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seconded by Mr. H. Main, it was unanimously adopted. The Rev. 

 George Wheeler, one of the Secretaries, then read the Report of the 

 Council. Mr. A. Bacot proposed that the Report be adopted. This 

 was seconded by Dr. T. A. Chapman, and carried unanimously. The 

 President then put the list of the Council's nominees for Oflticers and 

 Council for the Session 1913-1914 to the Meeting, and asked for a 

 show of hands. They were then declared elected unanimously. The 

 President, the Rev. F. D. Morice, then delivered an Address, at the 

 close of which Mr. C. J. Gahan proposed a vote of thanks to him for 

 his services as President and for his . address, at the same time asking 

 for its publication as a part of the Proceedings of the Society; this was 

 seconded by Mr. C. Fenn, and carried unanimously. The President 

 having replied with a few words of thanks, Mr. G. Meade -Waldo 

 proposed, and Prof. Selwyn Image seconded, a vote of thanks to the 

 Officers of the Society for their work during the past year, which was 

 also carried unanimously. The Treasurer and both the Secretaries 

 returned thanks, the former referring- to the generosity with which Dr. 

 Chapman had for years contributed towards the expense of the plates 

 published in the Transactions. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — Derember 12th. — Swiss Coleoptera. — Mr. Ashdown ex- 

 hibited a collection of over 100 species of attractive Coleoptera 

 obtained by him in Switzerland in June and July, 1911 and 1912, 

 including Ceramhyx cerdo, C. scopolii, Saperda acalaris, Trichiiis 

 fasciatus, etc. Melanic N. xanthographa. — Mr. Tonge, very dark 

 Noctua ivantltor/rapha from Deal at sugar, and a bred series of Cirrhia 

 citrago from Dorking. T. pronubana ab. ambustana and an ab. op 

 0. ochroleucana. — Mr. South, for Rev. W. Claxton, a series of 

 Tortrix promibana bred, from Bournemouth, among which was a 

 specimen identical with the ambustana of Hiibner, it was the only one 

 of the form reared; and a form of Olethrentea ochroleucana from near 

 Romford with the apical third of forewing greyish, enclosing dusky, 

 cloud-like markings almost parallel with the termen. S. American 

 Syntomids.— Mr. Kaye, three Syntomid moths: Orcynia carcarata, 

 from Caracas, mimicking a wasp ; (K tarsalis, from British Guiana, 

 mimicking a fossorial wasp, and Trichura cerberifi, J , with long anal 

 projections, mimicking an ichneumon with long ovipositor. The 

 resemblances were most pronounced. Geographical races of M. 

 aurinia. — Mr. Grosvenor, series of Melitaea anrinia from more than a 

 dozen British localities, to show the geographical variation. A. 

 adippe and its named varieties. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a series of 

 undersides of Arfiynnis adippe, to show the variation obtainable on the 

 continent, including ab. cleodoxa, var. chlorodippe, var. cleodippe (the 

 two last Spanish), ab. baiuvarica, ab. ornatissima, var. nonm/ica, etc. 

 Shetland Agrotis cursoria. — Mr. Newman, very varied forms of Ai/rotis 

 ctirsoria, from Shetland. An inhabitant of an Ant's Nest.^ — Mr. Main, 

 larvfe of Cbjtlira qnadripnnctata, in their cases of excrement, taken by 

 Mr. Donisthorpe from a nest of the ant Formica rnfa. January 9th. — 

 New Member. — Mr. F. H. Stallman, of Dulwich, was elected a member. 

 Aberration of P. machaon. — Mr. R. Adkin exhibited three specimens 

 of Papilio machaoyi reared from Norfolk larvae, having the whole of the 

 lunules on the outer margin of the hindwings more or less strongly 

 orange. Early Records. — Mr. Newman, a living J Selenia bilimaria 



