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J. Donisthorpo, a si^pcios of Coleoptera new to Britain, Lcsteva Inctuosa, Fauvol, 

 whicli he had taken in moss in a waterfall on tlie hig'h ground in the Isle of 

 Eigg, near Mull, on Se2:)tenibor 17tli, I'JII. Mr. H. M. Edelsten showed some 

 bred specimens of Erastria vemistida ; the larva; had fed i-eadily on flowers of 

 Potentilla tormentilla, and on garden forms of Potentilla, strawl^erry, and bramltle 

 blossoms, and later on lettuce leaves, which they seemed to prefer. Tliey 

 pupated below the siirface of the ground in a strong cocoon. Mr. K. Gr. Blair, 

 a J and two 9 ? of a "stick-insect" {? Lonchodes sp.), whicli is usually par- 

 thenogenetic. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse said he had bred three generations of this 

 Phasmid and had had many hundreds of specimens, and he congratulated 

 Mr. Blair on having the only male he had ever seen or heard of. Dr. K. Jordan, 

 46 forms of Delias from tlirce mountain ranges of New Guinea. Whereas in 

 other districts of the Oriental Region at the most seven or eight species 

 (generally foiu- to six) may be found in any locality, a surprising number are 

 met with in tlie mountains of New Guinea from 3,000 to 4,000 feet upwards. In 

 suitable localities of the Owen Stanley Range no less than 24 species have 

 been obtained, of which 18 are confined to the higher altitudes. Brazilian 

 Sphingids. — The Kev. A. Miles Moss, the following Sphingids from Para: — 

 Amjihimoea walheri, Isognathus excelsior, Grainmodia caicus, with pupa spun up 

 in a leaf, Hemeroplanes inuus, Epistor gorgon, $ and 9 , Pholus phorhas, Xylo- 

 phanes nechus, with chrysalis, and A', cosmixis, ? , the first known specimen of this 

 sex. 



The President mentioned tliat the University of Cambridge had decided to 

 apjjoint a Demonstrator in Medical Entomology. 



Wednesday, November 1st, 1911. — The President in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Council proposed Fr. Eric Wasmann, of 

 Walkenburg, Holland, as Honorary Fellow in the place of the late Herr P. C. T. 

 Snellen, of Rotterdam, and Prof. J. H. Comstock, of Cornell University, U.S.A., 

 for the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge. 

 Massachusetts, both of whom were then elected. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society — Messrs. T. 

 J. Anderson, Teaninich, Craig Millar, Midlothian ; Edward Bernard Ashby, 33, 

 Park Road, Whitton, Middlesex; W. A. Lambourn, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Omi 

 Camp, Lagos, W. Africa; J. Jackson Mounsey, 24, Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh. 



Dr. Nicholson showed a specimen of Aleochara discipennis, Muls. and 

 Rey, taken in the early part of this year from moss in a small wood at 

 Alj^hington, Devon. This species was introduced in 1907 by Mr. Champion 

 on the authority of specimens captured by the late Dr. Capron, and also by 

 Commander Walker in the Chatham district, and it has been recently taken 

 by Dr. Sharp in the New Forest. It appears to be rare on the Continent. 

 Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin exhibited a teratological specimen of the rare beetle 

 Triarthron maerheli, swept in the Wellington College district this summer. It 

 has the two last joints of left antenna completely soldered together, making a 

 two-jointed instead of a three-jointed club. Also a specimen of Longitarsus 

 melanoeephalus (?) taken by Mr. J. Collins at Oxford, with legs and tarsi 



