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It will be noticed tliat the accessory structures agree with Bateson's view 

 of such cases. 



The species seems somewhat ixnstable. There are often accessory veinh'ts in 

 the wings, and the acrosticlial bristles vary in number and in their arrange- 

 ment. It appears to be of interest to put this case on record, as antennal tera- 

 tology in the Diptera seems very rare. I cannot trace any recent records of such 

 a case, and the present one is the only one that has come under my observation. 

 This is confirmed by Dr. D. Sharp and Mr. J. E. Collin, bo<h of whom inform me 

 that in their experience they have not met with such a case. — Id. : Aug., 1911. 



Colias hyale in Oxfordshire. — On August 16th, while Mr. J. Collins and I 

 were hunting for Coleoptera at the celebrated " peat-pits " at Weston-on-the- 

 Green, Oxon, we caught sight of a distinguished-looking butterfly among the 

 " Whites " and other common species in a patch of lucerne adjoining the marsh. 

 A determined joint effort at its capture with our heavy sweeping-nets natiu-ally 

 resulted in failiu-e, but we both got to sufficiently close quarters with the insect 

 to see that it was a very fine freshly emerged J of Colias hyale. — James J* 

 Walker, Oxfoi-d: August 18th, 1911. 



Vanessa cardui in N. Marine, Shetland. — On Tuesday morning, 25th July, 

 between 9 and 10, I watched for some time a fine specimen of the " Painted 

 Lady," as it fluttered about or basked in the sunshine by the roadside near the 

 manse. — James Waterston, The Manse, Ollaberry, Shetland: August, 1911. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, June 8th, 1911.— Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.Z.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited many species of the Dipterous family, 

 Syrphidsa, most of them being from Kent. Capt. P. A. Cardew, an example of 

 Anarta cordigera, from Eannoch, in which the hind margin and base of the 

 fore-wings were of an unusually pale grey. Mr. S. Blenkarn, more than 150 

 species of Coleoptera taken in the Isle of Wight from April 23rd to May 10th, 

 mostly Geodephaga. Among them were Tachyusa umbratica and Galerucella 

 calmariensis, new to the district. Mr. Gadge, a box of Lepidoptera set so that 

 the pin did not show through the thorax. Mr. Edwards, a box of the species 

 comprising the genus Charaxes, and a larva of Diloba caeruleocephala, feeding on 

 laurel. Dr. Chapman, living larvae of Callophrys avis, from the south of France . 



July 15th, 1911.— Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Percy Harris, of Streatham HiU, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Tonge, ova of Manduca atropos dissected from a captured $ by the 

 Rev. C. E. N. BiUTOws. They were infertile, but an ovum laid previously had 

 produced a larva which he now exhibited in the 3rd instar. Mr. Dennis 

 showed some remarkably light coloured pupa; of Vanessa io from Clan don. 

 Mr. R. Adkin, a series of Biston hirtaria that had remained for three winters in 



