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example of Mimas (Smeriuthus) tilife, bred in the London district. Mr. Turner, 

 three forms of Melanippe muntanata_ taken at Amersiiam, Eueks, in June (1) all 

 the marking obsolete or very faint, except a costal blotch ; (2) asynnnetrical, with 

 the lower half of central band on left fore-wing very narrow; (3) a light form, 

 showing a darker marginal shade to all wings. Mr. Russell, a Pyrameis cardui, 

 having apex of fore-wings much shortened with marking much compressed, but in 

 perfect symmetry, taken at Margate. Mr. Hamm, a photograph of Papilio Machaon 

 bred from Wicken, with asymmetrical wings and markings ; hind-wings were 

 elongated and antennte shorter ; a large amount of irregular black suffusion was 

 present on all four wings. Mr. Edwards, a case exhibiting some of the extreme 

 forms of Satyridw jxs shown in the genera Hetatra, Citheronia, I'ierella and 

 Antirrhwa. Mr. Henderson, series of Citria fulvago (ceragu) and Mupithecia 

 tenuiata, bred from sallow catkins in Surrey, and a well-marked series of 

 E. rectangulata from Berkshire. Mr. Rayward, pupae of Fapilio Machaon, showing 

 assimilation in colour to their surroundings. Mr. Step, an album of photographs 

 taken mainly at the Society's Field Meetings, chietly botanical. Dr. Chapman (1) 

 forms of Ccenonympha I'amphilus from France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway and 

 Spain, illustrating the vai-iatiou in marginal colouring, development of ocelli, 

 ground colour, and general markings, with the extreme form lyllus ; (2) Fulyom- 

 matus Corydoii, Swiss forms, corydonius from Spain, and two forms of hixpana 

 from Spain ; (3) Erebia IStygne v. bejarensis, large and more richly coloured ; (4) 

 Plebeius Argus v. bejarensis, much larger and more brilliantly marked and coloured, 

 suggesting that Argus {/Egon), Zaphyrus and lycidas are local forms of one species. 

 Mr. Yonge (1) Strenia clathrata, black var. from Andovcr ; (2) Phyllocnistis 

 suffusella, a fine bred series from Reigate ; (3) Lithocolletis queruifoliella, bred 

 from oak and beech ; (4) L. CLerckella, dark, and some nearly black, with suffused 

 markings, bred from cocoons found on cherry by Dr. Chapman. Mr. Harrison, on 

 behalf of Mr. C. P. Pickett, a large number of aberrations of British Lycoenida, 

 Mimas tilice and Angerona priuiaria. — Hy. J. Tuknek, Hon. iiecretary. 



Entomological Society of London : November lOth, 19U2. — The Rev. Canon 

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



Mr. E. M. Cheeseman, of 63, Railway Street, Durban, Natal, was elected a 

 Fellow of the Society. 



Dr. Sharp, F.R.S., exhibited the egg-cases made by a beetle of the genus 

 Aspidomorpha {A. puiicticosta), and stated that they had been sent to him by 

 Mr. F. Muir, of Durban, Natal, where the beetle and the egg-cases are common. 

 He said that Mr. Muir had observed the manner in which the case is foruaed, and 

 hoped shortly to present a paper to the Society describing this, and the anatomical 

 structures involved. Mr. Norman H. Joy, a well-marked aberration of a female 

 LyccEtia Icarus striped black on the under-side in the place of the usual oeellations ; 

 an androgynous specimen of the same species ; an aberration of a male Lyvcena 

 bellargus, similarly striped on the under-side ; a specimen of Everes argiades, taken 

 in 188o near Bournemouth ; and specimens of Apatura Iris from the Jieighbourhood 

 of Reading, captured in 1901. He said that with Mr. Lee he took altogether 

 fourteen specimens, all males, eleven of them from the top three branches on the 

 north side of a beech tree, which appeared to be the throne of the ruling 



