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early experiments of Weismann, followed by Standfnss and Fischer, 

 and had now been placed beyond doubt by the careful work of Tower 

 in America, who had also shown that the new form might stand in 

 Mendelian relation with the stock from which it sprang. Other topics 

 touched upon in the Address were the psychophysical character of the 

 material presented to the operation of natural selection — a point 

 particularly emphasised by Professor Mark Baldwin ; and, in 

 connection with this, the special interest attaching to the communities 

 of the social Hymenoptera, where the group rather than the 

 individual appeared as the unit of selection. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — December 5th, 1910. — Mr. Kidner, of Sidcup, was elected a member. 

 A Gelechiid. — Mr. Sich exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Tutt, a pair of the 

 beautiful Gelechiid, Gelechia tessella {quadrella), taken on August 9th, 

 1908, in the Lower Engadine, between Sus and Lavin, over 4,600ft. 

 elevation. Anthrocera hippocrepidis. — Mr. R. Adkin, a series of 

 Anthrocera fiUpendulae, reared from pup^ gathered at Westerham, 

 which emerged in late July, and also specimens captured at 

 Northwood in late June some years ago. He then discussed the 

 form known as A. hippocrepidis. Paper on Brazil. — Mr. W. J. Kaye 

 read a paper entitled "Collecting in Brazil," being an account of 

 a long visit paid to that country by Mr. Dukintield Jones and himself 

 in the early half of 1910. Mr. Jones then showed a large number 

 of slides, most of them original, illustrative of the paper. Janiiaru 

 12th, 1911. — Mr. Kaye, the President, referred to the great loss 

 that the science of Entomology had incurred by the death of Mr. 

 J. W. Tutt, a past president of the Society. Mr. Phillips, of 

 Forest Gate, was elected a member. Photographs. — Mr. Tonge 

 exhibited photographs of the ova in sitfi, of Flebeius arrjus [aerpni), 

 Uiiralis betnlae, and Calawia lutosa. Teratological Specimen. — Mr. 

 Lucas, a teratological example of Anosia plexippus with right forewing 

 shorter and narrower than normally, and concave outer margin. 

 Aberrations of Lepidoptera. — Mr. Newman (1) extremely light and 

 very dark forms, with unusually small and very large forms of 

 Malacnao^na castrenais and M. neiistria ; (2) a very red Phlo()ophora 

 metictdosct : (3) second brood specimens of Fericallia syrim/aria, small 

 and dark banded ; (4) second brood of Selenia Innaria, i.e., var. 

 (I el II net ri a ; and (6) living imagines, puptB and full-fed larvae of 

 Aphantupus hyperanthus reared by Mr. Oliver. Series oe Lepidoptera. 

 — Mr. Adkin, selections of several broods reared originally from a 

 black $ , ab. )iic/ra of Buar.iiia (/eiiuiuuia, and communicated a full 

 note on the results. Mrs. Hemmings, bred and caught series of 

 Melitaea aiirinia from Wiltshire, where the species has been somewhat 

 common. Mr. Hemmings, on behalf of Mr. P. A. Buxton, the same 

 species, with the note that all emerged in the afternoon ; he also 

 showed series of Adopaea jlara from Sussex, showing two distinct 

 forms. Panolis piniperda Variety. — Mr. Coote, two very dark green 

 examples of Panolis piniperda. A Giant Pyrale. — Mr. Kaye, Myelobins 

 murana, a Sphiugid-like Pyrale from S. America. The Glow-worm. — 

 Mr. Priske showed a number of slides illustrative of the life-history of 

 the Glow-worm, which Mr. Main and he were observing, and read 

 notes on what they had done so far. Neuroptera. — Mr. Lucas read a 

 paper, " Notes on the Natural Order Neuroptera," and showed a large 

 number of lantern shdes to illustrate his remarks. 



