 

 lemon-tipped ab. of Euchloc carda^nines, a Brenthis euphrosyne with black hind- 

 wings, a Pyrameis cardui with apex of forewings largely black, fine abs. of 

 Agriades coridon, &c. Mr. A. Quarrington, Pyrameis cardui, with conspicuous 

 blue spots, a yellow Polygonia c-album, A. coridon with large confluent spots, 

 R. phlseas with almost obsolete marginal bands, etc. Mr. Bright, a drawer con- 

 taining all the finest extreme varieties from the collection of the late Mr. J. A. 

 Clarke, and a drawer of varieties of Amorpha populi, inclviding a magnificent 

 gynandi-omorph. Mr. Tiu-ner, a series of Erebia vethiops from Scotch (v. cale- 



