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The South London Entomological and Natural Histokt Society, 

 February 12th, 1903.— Mr. E. Stkp, F.L.S., President, in the Clinir. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a very liglitly marked specimen of Ematiirga atomaria, 

 and a very pale example of Teplirosla luridata (^sxtersariaj , both from West 

 Wickham Woods. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, (1) Erasmia pulchella, a Chalcosid motli 

 and one of the most brilliantly coloured of the Lepkloptera ; Campiilotes 

 Z(i.v<r/o«/c7«A-, another species of the same family, and Areas gnhtctina, an Aroliid, 

 all from Darjeeliiig ; (2) specimens of .IZiraj'rtv .ST/Zya^a falmataj from Amersham, 

 Bucks, and from Assam, almost identical in tint and markings; (3) On behalf of 

 Mr. Day, of Carlisle, a box of local Coleoptera , consisting of some three dozen 

 species, including llydrothasna hdnnnviera iki, Onialium SPjilentrionis, Aqahiis 

 congener, Stenus Om/nemeri, ITydroporiin picicrtii, II. /iiooi/)nlHs,&c , and (4) a box, 

 chiefly of Pyralldrp from .Assam, including representatives of some twenty-five 

 genera. Mr. Enock gave a lantern demonstration, dealing idiiefly with details of 

 the transformations of Brnchi/tron pra tense and Ooiiepteri/ r rhamiiiL 



February 2r,th, 1903.--The Pre.sident in the Chair. 



Mr. F. G. Cannon, of Hampstead, was elected a Member. 



A special donation to the Library was announced, consisting of a complete set 

 of the papers and articles written by Professor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. on Protective 

 Resemblance in Insects, from the Author. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a number of species of Lepidopfera, Coleoptera, 

 Hemipiern, anil Diptera, taken during a W(>ek s|)ent at Tnistroge, Co. Kilkenny, 

 Ireland, in com]>any with Mr. Step. Most of the species were common but 

 interesting, as being records from a hitherto nnworked district. Soronia 

 punctatisitima,n, Co\eo\iievo\\ U)nM\ in some numbers in a Co.Mw.^-infected Poplar 

 tree, was worth noting as a new record for Ireland. Mr. G. W. Browne, a number 

 o{ Lepidoptera from Deal, taken in August, 1902, and in<'luding long and varied 

 series of Ar/rotix tritiei and A. vaUiyera, together with Syrichthus mat ore, v. Taras, 

 from Hailsham, Apamea ophioyramma, Dicycla oo and lodis iiernnrla, from Lee. 

 Mr. Step gave a full account- of his visit to Ireland in .\ugust, 1902, and illus- 

 trated his remarks with lantern slides of the sct^nery and studies of the vegetation. 

 Mr. Goulton, some very fine photographic slides of the ova and larvjE of several 

 species of Ijepidoptera. 



March ]2th, 1903.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Hickman, of Kennington Road, and Mr. Furnival, of Harlesden, were 

 elected Members. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited living examples of the three European species of the 

 genus Thais, viz., T. rtimina, T. polyxeua, and T. Cerisyi. He also showed a bird 

 parasite, Docopfiorus communi.s?, taken from a blackbird, and called attention to 

 the curious jointed appendage in front of the antenna, which forms a guard to the 

 latter organ, and is said to occur in no other group of insects. Mr. R. Adkin, 

 series of Acidalia aversata, consisting of broods from a non-banded female and 

 from a banded female. In both cases banded and non-banded offspring were 

 produced. He also read notes as to the colour and variation of the two series. Mr. 



