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in west Cornwall. Mr. Edwards' insect is therefore only the twentieth 

 localised and well-authenticated British specimen. A 2 was taken in 

 Alderney on July 11th, 1899, by Mr. E. D. Marquand, which was at that 

 time, it is believed, the only dragonfly that had ever been taken in the 

 island. November llth, 1909. — Nomination of Officers and Council. 

 — It was announced that the Council had nominated the following 

 Fellows to act as Officers, and to serve on the Council of the Society 

 for the session 1910-11 — President: Dr. Frederick Augustus Dixey, 

 M.A., M.D. ; Treasurer : Mr. Albert Hugh Jones ; Secretaries : Mr. H. 

 Rowland-Brown, M.A., and Commander James J. Walker, M.A. ; 

 Librarian : Mr. George Charles Champion, F.Z.S. ; as members of 

 Council: Professor T. Hudson-Beare, F.R.S.E., Mr. G. T. Bethune- 

 Baker, F.L.S., Dr. Malcolm Burr, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Mr. H. St. J. 

 K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S. , Mr. Albert Harrison, F.L.S.,F.C.S.,Mr. Selwyn 

 Image, M.A., Dr. Karl Jordan, Ph.D., Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, Mr. 

 Alfred Sich, Mr. Henry Jerome Turner, Mr. Rowland E. Turner, and 

 Mr. James W. Tutt. Obituary. — The decease of Dr. Gustave Kraatz, 

 of Berlin, was announced, and Dr. Karl Jordan gave a short account 

 of the services rendered to entomological science by the deceased 

 gentleman, who was for many years a Fellow of the Society. Tree 

 attractive to Hymenoptera. — The Rev. F. D. Morice brought for 

 exhibition a case of Aculeate Hymenoptera, representnig many 

 different groups visiting a solitary tree of Ochrademnfi baccatm, Del., in 

 the neighbourhood of Jericho. They showed a remarkable similarity 

 in points of colour, etc., and neither plant nor insects, in most cases, 

 were to be found elsewhere in the region. Aberrant Pal-«arctic 

 Butterflies. — Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited —(a) A $ Melitaea didi/ina, 

 in which the greater portion of the black pigment had more or less 

 failed to develop, the usual dark markings being all of a light grey ; 

 some of the spots had a few scattered black scales, and, when examJned 

 with a lens, numerous scales were seen to have only the tips black ; 

 the black markings near the insertions of the wings, were of the 

 normal density of colour, and the ground colour was about the usual 

 depth of tint. The insect was captured at Zermatt on August 3rd, 

 1909. (b) A specimen of Brenthia euphrosyne, taken in the same 

 locality on July 31st, the spots composing the submarginal line well 

 developed, and most of them elongated towards the base, (r) An 

 example of Rirsutina damon, in which there was no trace of the 

 transverse row of eye-spots on the underside of the forewings, the 

 discoidal spot only being present. The insect was taken on the road 

 leading from Aigle to le Sepey on July 29th of the present year, {d) 

 Two series of Melitaea parthenie var. varia, the first taken on the 

 Riffel-alp on August 1st, and the second in the Zmutt Valley on 

 July 31st. It was stated that Dr. Chapman considers rana to be a 

 distinct species, on account of the distinctive characters of its genitalia. 

 New Aberrations of Nonagria edelsteni.^ — Mr. H. M. Edelsten 

 exhibited a bred series of Nonagria edelsteni from Sussex, including 

 two new aberrations, for which he suggested the names nifescens and 

 fusca. He mentioned that, as far as he was aware, these two forms 

 had not been previously noted on the continent. He showed, also, 

 ova and pupa in situ, with photographs by Mr. Hugh Main, to 

 illustrate the life-history of the species. Larval Habit of Osmylus. 

 — Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited two imagines and a larva of the finest 



