notes on the variation of the species and g.ave a summary of the characteristics 

 of various named forms. Mr. li. Adkiu showed a very tine example of the rare 

 ab. nigra. Mr B. Adkin, a very darli-banded ab. nif/vo-virgata Tutt, and a 

 clear slate-coloured example. Mr. Witliycombe, an immature Ledra aurua 

 (Hemipt.) from oak. Mr. Bunnett, living larvae of Ennovios ilhmitria. 

 Mr. Main, larval tracks of Phyllotoma aceris on sycamore leaves.— IJy. J. 

 Turner, Hon. Editor of Proceedings. 



Entomological Socikty of London: Wednesdog, April 7th, 1920. — 

 Mr. W. G. Sheldon, F.Z.S., Vice-President in the Chair. 



The death was announced of the Rev. Plenry Stephen Gorhani, the oldest 

 Fellow of the Society, who joined it as far back as 1855. 



Mr. C. F, C. Beeson, Indian Forest Service, Forei^t Recorder Institute, 

 Dehra Dun, U.P., India; Capt. Bushell, Imperial Bureau of Entomohigy, 

 Natural History Museum, S. Kensington, S.W. 7 ; Major H. C. Gunton, 

 M.B.E., Hobart, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks ; Messrs. Owen Huth-Walters, M.A., 

 Knoll Cottage, UHbrd, Woodbridge, Suffolk; Percy I. Lathy, Curator to 

 Mme. Horrack-Fournier, 90 Boulevard Malesherbes, and 70 Bou'evard August- 

 Blanqui, Paris ; and Prof. Benedictc Raymundo, Director of the Museuui of 

 the Agricultural Society of Rio de Janeiro, 76 rua Senador Alencar, Rio do 

 Janeiro, Brazil, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. Bedwell exhibited a specimen of the beetle Otiorrhynchiis ligiistici L., 

 taken near Ventnor, one of the rarest of the British weevils, of which there 

 haa been no recent record. Drs. J. C. Mottram, F.Z.S., and E. A. Cockayne, 

 D.M., F.R.C.P., gave a demonstration of fluorescence in Lepidoptera by ultra- 

 violet radiation. The Secretary read a letter from the Essex Field Club 

 protesting against a Parliamentary Bill for the permanent alienation of parts of 

 Waustead Flats and Epping Forest for allotments, and on his motion, seconded 

 by Lord Rothschild, it was unanimously resolved to send a letter in similar 

 terms to the Prime Minister and to others who might be interested in sup- 

 porting the protest. 



Wednesday, May ^th, 1920. Comm. J. J. Walker, M.A., R.N., F.L.S., 



President, in the Chair. 



Special Meeting. — The Requisition of the Special Meeting signed bv the 

 President and six other members of the Council, was read from the Chair. 



Mr. Bethune-Baker proposed that the suggested alterations in the Bye- 

 laws be received — seconded by Lord Rothschild and carried. The suggested 

 alterations were then put separately before the meeting from the Chair, and all 

 were carried after discussion. 



Ordinary Meeting. — Mons. F. le Cerf, Curator of the Lepidoptera in tlie 

 Paris Museum, 13 ruy Guy de la Brosse, Paris; Miss Alice Ellen Prout, Lane 

 End, Hambledon, Surrey; and Messrs. W. H. Tams, 8 Whitla Road, Manor 

 Park, E. 12, and Alfred E. Tonge, Ashville, Traffbrd Road, Alderley Edge, 

 Cheshire, were elected Fellows of the Societv. 



