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biplicota : whilst Mr. R. A. R. Priske, F.E.S., writes a brief life-history 

 of the Glow-worm Lampyris nnctiliira, in connection with two plates 

 by Mr. Hugh Main, F.E.S., who has photographed its complete life- 

 history in detail. The thoroughness with which Mr. Main works out 

 these pictorial records is to be highly commended — and copied. It is 

 interesting to note how free a local Society can be from parochialism 

 or even insularity. No fewer than three of the papers deal with the 

 Lepidoptera of other lands: — Mr. H. J. Turner, F.E.S., describes a 

 few days with the Butterflies of Zermatt ; Mr. J. Piatt Barrett, F.E.S., 

 with the Butterflies of Sicily; and the President, going further afield, 

 tells of an Entomological trip to South Brazil. Altogether the South 

 London Society may be warmly congratulated upon a most interesting 

 and useful volume.- — E. S. 



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The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 —Jnli/ 21th, 1911.— Mr. Kenneth J. Blair, of Highgate, N., was elected 

 a member. New Forest Coleoptera, Hemiptera, etc. — Mr. West, 

 numerous interesting captures in the New Forest, including Au/eria 

 sphenfoiuh, a suffused specimen of Anthrocera trifolii, a short series of 

 Ciradetta 7nontana, including the rarely met with J , and the rare 

 Heteropteron Ej/sarcon's aetunts. Exotic Lyc.^nids. — Mr. Stanley 

 Edwards, the very brilliant Lycaenid Stalochtis erdina and several 

 beautiful species of the genus MeRosemia (Lemoniinae). Endromis 

 versicolor three years in pupa. — Mr. R. Adkin, a pair of Endromis 

 versicolor reared this year from ova deposited in 1908, thus living- 

 three years in the pupal stage. A Teratological Specimen, etc. — 

 Mr. Blenkarn, a teratological example of Carahns ncmoralif, in which 

 the tibia of the right foreleg was divided into three, each terminating 

 in perfect tarsi and claws ; two specimens of the rare NelopJiorns 

 tiibercHlatiis and <Tnleri(cella J'rn/iii<wni from Lanarkshire; and the 

 curious Hemipteron JMlra aurita from W. Wickham on oak. 

 A Nematoid worm from a larva. — Mr. Jiiger, a Nematoid worm which 

 had emerged from the larva of a ( 'ucullia. Aberrations of Lepidoptera. 

 — Mr. Sperring, a number of aberrations of lepidoptera, including a 

 smoky suffused specimen of Cosmotriche potatoria from Benfleet, a 

 seven-spotted Antlirocera fiUpendidae, a Calliniorpha doininula with very 

 dark hindwings and ill-developed scaling on the forewings, two 

 specimens of Arctia caja, one having asymmetrical markings and the 

 other with yellow hindwings, and a number of Ahra.vas (jrossulariata 

 considerably darker than normal specimens, many having the black 

 massed mainly towards the outer margin. He called attention to the fact 

 that most of the bred aberrations were either early or late emergences of 

 the brood. Au(/nst lOtli. — An Exotic Spider. — Mr. Jjiger exhibited a 

 specimen of the large spider, Mi/i/ale arictdaria, sent to him from India, 

 and communicated notes on its habits. He also showed a specimen of a 

 scorpion from the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus and described its 

 habits. Rare Coleoptera and Hemiptera. — Mr. West (Greenwich), a 

 series of AsemuDi striatum and var. a(/reste from the New Forest, a ^ 

 and two J s of the very rare Monoliamus sartor from Deptford, 

 Acocephalns tricinctiis, a recent addition to the British List, from Great 

 Yarmouth, with Platjioynathiis albipennis, obtained from Artemisia 



