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the Satyrids and Hesperids taken by him in his trip to the Balkans in 1912, and 

 contributed notes on the occurrence and variation of the various species. 

 Mr. E. Adkin, a series of Tinea pallescentella and read a short paper on its history 

 as a British species, and discussed his experience in rearing it. 



Thursday, March 21th, 1913. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. B. H. Smith gave two specimens of Phvyxus livornica to the Society's 

 collection. Mr. E. Adkin exhibited sevei'al specimens of Crymodes exulis from 

 Shetland and from Inverness-shire, to show the characteristics of the two races. 

 Mr. Colthrup, a further series of his photographs of insects at rest. Mr. A. E. 

 Gribbs, a number of Nymphalids, especially of the genera Argynnis and Melitxa, 

 taken l)y him in the Balkans in the siimmer of 1912, including Dryas pandora, 

 Ai'gynnis adippe ab. cleodoxa, Issoria lathonia, B.hecate, Chrysophami^s alciphron, 

 Melitsaa atrivia, M. athalia var. mehadiensis, and ab. navarina, Librjthea, celtis, 

 Neptis lucilla, Polygonia egea, etc. Mr. J. Piatt Barrett, a nximber of species of 

 Sicilian butterflies, including Melanargia japygia, M. pherusa, and var. pZesawra, 

 M. galaihea and vars. lucasi, procida, and syracusana, and discussed other allied 

 forms ; he also showed a series of Euchloe damone. Mr. W. J. Kaye, the pupa 

 of Lyceena avion, found by Mr. Percy Richards in 1908, in an ant's nest in a 

 frail cocoon. Mr. F. W. Frohawk, a form of Euchloe cardamines, in which the 

 discoidal spots of the forewings were considerably within the orange apical 

 area. — Ht. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, March oth, 1913. — 

 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., P.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society: Miss Blanche A. Coney, 

 The Poplars, Pucklechurch, Glos. ; Messrs. Lachlan Gibb, 38, Blackheath Park, 

 Blackheath, S.E. ; Gerald F. Hill, Govt. Entomologist, Northern Territory, 

 South Australia, Port Darwin, N.T.S.A. ; Lowell Mason, 22 and 23, Club 

 Arcade, Durban, Natal. 



It was announced that the Council had nominated Messrs. J. H. Durrant, 

 L. B. Prout, and C. 0. Waterhouse to act as the Representatives of the Society 

 on the National Committee on Nomenclature. The Council also recommended 

 the appointment of a permanent Nomenclatui'e Committee for the Society 

 itself, and suggested that it should consist of the three representatives of the 

 Society on the National Committee, the British Representative on the Inter- 

 national Committee, the Secretary of the Society, and two elected members ; 

 the Council also proposed the names of Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker and Dr. K. 

 Jordan as the elected members. No alternative was suggested, and the recom- 

 mendations of the Council were unanimously adopted. The present Committee 

 of the Society therefore consists of the following Fellows : Messrs. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, J. H. Durrant, C. J. Gahan, Dr. K. Jordan, Messrs. L. B. Prout, 

 CO. Waterhouse, and the Rev. G Wheeler. 



The Hon. N. Charles Rothschild brought before the notice of the meeting 

 the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, and briefly outlined its 

 objects. 



Mr. J. E. Collin, on behalf of Lt. -Colonel C. G. Nurse, exhibited three 



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