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Entomological Socikty of London: March I5fh, 1905. — Mr. F. Mkrki- 

 FIELD, Preside-Ill., in the Chair. 



Seiior Don Ignacio Bolivar, of Paseo de Recoletos, Bajo, 20, and Calle Jorge 

 Juan, 17, Madrid, was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society, in the place of 

 Professor F. M. Brauer, deceased. 



Mr. Frank P. Dodd, of Kuranda, oia Oairiis, Queensland; Mr. Cecil Floer- 

 sheim, of 16, Kensington Court Mansions, S.W. ; Mr. Joseph Lane Hancock, of 

 3757, Indiana Avenue, Chicago ; and -Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, Curator of the 

 State Museum, Kaula Lumpur, Selangor ; were elected Fellows of the .Society. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse announced that the late Mr. Alexander Fry, a Fellow 

 of the Society, had bequeathed his large and important collections of Coleoptera to 

 the Britisli Museum. 



Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited some butterlHes from Natal which had been pre- 

 sented by Mr. Q-. A. K. Marshall, F. E.S., to the Hope Department at Oxford, 

 illustrating certain experiments conducted with a view to ascertain whether the 

 assumption of the wet or dry season form of various African butterflies could be 

 controlled by exposure in the pupal state to artificial conditions of temperature 

 and moisture. Mr. W. F. Sharp, a specimen of the North American Longicorn, 

 Neoclytus erylhrocephalus. He said the species had been discovered in a sound 

 ash tree seven inches from the bark, grown in the neighbourhood of St. Helens, 

 Lancashire. Some posts of American ash in tiie vicinity suggested the origin of 

 the progenitors ol the colony ; but it was not known how long they had been 

 erected. He also showed examples of Amara anthobia, Villa, with a series of 

 A.familiaris, Duf., and A. lucida, Duft., for comparison. They had been given him 

 by the Rev. G. A. Crawshay of Leighton Buzzard, where they occurred not in- 

 frequently at the roots of grass in sandy places. Mr. M. Burr, a number of muti- 

 lated Stenobothrus from the Picos de Europa, Spain. Of the grasshoppers occur- 

 ring on this spot, almost every specimen seen had the wings and elytra more or less 

 mutilated, sometimes actually torn to shreds, entirely altering their appearance. 

 A notable excepl:ion was St. bicofor, of which no single specimen was found muti- 

 lated. This species also frequently indulged in flight, which the others were 

 unable to do ; and he suggested that its immunity might be due to the vitality 

 ■which has enabled it to become the most abundant and widespread grasshopper in 

 Europe. Mr. F. N. Pierce, drawings of the genitalia of Noctuid moths, and also 

 with the lantern a number of slides showing the respective peculiarities of many 

 members of the group. Among other things he drew attention to the fact that in 

 the case of the Tceniocampce the genitalia were widely dissimilar, while his 

 investigations had led him to conclude that A. ashworlhii, at present ranked as an 

 Agrotis, should more properly be included in the Noctiia group. 



Wednesday, April bth, 1905. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. H. St, J. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of a melanic Orammoptera, 

 discovered by Mr. C. J. C. Pool at Enfield, which appeared to be quite distinct 

 from any member of the genus taken in Britain. Mr. M. Jacoby, a specimen of 

 Megalopus melipona, Bates, an insect which so much resembles a bee that Bates 

 had said they were indistinguishable in nature. Mr. A Bacot, on behalf of 

 Dr. Culpin, specimens of Papilio macleayanus and Rypocista metirius captured in 



