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The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 Thursday, November 10th, 1910.— Mr. W. J. Kayb, F.E.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. W. G Sheldon, F.E.S., of Croydon; Lieut. H. F. Stonehani, of 

 Streatham ; Mr. A. J. Lawrence, of New Oxford Street ; and Mr. B. S. Curwen, 

 of Richmond ; were elected Members. 



Dr. Hodgson exhibited selected examples of Agriades coridon, mainly ? s, 

 to show the prevalent slightly blue-scaled form from Dover and Clandon in 

 1906 and 1904 respectively, and from Sussex, Surrey, and Herts in 1910. Mr. 

 Piatt Barrett, bred specimens of Vanessa io, of a curious greasy looking appear- 

 ance, from mal-development of the scales. Mr. E,. Adkin, a bred series of 

 Lithosia caniola from Devonshire, and read notes on the larval habits. They 

 fed mainly on lichen and lettuce. Mr. Newman, a curious specimen of " blue," 

 which it was suggested might be a natural hybrid between A, coridon and 

 P. icarus, or A. thetis and P.'icarus, and also a ^ Pohjgonia c-albiitn with yellow 

 ground, of which ten others had been reared. Mr. Sich, Limenitis populi, taken 

 by Mr. E. Sich in Austria. Mr. Moore, Perrhijhis pyn-ha, from Callao, Peru. 

 Mr. Turner, a teratological specimen of Danais limniace, with a long indenta- 

 tion in the dwarfed left fore-wing. Mr. Buxton, a box of teratological 

 specimens, including a number of species with the left hind-wing dwarfed or 

 missing. Mr. Barnett, a series of Acidalia rusticata from Erith. Mr. E.. Adkin 

 read the Report of the Conference of Delegates of the Corresponding Societies 

 of the British Association. The remainder of the evening was devoted to the 

 exhibition of lantern slides by Messrs. Lucas, Dennis, West, Tonge, and Main. 



Thursday, November 24^th. — The President in the Chair. 



The Annual Exhibition of Varieties. 



Mr. Piatt Barrett exhibited a very long series of Melanargia pherusa from 

 Sicily, also of M. galathea to show variou.s Sicilian local forms. Mr. Sich, 

 some of the more local species of the genus Tinea, including T. fulvimitrella, 

 T. picarella, T. confusella, &c. Mr. R. Adkin, a series of Eastbourne Polyom- 

 matus icarus, contrasting the spring and autumn ? s, showing strong develop- 

 ment of the red markings, and including a fine vinder-side aberration ; also 

 a short series of hybrid Nyssia zonaria and Biston hirtaria, ^ s and $ s. Mr. 

 Tonge, some extremely dark smoky Cosmotriche potatoria bred from Deal larvse, 

 a Brenthis euphrosyne with pale chocolate-brown ground, from Polegate, several 

 Agrotis exclamationis in which a large black blotch replaced the usual discal 

 markings, and some excellent enlarged photographs of eggs of Lepidoptera. 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman, a long series of Pararge egeria to show the great range of 

 variation in Western and South- Western Europe. Messrs. A. Harrison and 

 H. Main, several series of mainly bred Boarmia repandata to show the local 

 variation in the North, South, and West of England and the West of Ireland. 

 Mr. Main, on behalf of Mr. Gottmann, various forms of Vanessa io, Euvanessa 

 antiopa, and Aglais urticse from the Province of Yenesei, Siberia, extremely like 

 the forms so frequently produced of late in temperature experiments, and of 

 which Mr, W. Sclimassmann exhibited a considerable number for comparison. 



