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geographical forms of Melananjia fjalathea, British, Alpine, Appeiinine, Cala- 

 brian, Sicilian, at varioiis elevations, &c. Mr. Barnett, for Mr. Cannot, a 

 Wheeleria spilodactyla, Freshwater, with no cleft in fore-wings, and one only in 

 hindwings. Mr. Pickett, results of breeding Angerona prunaria vmder coloured 

 muslins, red, pink, orange, yellow, and cream, with green pattern, and abt-rra- 

 tional scries of M. galathea, Agriades coridon {semisyngrapha, ohsoleta, striata, 

 minor), &c. Mr. Sheldon, European Diurni, taken by himself in the Eiviera, 

 S. Spain, Digne, &c., inchiding fine series of Zegris eupheme v. meridionalis, 

 Thais rumi^ia v. canteneri, v. medesicaste, and ab. honoratii, Araschnia levana v. 

 prorsa, and v. porima, &c. Mr. Frisby, nearly all the species of British bees in 

 the genera Andrena and Cilissa. Mr. W. J. Kaye, a drawer of species of Synto- 

 midx he had taken at flowers in S. Brazil, and gave notes on their habits. — 

 Ht. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomolocjical Society of London : Wednesday, November IHth, 191 1. — The 

 Rev. F. D. MoRiCE, M.A., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. Samiiel Proudfoot, 6, Lyme Grove, Altrincham, Cheshire, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Commander Walker exhibited thi-ee specimens of Phsedrophilus o'connori, 

 Broun, a large and handsome weevil from Mount Quoin, Kaitoke, South Island, 

 New Zealand. The specimens were taken by Mr. G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., of 

 Wellington, N.Z., at an elevation of 3,900 feet, in December, 1910. Commander 

 Walker also, a specimen of the rare Tortrix, Phalonia (Eupoecilia) implicitana., 

 Wocke, taken by Mr. H. G. Champion at Shorcham, Sussex, August, 1911. 

 Mr. W. C. Crawley, a 9 and a $ of Leptothorax tuherum, Fabr., subspecies 

 coriicalis, Schenk, new to Britain, found with two larvae in an empty beech- 

 nut at Pangbourne, Berks, April 24, 1904. Mr. N. S. Sennett, some Coc- 

 cinellids, Chilocorus hipustulatus, L., as found on Mimosa trees at Mont Estoril 

 in Portugal, together with the small exudations of gum, presenting what appeared 

 to be a remarkable, though hitherto unrecorded, case of Protective Mimicry. Mr. 

 L. W. Newman showed a long series of Pyrameis cardui,hred from ? V captured 

 at Folkestone on September 2nd last. Ova were laid at once and placed in a hot- 

 house kept at about 80 degrees ; they hatched on September 7th, and the larvae 

 fed up very rapidly on stinging nettle, the first pupating on September 30th. 

 Imagines started to emerge about a week later, and all were out by October 16th. 

 Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited two rare species of Diptcra from North Kent, viz., 

 Syrjjhus lincola, Ztt., a <?, taken at Bexley on July 8th, and Sciomyza simplex, 

 Fin., both sexes, taken in the Thames Marshes on June 23rd and July 1st, all 

 in the present year. Mr. J. E. Collin remarked that he had only taken the latter 

 species at Ringwood and in Suffolk. Mr. E. A. Cockayne, a Geometer taken at 

 Tongue, Sutherland, July oth, 190G, closely resembling Cidaria (Dysstroma) 

 concinnata, Stoph., specimens of which were placed below for comparison. Mr. 

 J. Piatt Barrett, a drawer of Melanargia f;a?ai/i.ea containing English specimens, 

 specimens from the Alps, from the Appennines, from Calabria, and from Sicily, 

 including var. procida and var. ayracusana, Zell. Mr. A. E. Tonge, a very fine 



