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of lantern slides illustrating (1) choice spots in the New Forest, (2) Protective 

 Resemblance in Insects, (3) various Botanical characters of interest, and (4) some 

 of the idiosyncracies of Collecting. 



November I'Mh, 1902. — Tiie President in the Chair. 



Mr. Colthrup, a bred series of Lymxintria inonacha originating from the New 

 Forest, and exhibiting very beautiful black suffusion. Mr. R. Adkin had had a 

 number of larvre from the same source, but the few imagines he bred were quite 

 normal. Messrs. Harrison and Main, a long bred series of Aglais {Vanessa) urticcB 

 from Eastbourne, Delamero Forest, and Argyleshire, and contributed notes on the 

 characters of the several races. Those from the last named locality wore generally 

 darker. Mr. R. Adkin, a series of Lyccena Corydon from Eastbourne, taken 

 between September 18th and September 25th, and called attention to the frequency 

 of blue scaling in the $ s ; he also showed melanic forms of Acronycta menyan- 

 thidis from Selby, Yorkshire. Mr. H. J. Turner, (1) a bred series of Hypsolophus 

 marginellus from Banstead Downs ; he also reported it from the Roman Koad, 

 Miekleham ; (2) a long and xevy varied series of Pwdisca corticana, taken on a wet 

 day in July in Epping Forest ; he referred to the exceedingly perfect protective 

 resemblance exhibited by the species as well as the great range of variation ; (3) a 

 (J Pechipogon barbalis set to show the secondary sexual characters existing in the 

 extreme and fantastic development of tufts of hairs on the fore-legs ; and (4) two 

 varieties of Polyommatus Icarus from Banstead : one a small $ with all the basal 

 spots of the under-side missing, the marginal markings very faint or suppressed, and 

 only a few of the submarginal ocelli remaining ; the second a ^ with much enlarged 

 ocelli in the submargin. Mr. Kaye, a fine ? variety of Fidonia atomaria having 

 the ground colour very light, and much increased in area at the expense of the dark 

 bands ; and a series of Tiliacea aurago bred from ova laid by the only ^ he had 

 ever captured at Worcester Park, Surrey. Mr. H. Moore read a paper, entitled, 

 "A visit to the Forest of Argues (Dieppe)," and showed a number of species of 

 insects of various orders in illustration. Perhaps the most interesting were a series of 

 dark, small, and thinly-scaled Coenonympha arcania, no doubt indicative of the fact 

 that here the species was near the limit of its area of distribution. Dr. Chapman, 

 a paper, entitled, " On Inflation in Insects," summing up the i-esults of more than 

 thirty years' observation and experiment. In the discussions which followed 

 Mr. Tutt pointed out that the problem was as yet unsolved why C. arcania and 

 other species characteristic of very adjacent continental areas were absolutely non- 

 British. — Hy. J. TuENEE, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : November 5th, 1902. — The Rev. Canon 

 FowLEB, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S,, President, in the Chair. 



Lieutenant T. Delves Broughton, R.E., of Alderney, Channel Islands ; Mr. 

 Arthur Percival BuUer, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of the Inner Temple, 

 E.G. ; the Rev. Canon C. T. Cruttwell, M.A., of Ewelme Rectory, Wallingford ; 

 Mr. R. S. Hole, of the Rectory, North Tawton, Devon ; and Mr. W. E. Sharp, of 

 Ledsham, Shakespeare Road, Hanwell, W. ; were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., exhibited, on behalf of Mrs. Mary do la Beche 

 Nicholl, a collection of Butterflies made by her in February, March, and April, 



