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with which were shown drawings made to scale of the plumules character- 

 icticof each form. Protective Resemblance. — Mr. A. Bacot exhibited 

 an Acridiine Orthopteron from the Benguella Plateau, which bore a 

 very perfect resemblance to the scorched grass stems, on one of which 

 it was resting ; also specimens of the Dipteron (jlossina palpalis, var. 

 wi'llinani, Austen, from Catumbella River. Gigantic Larv^. — Mr. 

 Eltringbam exhibited two specimens of an unusually large Lasio- 

 campid larva which had been presented to the Hope Department by 

 Mr. C. A. Foster, who took them in Sierra Leone. Each larva was 

 about seven inches in length. Professor Poulton suggested that the 

 larvte might perhaps be (hniotncta subfascio, Wallf., or (i. re(/io, Auriv. 

 The following papers were read :— " On New Species of Fossorial 

 Hymenoptera from S. Africa, chiefly FAidinae," by Rowland E. 

 Turner, F.E.S., and " The Life-History of Psciidacraea eiirytiis hoblei/i, 

 Neave," by G. H. D. Carpenter, B.A.,'B.M., B.Ch., F.E.S. A paper 

 on " Some Luminous Coleoptera from Ceylon," by E. Ernest Green, 

 F.E.S. , was read by Mr. C. J. Gahan. Noreinher 20th, 1912.— New 

 Fellows. — Miss Margery H. Briggs, B.Sc, 7, Winterstoke Gardens, 

 Mill Hill, N.W. ; Messrs. Edward Ballard, Zomba, Nyassaland ; 

 George Trevor Lyle, Bank House, Brockenhurst ; Rev. J. W. Metcalfe, 

 The Vicarage, Ottery St. Mary ; Kurt, Baron Rosen, Zoologische 

 Staatssammlung, Munich. West African Rhopalocera and Hymen- 

 optera. — Dr. W. A. Lamborn exhibited (1) a small company of the 

 Nymphaline butterfly Eiiphaedra ravola, Hew. ; (2) Two bred families 

 of the Pierine butterfly, Lenccronia arf/ia, Fabr., with the ? parent in 

 each case. A Scarce Hemipteron. — Mr. E. C. Bedwell exhibited 

 specimens of LofiiosoniKs cnercis, H.S., one of the rarest of the British 

 Li/i/aeidaf. Mantid Oothecae. — Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited specimens 

 of a remarkable Mantid ootheca from Delagoa Bay. ^Aberrations of 

 CoLiAs edusa. — Mr. E. C. Joy exhibited two aberrant specimens of C. 

 ednsa, bred from Folkestone in October last. Remarkable Larval 

 Nests. Dr. K. Jordan exhibited two nests of Eucheira socuilis recently 

 received from Western Mexico. The caterpillars of this Pierine 

 butterfly live gregariously in an opaque nest of silk, which has an 

 aperture at the lower end. Pupation takes place in the cavity of the 

 nest, the pupa; being suspended b}' the tail, as in the case of yymphalidae. 

 The following Papers were read : — " Notes on Various Central 

 American ( 'aleoptera, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species," 

 by G. C. Champion, A.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; " The Butterflies of the 

 White Nile, a Study in Geographical Distribution," by G. B. Longstafl", 

 M.A., M.D., F.E.S. A considerable discussion took place on the 

 subject of Dr. Longstaff' s paper. 



PREVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Lepidopterorum Catalogus, Part x. Tortricid.e. E. Meyrick. W. 

 Junk, Beklin. Price, Mark 8.10. — Some time ago the above-named 

 part of the " Catalogus " came to hand, and as we were then just com- 

 mencing to overhaul our Tortn'res it was expected to be very useful. 

 At the moment the genus Peronea was before us, and the remembrance 

 of an article in the pages of this magazine some years ago, giving an 

 exhaustive account of the various named forms of Peronea criatana, 

 by the late J. A. Clark (and J. W. Tutt), came to us. What was. 



