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Birmingham Entomological Society : July \Uh, 1901.— Mr. H. Wil- 

 LOUGHBY Ellis, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. T. Fountain showed a series of Tceniocampa instabilis to ilhistrate its 

 wide range of variation. Mr. A. H. Martinean, Bombylius species = canescens? 

 from West Malvern. Mr. H. Willoughbj Ellis showed, in illustration of his paper, 

 the following Coleoptera : — Metaecus paradoxus, Aleochara fuscipes, Homalota tri- 

 notata, XanthoUniis linearis, Cryptophagus pubescens, and Anthicus fioralis. Mr. 

 Ellis then read a paper communicated by Mr. H. St. John K. Donisthorpe, entitled, 

 "All that is known of Metaecus paradoxtts," in which he gave an interesting account 

 of its extraordinary life-history, &c. — Colbkan J. Wainweight, Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natueal History Society : 

 June \Wi, 1901.— Mr. H. S. Feemlin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. R. A. Adkin, Lingards Eoad, Lewisham, S.E. ; R. Armstrong, Granville 

 Park, Lewisham ; A. W. Dodds, Stoke Newington ; and W. Thornlhwaite, Hersham ; 

 were elected Members. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited living larvae of Acidalia marginepunctata feeding 

 on yarrow, and pointed out that the genus Acidalia needed considerable re- 

 vision. Mr. Kemp,i?Aa^t(M«. bifasciatum, iJonacia bicolora,D. sericea,lJ. semiciiprea, 

 D. simplex, D. cinerea, and D. discolor, all taken at the Field Meeting at 

 Byfleet on June 1st. Dr. Chapman, the curious pupating burrow of Scardia 

 boleti, showing the peculiarly constructed trap door, and also the cocoon of Lagoa 

 crixpata, which shows a trap door arrangement. Mr. Main, a batch of ova 

 deposited naturally on a spray of Myrica gale. Mr. Lucas read the Report of the 

 Field Meeting held at Oxshott on May 18th. Mr. Adkin gave an account of the 

 Annual Meeting of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies held at Hasle- 

 mere. 



June 21th, 1901.— Mr. F. Xoad Clarke, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. A. W. Pepper, of Horniman's Museum, Forest Hill, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Ashdown exhibited specimens of Anax imperator and Ischnura pumilio 

 taken in the New Forest, and which he afterwards placed in the Society's collection. 

 Mr. Turner, an almost black specimen of Amphidasys betularia taken in Camberwell. 

 Several other similar examples were also reported. Mr. West, the following Hem- 

 iptera from the river Ravensbourne : —Microvelia pygmcea, developed forms ; Gerris 

 odontogaster, G. naja-v, and Hydrometra stagnorum, developed and undeveloped 

 forms. Mr. Enock, bred specimens of Libellula depressa and L. qnadrimaculata, 

 with var. preenubila, and read notes, together with larvre of Thecla betula, all from 

 Epping. Mr. Harrison, long series of Amphidasys betularia, including six gynan- 

 drous specimens, all bred from ova laid by a New- Forest parent. 



July llth, 1901.— Mr. W. J. LrcAS, B.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. Kemp exhibited a short series of the Coleopteron, Dytiscus punctulatus, 



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