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undersides in Irish specimens of C. tiphon. Mr. R. Adkin, C. tiphon fi'om 

 English, Scotch, and Irish localities, and remarked on their general local 

 chai-acteristics, and E. pamphilus, referring to the varied development of the 

 eye-spots. Mr. Sheldon, fine series of the rarer species, C. hero, C. oedipus, 

 and C. iphioides, and remarked on the unaccountable absence from Britain of 

 the extremely common European species, C arcania. Mr. Curwen, long and 

 varied series of C. pamphilus and C. dorus, and called attention to the occasional 

 development of a row of submarginal spots on the fore-wing. Mr. Edwards, series 

 of several species, including dark C. arcania and species of the allied genus 

 Hypocista from Atistralia. Mr. Tiirner, series of various Palsearctic andNearctic 

 species, including C. clko from Vancouver.— Ht. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, April 3rd, 1912. — The 

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



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society : — Mr. Henry 

 Hacker, Queensland Museum, Bowen Bridge Road, Brisbane, Queensland ; 

 Mr. Cyril Engelhart Latour, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies ; 

 Signor Orazio Querci, Macerata, Mai-che, Italy. 



The Covincil having been invited to elect Delegates to represent the Society 

 at various fiuictions, the following have been elected : — for the Centenary 

 Celebration of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor Comstock 

 and Dr. Holland ; Professor Fernald, who had also been elected, was unable to 

 attend ; for the First Eugenic Congress, in July, Professor Bateson ; for the 

 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society, in July, the President ; for the Inter- 

 national Congi-ess of Entomology, in Avigust, the President, the Rev. G. "Wheeler, 

 Secretary, and Messrs G. T. Bethune-Baker, H. Rowland-Brown, and the 

 Hon. W. Rothschild. 



Mr. G. T. Bethvine-Baker exhibited a specimen of Cyclopodia hopei, Westw., 

 a parasite on the Indian Flying-fox ; this was itself parasitized by an Aca.rus of 

 the genus Gamasus, there being no less than seventeen of this small species on 

 one specimen of C. hopei. 



There being no other exhibits and no papers to be read, the President said 

 that he thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss the important subject 

 of Nomenclature, and a long discussion arose in which many of the Fellows 

 present took part. Eventually, Mr. Tui-ner proposed that a small Committee 

 be appointed to consider the subject of Nomenclature and report to the June 

 meeting, with a view to the coming International Congress, This was seconded 

 by Mr. A. E. Gibbs, and carried nem. con. The following Fellows Avere proposed 

 as forming the Committee, and the names being put from the Chair were 

 unanimously accepted: — Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, Dr. T. A. Chapman, 

 Messrs. J. H. Durrant, H. J. Turner, C. O. Waterhouse, and Rev. G. Wheeler, 

 with power to add to their number. — * 



