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locality. Mr. Smith, varieties of the undersides of Z. adonis. Mr. 

 Riches, a fine bred series of Xylophasia scohpacina from Highgate 

 Woods ; some specimens being rather suffused. Coleoptera. — Mr. 

 Heasler, specimens of Homalota cequaia, Epipeda plana, Coryphiiiin 

 angusticollc, Prognatha quadricorne and Fhlcecharis subtillisima. Mr. 

 Rosevear, a living larva of Melalonfha vulgaris. 



The following gentlemen were then elected as officers for 1893 : — 

 President and Treasurer, Mr. J. A. Clark, F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, 

 Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., and Dr. Buckell ; Curators, Messrs. Smith. 

 and Heasler ; Librarians, Messrs. Gurney and Nicholson ; Council, 

 Messrs. Prout, Hollis, Lewcock, Bayne and Newbery ; Secretaries, 

 Messrs. Battley and Simes. The Secretary read the report for the past 

 year. After reviewing the progress of the Society during 1892, he 

 congratulated the members on their improved position, both financially 

 and otherwise, and mentioned the publication of the " Annual 

 Transactions " and the compilation of the list of the London Fauna. 

 The President then read his annual address. He referred to the 

 great progress made by the Society during the thirty-five years of its 

 existence, and commended the growing interest in Natural History, 

 as evinced by the attention which is paid to the subject in our 

 schools. Captain Thompson proposed that a vote of thanks be 

 accorded to Mr. Clark for his address, and for his services during 

 the past year. This was seconded by Mr. Tutt, and carried unani- 

 mously. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the 

 retiring officers. — A. U. Battley and J. A. Simes, Hon. Sees. 



Erratum. — Page 270, line 12, for "Forres" read " Rannoch." 



South London Entomological Societv. — November lotk, 1892. 

 — Mr. Williams exhibited larvce of Colias hyale in the fourth skin, and 

 one pupa of the same species, obtained from August-laid ova. Mr. 

 Purdey exhibited some fine vars. of Feronea comariana, from the Folke- 

 stone district, the specimens agreeing mainly in colour with the three allied 

 forms known as schalleriana, comparana and pcrplexana, which latter 

 almost certainly form but one variable species. Mr. South exhibited 

 series of Coremia unidentaria and C.ferrugata; he considered them 

 very distinct and had never seen specimens that could not be dis- 

 tinguished. Mr. Kane exhibited a large number of species from 

 Ireland, including Dianthxcia luteago var. barreitii, which he con- 

 sidered was wrongly referred to Ljiperina ; Bryophila muralis, varieties 

 which had been referred by Mr. Warren to his impar ; intensely dark 

 Camptogra^nma bilineata and Xylophasia polyodon ; Notodonta bicolor 

 and many other interesting species ; Mr. Mera, two beautiful underside 

 varieties of Lyc<zna bellargns from Folkestone, and some strongly- 

 marked Abraxas grossulariata bred from London larv?e. 



November 24M, 1892. — Mr. Adkin exhibited Feronea hasiiana from 

 Sutherlandshire ; one specimen with the costa broadly whitish, another 

 with the inner margin yellow. The race was dark and looked very much 

 like that from St. Anne's-on-Sea ; F. ritfana (fed on Myricagale), the males 

 paler, with a red line passing through the wing from the base to the apex ; 

 the females redder and smaller ; also four Zyga:na filipendidce with the red 

 of a pale salmon-colour. Mr. Williams, a pupa of Colias hyale on the point 



