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gOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — Blay lOih, 1893. — Mr. E, 

 McLachlan exhibited, for Dr. Fritz Miiller, of Blumenau, Santa 

 €atarina, Brazil, si^ecimens of larva? and pupae of a dipterous insect, 

 PaUostorna torrentium, and read a letter from Dr. Fritz Miiller on the 

 subject. The writer stated that these larvse were of the same nature 

 as those exhibited by Mr. Gahan, at a meeting of the Society in 

 Octol>er, 1890, and Avhich were then thought l)y Lord Walsingham and 

 Mr. McLachlan, to be allied to the Myriapoda. Mr. Gahan, Mr. Jenner 

 Weir, Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Blandford, Mr. Verrall, Mr. Slater and 

 Mr. Jacoby took their jiart in the discussion which ensued (cf. Proc. 

 Ent. Soc, 1891, p. ii). Mr. S. G. 0. Eussell exhibited Hesperia 

 ah-eolus var. taras, taken by him at Woking in April last. Mr. J. M. 

 Adye exhibited a long series of Monia orion, Eurymene dolohraria, 

 Amphidasi/s hchdaria, and Hylophila praslnana, and a fcAV specimens of 

 Notodonta dodoncea, N. chaonia and N. ireplda, Acronycta ahii, and 

 SeJenia lUnstraria, all bred by him in March and Ajml last, from larva? 

 obtained in the autumn of 1892 in the New Forest. Mr. H. Goss read 

 a cojjy of a letter received by the Marquess of Kipon, at the Colonial 

 Office, from the Governor of the Gold Coast, reporting the occurrence 

 of vast SAvarms of locusts at Aburi and Accra, West Africa, about the 

 middle of February last. The writer stated that at Accra the swarm 

 extended from east to west as far as the eye could see, and appeared to 

 occupy a space about tAvo miles wide. Colonel Swinhoe stated that 

 some years ago he had been requested by the Lidian Government to 

 report on plagues of locusts. He said he had witnessed swarms of 

 these insects far larger than the one just reported from the Gold 

 Coast, and mentioned that many years ago, when going up the Eed Sea 

 in one of the old P. and 0. paddle-boats, the Ijoat had frecpientl}^ to 

 stop to clear her paddle-wheels from locusts, which had settled in such 

 swarms as to choke the wheels and stop their action. Mr. C. G. Barrett 

 called attention to a field excursion to the Cotswolds, which it was 

 proposed to have in June. Fellows of the Society were requested by 

 the President to communicate to Mr. Barrett, as early as possible, their 

 views as to the date which Avould be most generally convenient for such 

 excursion, and to offer any other suggestions on the sul)ject which 

 might occur to them. Mr. E. C. Eeed, of Valparaiso, Chili, communi- 

 cated a paper, entitled, " Notes on Arridinm paranense, the migi-atory 

 locust of the Argentine Eepublic." Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Champion, 

 Mr. Ehves, Mr. McLachlan and Mr. Merrifield took part in the 

 discussion which ensued. Professor L. C. Miall communicated a paper, 

 entitled, " Dicranota ; a Carnivorous Tipulid Larva." Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman communicated a paper, entitled, " On a Lepidopterous jjupa 

 {Micropteryx pwrpureUa) with functionary active mandibles." Mr. 

 McLachlan said Dr. Cbapman's observations were of great value, and 

 tended to show that the position of Micropteryx was still nearer the 

 Trichoptera than had been supposed. The President announced that 

 the new Library Catalogue, which had been edited by Mr. Champion, 

 with the assistance of Mr. McLachlan and Dr. Sharp, was now ready 

 for sale to the public at 9s., and to the Fellows of the Society at 6s. a 

 copy. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



