66 THE entomologist's record. 



titea^ A. lachesis, A. psyche, A. thetis, and other species of the genus 

 from the neighbourhood of Athens ; also specimens of Argynnis phcebe, 

 taken in Grenada in May, 1891. Mr. W. Farren exhibited a series of 

 specimens of Perotiea variegana var. cifiatia, and P. schalleriana var. 

 latifasciana, from Scarborough ; Eupcecilia vectisa7ia, from Wicken Fen ; 

 and Elachista subocellea, from Cambridge. Mr. G. A. J. Rothney sent 

 for exhibition a number of species of ants collected by himself in 

 Australia, in May and June, 1886, which had recently been named for 

 him by Dr. Forel. The collection included : — Iiidoviyrmex purpicrens, 

 Sm., / rufofiiger, Lowne, /. gracilis, Lowne, /. itienerans, Lowne, 

 Ectatomma meta/licutfi, Sm., E. nudatum, E. mayri, Aphcetiogaster 

 longiceps, Sm., Polyrhachis atujnon. Fab., Myrmecia nigriveniris, Mayr, 

 and nigrocincia, Sm. ; Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus, Fab., and a variety 

 of Camponotus ?-t(biginosus, Mayr, from Brisbane ; also a few species 

 from Honolulu, and a species of Monomoriuju, which Dr. Forel had 

 not yet determined, and which he believed to be probably new. Mr. 

 C- O. Waterhouse read a paper entitled " Some Observations on the 

 Mouth Organs of Diptera," which was illustrated by numerous diagrams. 

 A long discussion ensued in which Mr. Champion, Mr. McLachlan, Mr. 

 Jenner Weir, Mr. Slater, Mr. Poulton, Mr. Distant, Dr. Sharp, Mr. 

 Hampson, Mr. Elwes and Mr. Barrett took part. Mr. E. Meyrick read 

 a paper entitled " On the Classification of the Geometrina of the 

 European Fauna." Mr. Hampson, Mr. Elwes, Mr. McLachlan, Colonel 

 Swinhoe, Mr. Tutt and Mr. Distant took part in the discussion which 

 ensued. 



Eeb. 24//;, 1892. — The President referred to the loss the Society had 

 recently sustained by the death of Mr. Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S., who 

 had twice been its President; and he also read a copy of the resolution 

 of sympathy and condolence with Mrs. Bates and her family, in their 

 bereavement, which had been passed by the Council at their meeting 

 that evening. Mr. Frederick C. Adams exhibited a monstrous speci- 

 men of Telephnrus rusticus, taken in the New Forest, in which the left 

 mesothoracic leg consisted of three distinct femora, tibi^ and tarsi, 

 apparently originating from a single coxa ; he also exhibited specimens 

 of Ledra aurita. Mr. G. A. James Rothney sent for exhibition a series 

 of specimens of two species of Indian ants {Myrmicaria subcan?iata, 

 Sm., and Aphcenogaster {Messor) barbarus, L., var. pnnctatus, Forel), 

 which had recently been determined for him by Dr. Forel. He also 

 communicated notes on the subject, in which it was stated that 

 Myrmicaiia stibcarinaia, Sm., was not uncommon in Bengal, and 

 formed its nests by excavating the earth round trees, and throwing it 

 up in mounds of fine grains. The author also stated that both sexes 

 of this species swarmed early in the " rains," from about July 7th to 

 July loth. Of the second species — Aphcenogaster barbaj-iis var. 

 punctaius, Forel — Mr. Rothney observed that it, like the bee, Apis 

 dorsata, seemed to have a great partiality for the gardens and buildings 

 of the old Mogul Emperors in the North-West Provinces and in the 

 Punjaub, the bee disfiguring the arches and roofs with its huge nests, 

 and the ant frequenting the gardens and steps. The Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild communicated a paper entitled "On a little-known species 

 of Papilio from the Island of Lifu, Loyalty Group." The paper was 

 illustrated by a beautifully coloured drawing by Mr. F. W. Frohawk, of 



