variability. Mr. W. J. Kaye, Tlcrr Niepflt's types of recently described forms of 

 Heliconiux from Ecuador, including H. tnelpomone aglaopa forms ixolda, ruhripivta, 

 adonidex, and giocla, H. xenoclea plefxeni forms corona and diadema, H erato 

 e.strella fnrm fpi/eri^ and H. xenoclea plesxeni form niepelti, and commented on this 

 grand series of graduation forms. — Hy. J. Turner, Flon. Secrfifari/. 



Entomoiogical Socirty of Lo^fDON : Wediiesdaij, December 2iid, 1908. — 

 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Sydney Douglas Crompton, of Carlton House, Kew Grardens, S.W., and 

 Mr. W. Parkinson Curtis, of Aysgartli, Poole, Dorset, were elected Fellows of the 

 iSocicty. 



Mr. II. W. Andrews exhibited some examples of predaceous Diptera and their 

 victims taken during the year, and a specimen of Bassu-s Isetatorius, Fab., ? , bred 

 from a pupa of the Dipteron Si/rphus balteatits, De Gr. Professor T. Hudson Eeare 

 and Mr. II. St. .J. Donisthorpe, specimens of Olophrum assimHe, Vayk., a beetle new 

 to the British fauna, taken in some numbers out of flood refuse at Nethy Bridge ; 

 Mr. Donisthorpe also showed examples of Trechnx longicornis, f^turm., found in flood 

 refuse near Dumfries, and an Anaxpit, taken in woody fungus on Scots firs at Nethy 

 Bridge, which was probably undescribed. Mr. Gr. T. Porritt, varieties of Abraxas 

 grossulariata bred from wild Huddersfield larvis during the past year, including a pale 

 female in which the usual yellow was entirely replaced by olive-green, a very pretty 

 female with broad orange band, and two males of the var. varleyata, showing how wide 

 a range of variation there is even in the variety. Mr. L. W. Newman, an extreme 

 form of var. varleyata, with the whole of the fore-wings coal-black, and only a very 

 narrow white band on the hind-wings. Mr. W. J. Kaye, a fine series of Heliconius 

 species from Mapiri River, North Bolivia, to show the close parallel variation between 

 the very variable forms of melpomene with the equally variable forms of phyllis. 

 Mr R. Beck, variant forms of AdaUa bipunctata, L., found in 1894 and 1897 on 

 hop-vines at Alton and Farnham ; examples of Lixus paraplecticux taken in 1891, 

 1893, and 1899, between noon and 3 p.m. on Siiim angiisfifoUum, in appearance 

 resembling small pieces of driftwood ; and a specimen of Leptura sanguinolenta 

 taken at Burnside, Southampton, on June 20th, 1891, by sweeping Umbelliferie. 

 Mr. W. Schmassman, a case containing specimens of Pyrameix ataJanta, which had 

 been subjected in the pupal stage to various degrees of temperature. It was notice- 

 able that a low degree produced the ice form, while a high degree tended to convert 

 the scarlet band to orange. Mr. F. Merrifield, on behalf of Mr. Reuss, of Ware, 

 Herts, a specimen of Aglais urticie, which had been subjected in the pupal stage to 

 the direct rays of the sun, and interesting as showing the transition of one form of 

 Vanessa markings to the other. Dr. F. A. Dixey, specimens of Colsenis and Belenois 

 to illustrate the mimicry, probably Miillerian, existing between the two genera. — 

 H. Rowland-Beown, Hon. Secretary. 



