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Entomological Society of London : Wednesda;/, October 27id, 1918, 

 Dr. C. J. Gauan, M.A., President, in the Chair^ 



Dr. Cliapmau exhibited a bred specimen of Lycaena alcon, probably the 

 first example that has been bred, certainly the first from larvae taken in 

 the autumn, and made observations on its life-history. Mr. Donisthorpe, 

 a specimen of the common Cockroach [Blatta orientalis) taken under bark of 

 oak in the New Forest, far away from any houses, July 29th, 1918. Also a 

 curious ergatandromorph of Myrmica sulcinodis taken on Bloxworth Heath, 

 from the collection of the late Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge. Mr. Hugh Main, the 

 three larval skins of Bytiscus mnrginalis, prepared for demonstration purposes. 



The following paper was read, the author illustrating his subject with 

 photographs shown in the epidiascope : — " Notes on Australian Sawfiies, 

 especially ' Authors' Types ' and the Specimens in the British Museum of 

 Natural History and the Hope Collection in the Oxford University Museum, 

 with Diagnostic Synopses of the Genera and Species," by the Rev. F. D. 

 Morice, M.A., F.E.'s. 



Wednesday, October \Q>th, 1918.— Dr. S. A. Neave, M.A., F.Z.S., Vice- 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. E. Green exhibited specimens of a rare Coccid {Kermes quercus) 

 taken on the stem of a single oak, at Selbj^ (Yorkshire) ; the species had 

 been seen on two or three occasions only, apparently in the Loudon district ; 

 they were found to be associated witli dense groups of adventitious buds on 

 the stems of the tree, and were extraordinarily like the buds themselves 

 Mr. W. G. Sheldon, specimens of Eupithecia helveticata, var. urceuthata Frey, 

 and a living larva from Surrey, and made observations thereon. Mr. W. J. 

 Kaye, a remarkable new form of Heliconms erato, for which he proposed the 

 name e.vtrema ; it formed a connecting-link between H. erato chestertoni and 

 H. erato colomhiana. Mr. Hugh Main, as transparencies in the epidiascope, the 

 larval skins of Dytiscus marginalis, which had been handed round at the meetino- 

 on October 2nd. 



Wedjxefday, November 6th, 1918. — The President in the Chair. 



Special Meeting.— The Treasurer formally proposed to delete Clause 5 

 of Ch. viii, and to substitute : " The Council shall nominate a chartered or 

 incorporated Accountant annually, who shall audit the Treasurer's accounts. 

 The Auditor shall be paid for his services a fee, the amount of which shall be 

 agreed by the Council on behalf of the Society. The Treasurer shall furnish 

 the Accountant with all the facilities he may require for auditing the accounts." 

 The Treasurer having fully explained his reasons for proposing this alteration, 

 it was seconded by Dr. Chapman and carried ne^n. con. 



Ordinary Meeting. — The Rev. Fr. O'Neil, S.J., Salisbury, Rhodesia ; 

 Messrs. Ernest William Nimmy, 210 Whippendell Road, Watford, Herts ; 

 R. Stanway Parris, 6 High Street, Bishop's Stortford : the Rev. Alfred T. 

 Stiff, Grantham, Victor Drive, Leigh-on-Sea ; Capt. William Henry Tapp, 

 F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., and Mrs. Eleanor Eva Tapp, of Loos, 88 Wickham Way. 



