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and size of the forceps ; Mr. Burr said tliat the example with unusually small 

 forceps was a very rare aberration. Mr. Harrison, photographs of Morpho epistro- 

 phis taken at short intervals after emergence until the wings were fully expanded. 

 Mr. Edwards, a male and four forms of the female of the polymorphic Papilio 

 Memnon, a very fine specimen of P. Segonax, with the closely allied species P. 

 Ulysses. Dr. Chapman, several species of Psychids and their cases, Lyccena Arion, 

 Setinia aurita with strong black markings, Onophos variegata, Aoidalia margine- 

 punctaria, &c., taken the first week in April at Locarno. Mr. Enock, a speci- 

 men of the locust, Acridium tartar iciim {mgyptiacum), taken March 10th, 1898, 

 at Wembley Park. Mr. Malcolm Burr then read a paper, entitled, " Orthoptera, 

 with special reference to British species." In a chatty manner he discussed the 

 bibliography of the group, and remarked on the present backward state of our 

 knowledge of it; he referred to the present workers and the work they were doing. 

 The various sections and genera in the group were distinguished at some length, and 

 where possible examples were given from the English fauna. After giving many 

 interesting personal observations made in various parts of Europe, he pointed out 

 particularly the directions in which Members could aid in the fuller investigation of 

 this neglected Order. 



May \lth, 1899.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. J. A. Harrison, of Forest G-ate, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a small printing apparatus, which he had received from 

 Mr. J. J. F. X. King, of Glasgow, and which was admirably sufficient to print all 

 ordinary locality labels. Mr. Edwards, a number of pupse of Hepialus Itqmlinus 

 from Blackheath. Mr. West, specimens of the aquatic Hemipteron, Plcea minu- 

 tissima, from Blackheath. Mr. Tutt, a number of lantern slides to illustrate the 

 subject of " Mimicry," which he discussed from various points of view : among the 

 subjects illustrated and discussed were the European Mantis religiosa, Eiichloe 

 cardamines, Amphydasis betularia, Kallima Inachis, Limnas Chrysippus and its 

 mimic Hypolimnas misipptis, a Heliconius and its Pierid mimic, Papilio Merope 

 and its polymorphic females which mimic forms of Danais, &c. 



May 2Zth, 1899.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Ashdown exhibited specimens of the two sexes of the Coleopteron, Osphya 

 hipunctata taken in May in Huntingdonshire, together with the two forms of the 

 male. Mr. Lucas reported a list of nine species of dragon-fly which he had ob- 

 served so far this year ; the specimens, however, were few in number. Mr. West, a 

 specimen of the rare Hemipteron, Drymus pilicornis, obtained from moss at Box 

 Hill. Mr. Edwards, a considerable number of species of Cicadidce, chiefly from 

 Borneo and India, and read notes on the group. — H. J. Tuener, Hon. Sec. 



Entomologicai Society of London : May 3rd, 1899. — Mr. R. McLachlan, 

 F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Dr. A. L. Bennett exhibited various insects which he had collected in the 

 French Congo. They included a species of Mantidce remai'kable for its very sticking 

 resemblance in coloration to a piece of bark. Mr. F. Enock, a living specimen of 

 Nepa cinerea infested with a number of minute red Acari on the ventral surface of 

 the abdomen. He also showed eggs of Nepa and Notoneeta lying in situ in decaying 



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