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specimens of a peculiar insect which Mr. G. C. Champion had identified as a 

 species of Myodites, a heteromeroixs Coleopteron, captured by Colonel Nurse at 

 Quetta (India) in 1902. Mr. O. E. Janson, specimens of a curious form of 

 Staphylinid beetle from South Brazil, apparently EcitoniorxAia aracluioides, 

 Wassni. Mr. L. B. Prout, a series of Larentia citrata, L., from Iceland, and 

 read explanatory notes. Dr. K. Jordan, a species of Eurytoma, an almond- 

 feeding Chalcid, together with its living pupa, which he had received for 

 identification from the Director of Agriculture in Cyprus, where the species 

 does extensive damage in the almond plantations. Mr. E,. Adkin, specimens of 

 Tinea paUescentella that he had reared in Janiiary last from larvse found 

 feeding in a bale of hare's hair received from Brandon, Suffolk, in the previous 

 November. Prof. Poidton, six examples of specimens lielonging to various 

 distasteful groups, exhibiting " disabling injuries." 



Wednesday, March 19th, 1913. — The Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., Vice- 

 President, and afterwards Mr. J. H. Dubrant, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. Thomas Alfred Coward, F.Z.S., Brentwood, Bowdon, Cheshire; 

 Wm. H. Edwards, Natural History Dept., Birmingham Museum ; Lewis Gough, 

 Ph.D., Entomologist to the Govt, of Egypt, Dept. of Agriculture, Cairo ; John 

 Hewitt, B.A., Director of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Afi-ica ; 

 Carlos E. Porter, C.M.Z.S., Professor of Zoolog}% AgTicultural Institute, Saji- 

 tiago, Chile ; and Gilbert Storey, Entomological Eesearch Commission, Natural 

 History Museum, South Kensington, S.W., wei'e elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited two larvse of Coniopteryx tinciformis, eight of 

 which were beaten from pines at Oxshott on the 16th inst. Mr. Donisthorpe, 

 various species of ants of the genus Eciton, the " Wander Ants," and gave 

 some account of their intei'estiug habits. He remarked that a number of 

 Myrmecophiles run with them on their wanderings. Mr. W. C. Crawley, a 

 few ants collected during September, 1909, in Pennsylvania and Cleveland, 

 Ohio, including Polyergus lucidus and Fovniica rubicimda, two of the slave- 

 makers with their slaves ; and some species collected with Dr. Forel in 

 Switzerland, Augiist, 1912, The Eev. F. D. Morice made the following 

 exhibits by means of the E^jidiascope : (1) Lantern-slides sliowing the pecti- 

 nated antennae of the (^ in the saw-flies Lophyrus j^iwi, L., and Monoctemis 

 juniperi, L., the latter new to Britain and not yet recorded. It was taken 

 pretty freely on juniper at Nethy Bridge in June, 1907, by Messrs. H. Scott 

 and C. G. Lamb. (2) Lantern-slides showing paradoxical (secondary sexual) 

 characters in the legs of numerous c? Aculeates (bees, wasps, and fossors). 

 (3) Microphotos of the apex of the ? "torebra" in Cimhex lutea, L., and 

 Cimhex femorata, L. (magnified 90 diameteis). (4) Entomological Congress 

 groups at Oxford and Tring (lantern-slides). Dvu'ing the course of this exhibit, 

 Dr. Chapman, at Mr. Morice's request, explained the manner in which he had 

 seen the wings of the $ Odynerus spinipes imprisoned between the tridentate 

 middle femora and excavated middle tibia; of the <? . Whilst the instrmuent 

 was in use a most interesting demonstration of its powers was given by Mr. F. 

 Bethell. A paper by Mr. H. Eltringham, M.A., F.L.S., " On the Scent- Apparatvis 

 of Amauris niavius, L.," was read by tlie author, the black-and-white drawings 

 by which it was illustrated being tiirown on the screen. — G.Wheeler, Hon. Sec. 



