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Tite South London Entomological and Natural ITistort Society : 

 Annual Meeting. -January 9th, 1902. — Mr. F. Noad Clark, Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



The Twenty-Ninth Annual Report was read, and shewed that the Society was 

 in a very satisfactory condition, both in membership and finances, and had carried 

 on witli much success its educational and scientific work. The present number of 

 members is 174, and the Balance Sheet shewed a very fair balance, with no liabilities. 



The following is a list of the Officers and Council elected for the ensuing year : — 

 President, F. Noad Clark ; Vice-Presidents, H. S. Fremlin, M.R.C.S., F.E.S., and E. 

 Step, F.L.S. ; Treasurer, T. W. Hall, F.E.S. ; Librarian, H. A. Sauze ; Curator, 

 W. West ; Hon. Secretaries, Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S. , and Hy. J. Turner, 

 F.E.S. ; Council, W. J. Ashdown, J. H. Carpenter, F.E.S., T. A. Chapman, M.D., 

 F.E.S., A. Harrison, F.C.S., F.L.S., W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., H. Main, B.Sc., 

 F.E.S., and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. 



There was no Address from the retiring President, owing to his having met 

 with a very serious accident. A vote of sincere condolence and of hearty best 

 wishes for his speedy recovery was unanimously passed. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a long series of Acidalia aversata, and read notes on 

 their life-history and variation. Mr. Garrett, a living specimen of Dasychira pudi- 

 bunda, which had just emerged in the open. Dr. Chapman, forms illustrative of 

 the geographical races in Spain and Switzerland of the butterflies Polyommatus 

 Corydon, Lyccena Damon, and L. Hylas. 



February 13th, 1002.— Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. South exhibited a specimen of Cydimon (Urania) leilus, from St. Kitts, 

 one of the Leeward group of the West Indies. It is a common species along the 

 northern coast of S. America, and in Trinidad, but has not hitherto been taken in 

 this island. Mr. MeArthur, some specimens of Eupoecilia gilricomana, taken forty 

 years ago by Mr. Standish, and stated that the species had not since been obtained 

 in this country. Mr. H. Moore, an exceedingly fine specimen of the Orthopteron 

 Lanar imperialis, from Sylhet, in N. India. Dr. Chapman, specimens of Hypotia 

 corticalis, from the Riviera, a species having some of the characters of the genera 

 Pyralinus and Phycitinns, and for which he had proposed a new genus. Rev. F. 

 P. Perry, a large number of CoJeoptera from the Transvaal and Orange Colony, 

 taken by himself during a short residence in S. Africa. 



February 27th, 1902.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. South exhibited a specimen of Macaria liturata from Delamere Forest. 

 It was a very dark variety, and had recently been described as var. nigro-fuhata ; 

 it was apparently an unknown form on the continent. Mr. MeArthur, an example 

 of Agrotis segetum, having a narrow, very dark, marginal band on each of the hind- 

 wings, the white ground colour and fringes making it of a very conspicuous character. 

 Mr. Edwards, an unusually large and perfect nest of Vespa vulgaris, obtained near 

 Rochester in a hollow tree. Dr. Chapman, specimens of Crinopteryx familieUa, 

 bred from larva ; it. belonged to the lower section of the Adelida, and lived in cases 

 like the Coleophorce, to which it had no structural relation whatever. Mr. R. Adkin, 

 long bred series of Acidalia marginepunctata, and read a paper on them, entitled, 



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