Qfl [February, 



Dr. (.'orbett showed, fvoin the Doiicaster district, ;i uuniber of Sawflies and 

 Ichiieunjons, etc., among which the folluwinjj;- were new couiity records: — 

 Ti'nthrcdopsis tUiuc and dorsata, Pachynema'tus Jiaviventris, iJoIcrns haematodes, 

 Cephioi p(d/ipes, NotozHS pan-^eri. Also a collection of 31 species of Aculeata, 

 all taken (hiring the past seasiu in a saud-pit near Doncaster, and among 

 which t'olMvs perdicus, Andietiii dmficidata, and Fatwrgus itrsimis were new to 

 the county. 



Lepidopteru. — Mr. Porritt showed Abraxm i/roimhiriatii, vars. niyra, 

 iiiyruaparsata, and idrienata-nic/rospar^afa, mostly from wild larvae at 

 lludderstield in 1918. 



Mr. Hewett showed a series of Arctia caja with only slight variation. 

 These were the only aberrations from about 500 larvae. 



Mr. Morley showed Or ambus pinelhis, Sciaijhila sinua/Kt, and Ccrvstovia 

 nequella from Skelmanthorpe, 



At the evening meeting Dr. Corbett read a paper on the recent capture of 

 Triyuitulys Juilinu near Doncaster (see ** Entomologist," Oct. 1918) ; and there 

 was a long discussion on the causes and modes of determination of sexual 

 attractions in Lepidoptera by Messrs. Wm. Hewitt, B. Morley, and .S. Walker. 

 — 11. H. CoBBETT, Hon. Sec. 



Thk South London Entomological and Naiural lli^iTOKY Society : 

 October -J-it/i, 1918.- The President in the Chair. 



The decease of Lieut. J. Bateson, who was killed in France, was 

 announced. 



Mr. Bowman exhibited a nearly jet-black Cyinatophora ocularis from 

 Chingford. Mr. W. J. Ashdowu, Geotrupes pyrenaeus from Surrey, with a 

 hue bronze-tinted aberration. Mr. Curwen, the '•' Book of Beautiful Butter- 

 tiies." Rev. G. Wheeler, Rev. A. T. Stiff, Mr. Sperring, Mr. Buckstone, 

 Mr. Leeds, Mr. Froiiawli, Mr. Turner, etc., series of Epinephele tithutms. 

 Mr. Wheeler read a paper: "The Variation in Epmephde tifhonus." 



Noveinber 28th, 1918.— The President in the Chair. 



Messrs. E. W. Nimmey, F.E.S.. of Watford, and D. C. Johnstone, of 

 Rayleigh, were elected Members. 



Annual Exhibition. --Mr. W. (i. Sheldon exhibited a very long series 

 of Sarrothripm revayana (undulana), including the forms ramosana, stonana, 

 dilutana, fusculana, ilicana, afzeliana, lathamiana, undulana, hifasciana, etc. 

 Mr. AV. J. Lucas, an album of photographs of well-known entomologists in the 

 field. Mr. R. South, three aberrations of Brenthis selene, for Mr. Penn of Brighton. 

 Mr. South also showed Mn-'iAtions of Epinep/iele jurtifia and Tricopteryx poly- 

 commata for Mr. L. Meaden, besides various species of Coleoptera. Mr. W. J. 

 liucas, five .species of Nemopteruhie (Neuroptera) from the S.E. Mediterranean 

 district, including Nemoptera simiata, N. bipennix. N. coa, Lertha barbarn, and 

 Halter pallida. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, series of (1) Euchlo'e cardamines, race 

 turritis, from Cyprus, with J and J examples of the very small ab. tninor ; 



