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from British Honduras. The Forms picea and gagates of Formica 

 FuscA. — -Mr. Donisthorp^exhibited ^ ^ and ^ ^ of Forwica fiisca var. 

 picea, Nyl., from the New Forest, and a 5 from Belgium, and pointed 

 out that it was standing in the British lists as i/ai/atea, Latr. He gave 

 a history of var. jiicea as British, and exhibited ^ ^ and a 5 of the 

 true F. fnsca, sub-sp. i/a(/ates, Latr., from Vienna, and pointed out that 

 i/ai/ates has not occurred in Britain. Sexes of Gonometa subfascia, 

 Walker. — Mr. J. A. de Gaye, F.L.S., who was present as a visitor, 

 exhibited five (T J and eight ? $ of Gonoiiwta subfascia, Walker, which 

 came from Lagos, S. Nigeria. Mr. de Gaye explained how the males 

 were captured while they were trying to get into the breeding cage in 

 which were two newly-hatched females. Prof. Poulton observed that 

 Dr. Lamborn's previous experiences had made it almost certain that 

 in spite of the great difference in size and appearance these insects 

 were the (J and J of the same species, but that Mr. de Gaye's experi- 

 ence had now placed the matter beyond doubt. Papilio dardanus. 

 Brown, female form leighi. — Prof . Poulton exhibited the leiyhi female 

 together with one trophonius — two members of a family bred by Mr. 

 G. F. Leigh from a female parent of the latter form. Further syn- 



EPIGONIC PsEUDACRAEAS OF THE EURYTUS, L., GROUP, BRED BY Dr. G. 



D. H. Carpenter on Bugalla, in the Sesse Archipelago. — Prof. 

 Poulton exhibited two sets of parent and offspring recently received 

 from Bugalla. Cornish Phryxus livornica. — Mr. B. Harold Smith 

 exhibited 85 specimens of Phryxus livornica taken at light in South 

 Cornwall during the last half of May, 1912. A probable Gynandro- 

 MORPH OF Acidalia virgularia. — Mr. A. Bacot exhibited a specimen 

 of Acidalia virf/idaria having the right wings melanic the left wings 

 of normal grey coloration. Rhopalocera from the Western Hima- 

 layas and Turkestan. — Mr. N. D. Riley exhibited on behalf of M. 

 Andre Avinoff a collection of Rhopalocera made on a journey 

 in the Western Himalayas. The following paper was read : 

 " Trichoqramwa, Westw., probably synonvmous with Pentartliron, 

 Riley (Hymenoptera)." By R. C. L! Perkins, M.A., D.Sc, F.Z.S. 

 March 5th, 1913. — The following were elected Fellows of the Society : 

 — Miss Blanche A. Coney, The Poplars, Pucklechurch, Glos. ; Messrs. 

 Lachlan Gibb, 88, Blackheath Park, Blackheath, S.E. ; Gerald F. 

 Hill, Govt. Entoaiologist, Northern Territory, South Australia, Port 

 Darwin, N.T.S.A. ; Lowell Mason, 22 and 28, Club Arcade, Durban, 

 Natal. The Hon. N. Charles Rothschild brought before the notice of 

 the meeting, the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, and 

 briefly outlined its objects. A Coleopteron resembling a Dipteron. — 

 Mr. J. E. Collin, on behalf Lt.-Col. C. G. Nurse, exhibited three 

 specimens of a peculiar insect which Mr. G. C. Champion had identified 

 as a species of Myiodites, a heteromerous Coleopteron, captured by Col. 

 Nurse at Quetta (India) in 1912. A remarkable Coleopteron. — Mr. 

 0. E. Janson exhibited specimens of a curious form of Staphylinid 

 beetle from South Brazil, apparently FJcitoinorpha arachnoides, 

 Wassm. A collection of Larentia citrata, L. (immanata. Haw.), 

 from Iceland. — Mr. L. B. Prout exhibited a series of L. citrata, L., 

 from Iceland. An almond-feeding Chalcid. — Dr. K. Jordan exhibited 

 a species of Knrytouia together with its live chrysalis from Cyprus, 

 where the species does extensive damage in the almond plantations. 



