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Ptilophora plumigera, Esp., a pair of A. subgothica, Haw., and a very large Noctua 

 suhronea, St. Mr. Adkiii, specimens oi Hydrcevia micacea, Esp., from West Meath, 

 similar in depth of colour to H. petasitis, Dbl., and also a small Agrotis saucia, Hb., 

 having purplish-grey primaries and black outlined stigmata. Mr. Tunaley, a var. of 

 Ijijcana Corydon, Fb., with a wide black border, and another with the black border 

 absent, both from Freshwater ; specimens of Asilus crahroniformis, L., with L. 

 Icarus impaled on their lancets ; and a series of L. Corydon, Fb., remarkable for the 

 tendency to angularity in the hind-wings, taken at Freshwater ; also specimens of 

 L. bellargus, Rott., and L. Icarus, Rott., showing the same tendency, and contri- 

 buted notes on the peculiarity. Mr. South, specimens of adipocere of the horse and 

 moth, received from Dr. Knaggs, and read the results of the latter gentleman's 

 experiments. Mr. Winkley, on behalf of Mr. Montgomery, a large number of bred 

 Colias Edusa, Fb., and communicated a paper on the subject. — Ht. J. Ttjenee, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Sociuty of London : December 4th, 1895.— Prof. Raphael 

 Meldola, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., was elected an Honorary 

 Fellow to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. C. V. Riley. 



Lieut.-Colonel C. T. Bingham, Indian Staff Corps, of 4, Waverley Place, St. 

 John's Wood, N.W. ; Captain C. Or. Nurse, 13th Bombay Native Infantry, c/o 

 Messrs. Cox and Co., Charing Cross, S.W. ; and Mr. E. F. Studd, M.A., B.C.L., of 

 Oxton, Exeter ; were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The Secretary read a copy of a letter of condolence which he had written, by 

 the direction of the Council, to the Entomological Society of France on the death 

 of their President, Mons. E. L. Ragonot, and he also read the letter in reply from 

 the Secretary of the Entomological Society of France. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited 

 a specimen of Mesogona acetosellce, taken at Arlington, Sussex, in October, 1895. 

 It was stated that this was the first recorded capture of this species in Britain. 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited an example of Halesus guttatipennis, taken at Lye, 

 Worcestershire, in November, 1889. It was believed to be the third British example. 

 Mr. Porritt also exhibited a series of Mania typica, showing a curious malformation 

 in all the specimens. He stated that about one-third of a large brood had emerged 

 in exactly the same form, having the wings only half developed, but with the 

 markings clearly defined. Mr. Tutt and Mr. McLachlan referred respectively to 

 similar malformations in Agrotis tritici and Hadena chenopodii. Mr. Q-oss read a 

 communication from Mr. Sidney Crompton, of Salamanca, Tenerife, announcing the 

 capture there by Mr. Hammerton of two specimens of Diadema misippus, a species 

 of butterfly not previously recorded from Tenerife. Mr. Crompton said the 

 specimens were in such fine condition that they must have been introduced into 

 Tenerife in the larval or pupal state and emerged there, Mr. Hampson, Prof. 

 Meldola, and Mr. Osbert Salvin made some remarks on the distribution of the 

 species. Mr. Champion read a paper, entitled, " On the Heteromerous Coleoptera of 

 St. Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines." Mr. Kenneth J. Morton communicated 

 a paper, entitled, " New or Little Known Palcearctic Perlidse." — H. Goss and W. 

 W. FowLEK, Hon. Secretaries. 



