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The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 April lUh, 1921.— Mr. K. G. Blair, B.Sc, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



]\[iss L. S. Cheeseman read a short paper on " The Parasite of Sirex gigas; 

 ^/;yss« ;>e?'A7/(7so/v'a " (Hynienopt.), and illustrated it with lautern-slides Mr. 

 Edwards exhibited the parasite from both Britain and the Continent. Mr. H. 

 Main, larvae of Geotrupes sp. (Coleopt.) and described their movements and 

 economy. Mr. Newman reported Triph<Bna pronuha at sallow March 9th, 

 Callophrys rubi on April 10th, and the early abundance of EucMoe cardamines. 

 Mr. Blair, living larvae of Photuris pennsylvanica^ a fire-fly of the Eastern 

 United States. Mr. Main, for Mr. Enifer, larvae of the red mite Trombidium, 

 common in gardens, and remarked on its polyphagous habits. Mr. Buunett, 

 Ccdlidhmi variabile (Coleopt.) bred from an oak planlc. 



April 2Sth, 1921.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. H. H. L. Dalton, of Beading, was elected a member. 



The Rev. J. Waterston, B.D., B.Sc, gave an address on " The Natural 

 History of Macedonia," illustrated with lantern-slides and a large number of 

 insects other than Lepidoptera captured by himself. Mr. K. G. Blair, 

 additional slides by Dr. Forbes, and colour sketches of the scenery by Major 

 Cottam. Mr. Blair exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera sent by Mr. G. B. 

 Pearson from California, and also living examples of the Coccid Phenacoccus 

 aceris on Spanish Cliestnut and Beech at Oxshott. 



Maijl2th.— Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



Mr. L. N. Stoniland, of Muswell Hill, was elected a member. 



Exhibition of " Other Orders:'— Proi. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited 

 numerous fossil insects from Mid-Tertiary strata of the Isle of Wight, with 

 drawings of new species. Mr. Lyle, a skein of silk wound from two cocoons 

 of Meteorus albiditarsis, a hymenopterous parasite of Bupalus jjiniaria. 

 Mr. Step, nests of Scelipkron sp., the Mid-Winter Wasp, from Calcutta. 

 Mr. S. R. Ashby, the collection of British Earwigs, Cockroaches, Grasshoppers, 

 Locusts, and Crickets formed by the late Curator, Mr. W. West. Mr. AVithy- 

 combe, Scorjno europaeus, the young stage of Mantis religiosa^ etc., received from 

 Mr. Hugh Main from the South of France, and also Sinodendron cylindricum 

 (Coleopt.) from a decaying beech in Epping Forest. Mr. II. Moore, an exotic 

 Homopteron, Ptyelusjiacescens, from Nairobi, and also a specimen of Gongylust 

 gongyloides from Ceylon. Mr. 0. R. Goodman, Timarcha laevigata (Coleopt.), 

 abundant at Horsley on May 8th. Mr. B. S. Williams, Orchestes salicis 

 (Coleopt.), from willow at Finchley. Mr. Coxhead, sketches of galls and their 

 makers. Mr. Turner, specimens of one of the largest dragonflies, Mecistogaster 

 caerideata, from Central America. Mr. Edwards, a collection of Central 

 European Hymeuoptera and Diptera. 



