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exhibited very long series of both broods of T. crepuscnlaria and also series of T. 

 hkindidaria ; these were from fifty or sixty diffei'ent localities. Most of the known 

 forms were shown, as well as pi-eserved larvae. On behalf of Mr. de V. Kane, the 

 latter species from Irish localities ; and both species from Swansea on behalf of Mr. 

 Robertson. He then read a most exhaustive paper on these two species, and in- 

 cluded in it were the observations and experiments of more than fifty well-known 

 entomologists, who had been interested in this question. In the discussion which 

 followed Mr. South asked (1) Did any character exist by which the species could be 

 separated with absolute certainty ? (2) Which was the commoner species? To tlie 

 former no answer was forthcoming, but to the latter Members agreed that T. cre- 

 puscnlaria was very local, while T. biundularia was more common. Mr. Barrett 

 was of opinion that, as a result of Mr. Hcwett's paper, all distinctions between the 

 two were now completely swept away. Mr. Tutt thought that here were examples 

 of recent evolution, in fact, we had species in the making as in the case of some of 

 the ZygazYKe. He insisted that the naming of the two forms and the consideration 

 of them as distinct, although very closely allied, was a matter of convenience ne- 

 cessitated in our comparisons with continental and Asiatic representatives. Messrs. 

 Carpenter, Bacot and others continued the discussion. 



January 2S>th, 1897. — The President in the Chair. 



This was the Annual Meeting, and devoted to receiving the Eeport of the 

 Council, the reading of the balance sheet, and the Address of the retiring President. 

 The Officers and Council elected for the ensuing year were : — President, R. Adkin, 

 F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, R. South, F.E.S., and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. ; Hon. Treasurer, 

 T. W. Hall, F.E.S.; Hon. Librarian, H. A. Sauze; Hon. Curator, W. West, 

 Greenwich ; Hon. Secretaries, Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S., and Hy. J. Turner, 

 F.E.S. ; Council, Messrs. C. G. Barrett, F.E.S., A. W. Dennis, H. S. Fremliu, F.E.S., 

 W. Mansbridge, F.E.S., A. W. Mera, Hy. Tunaley, F.E.S., and Col. C. Partridge. 

 Mr. South then delivered his Address. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : February 3rd, 1897. — Mr. Roland 

 Teimen, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President appointed as Vice-Presidents The Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., 

 F.L.S., Mr. R. McLachlan, F.R.S., and Professor Meldola, F.R.S. 



Mr. F. Bates, Mr. D. D'A. Wright, and Mrs. E. Brightwen were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. Champion exhibited an extensive series of CoJeoptera collected by Mr. R. 

 W. Lloyd and himself in July last in the Austrian Tyrol, and containing about 450 

 species, including 35 of Longicornia and about 20 of Otiorrhynchus (the most 

 characteristic beetles in the places visited) ; he also exhibited about 85 species of 

 Coleoptera from Cintra, Portugal, collected by Col. Yerbury, the most interesting 

 being Carahus lusitanicus, F. ; also, on behalf of Mr. W. H. Harwood, two speci- 

 mens of the rare Zeugophora JlavkoUis, Marsh., from Colchester. Mr. Barrett 

 showed specimens of the true Platyptilia tesseradactyla, L. {= P. Fischeri, Zell.), 

 new to the United Kingdom, and taken in Co. Galway by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane 



