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British. Mr. C. F. M. Swyrmerton read notes on the families reared from the 

 eggs laid by known females of Papilio dardanus, Brown, at Chirinda, S. E. 

 Rhodesia. Prof. Poulton read some observations by Mr. W. A. Lambom on the 

 retention of spaces for the " tails " in the pupse of the tailless females of Papilio 

 dardanus. He also exhibited all the female offspring, together with 2 of the 

 males, of a family containing nine hippocoon and eight dionysus bred from a 

 hippocoon female of Papilio dardanus in S. Nigeria by W. A. Lambom. Also a 

 male and female Hypolimnas ivahlbergi, taken in coitu, on December 28th, 1913, 

 by Mr. E. E. Piatt, of 403, Essenwood Road, Durban, together with a portion of 

 the family reared from the eggs laid by the female. Also bred imagines and 

 pupal cases of Amauris ochlea, A. echeria, and A. albimaculata, and blown larvae 

 of the first and last named sent by Mr. E. E. Piatt, and 36 Mylabris fasciata 

 taken on September 24th and 26th, 1913, at Moor Plantation, near Ibadan, by 

 Mr. W. A. Lamborn The series was sharply divided into a light section con- 

 taining 28 individuals and a dark section containing 8. 



The following paper was read: — "Notes on the Life-History of Papilio 

 demolion," by Margaret E. Fountaine, F.E.S. — Geo. Wheeler, Hon. Secretary. 



COLEOPTERA IN THE ABERDEEN DISTRICT. 

 BY MAJOR A. O. C. WATSON, R.A. M.C. 



The following list includes the most interesting Coleoptera selected 

 from a total of 413 species observed by me within a radius of twelve 

 miles from Aberdeen, between 1910 and 1914. 



Cychrus rostratus, L., rare and occasional ; one under a stone at Lairston 

 Loch, 8.7.11. Carabus nemoralis, Mull., common and general from early spring 

 to autumn ; C. violaceus, L., very rare, one specimen in stump of Scots fir, Hazel- 

 head, 1.4.11 ; C. nitens, L., occasional, one found by Wm. Cowie of Inverurie 

 on Scotston Moor, in August 1898, and another found in a Black-headed Gull 

 Craibstone, 21.4.12. Nebria gyllenhali, Sch., Glen Muick (Ballater), 19.7.13 

 Notiophilus aquaticus, L., rare, and easily passed over as N. biguttatus, in flood 

 refuse, Dee and Don, and occasionally in other localities. Leistus rufescens, F 

 not common, but widely distributed. Clivina collaris, Hbst., rare and occasional 

 Craibstone, 29.7.11. Broscus cephalotes, L., occasional, one specimen, Murcar 

 28.6.10. Harpalus tardus, Panz., not common, found on Balgownie links, June 

 1913. Stomis pumicatus, Panz., rare and occasional, Old Mill, 1.4.11. Pteros 

 tichus diligens, Sturm, very common, and numerous near water. Amara con 

 vexiuscula, Marsh., rare, Balgownie, 10.6.13; A. fulva, De G., not common 

 A. apricaria, Sturm, fairly common ; A. acuminata, Payk., not common, Bal 

 o-ownie, 19.12.11. A. ovata, F., not common, Craibstone, 4.10.12. A. communis 

 Panz., fairly common and general ; A. tibialis, Payk., one specimen, Murcar 

 28.9.11 ; A. lucida, F., not common. Calathus flavipes, Fourc, not very common 

 but general ; C. mollis, Marsh., not very common, but fairly general ; C. micro 



