OsA Kovember, 1914. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesdaij, October 1th, 1914.— 

 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., P.Z.S., in the Chair, 



Dr. Leslie C. Coleman, D.Sc, Dept. of Agriculture, Bangalore, Mysore, 

 India, and the Bev. Frederic S. F. Jennings, Warmsworth Eectory, Doncaster, 

 were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. O. E. Janson exhibited an abnormal specimen of Melitsea aurinia, 

 taken in Kent, in which six of the nervures were almost symmetrically defi- 

 cient on either side. Mr. G. T. Borritt, a series of Chloroperla venosa, Stepb., 

 taken by Brof. Carr and Mr. Mottram on the river Trent, near Nottingham ; 

 also a series of C. grammatica, Boda, for comparison. The Bev. F. D. Morice, 

 a specimen of Crabro (Lindenius) alhilabris, F., $? , with abnormal ocelli ; also 

 a photograph, from nature, of eggs in situ, laid in a rose-stem in a double row 

 by Vallisnieri's " Mosca dei Bosai," Arge pagana, exactly as in the author's 

 original figure. The Bev. Gr. Wheeler, a gynandromorphous specimen of 

 Plebeius argyrognomon taken by him in the Val Maggia on July 13th this year, 

 exactly halved, the right wings being $ , the left $ . Also an extreme example 

 of ab. persica of Polyommatus icarus taken on the marshes at Altmatt, on July 

 11th, and a $ of Pararge msera with symmetrical deeply concave costa of both 

 fore-wings, taken on the Via Mala on July 17th ; also a well-marked series of 

 Pieris manni from Vernayaz, taken on July 5th this year. Mr. Prideaux, a very 

 perfect example of Rumicia phlseas, ab. schmidtii ; also a J 1 Polyommatus icarus, 

 ab. obsoleta, and some very blue ? ? of the latter species, all taken in the 

 neighbourhood of Brasted, N. Kent. Mr. Donisthorpe, specimens of Platyphora 

 lubbocki, Verrall, and JEnigmatias blattoides, Meinert, which he had reared in a 

 nest of Formica picea, Nyl., taken in the New Forest in July last. He pointed 

 out that he believed he had proved that these two flies were the $ and $ of the 

 same species. Mr. L. W. Newman (1) A curious gynandromorphic Polyommatus 

 icarus, the right fore- wing being ^ and the remaining three wings $ except for 

 one orange lunule on each of the hind-wings. (2) A curious Zygsenid of 

 doubtful species, being small and having four spots only, and hairy body. (3) 

 A short series of Epicnaptera ilicifolia, bred from the wild $ taken May, 

 1913, at Cannock Chase by Mr. Oliver. (4) A pair of beautiful Neuria sapo- 

 narias from the Cork coast, the ground-colour being a rich pink instead of 

 the usual yellowish colour. The following papers were read : — " Contributions 

 to the Life-history of Polyommatus eros," by T. A. Chapman, M.D.., F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; 

 " Barthenogenesis in Worker-bees at the Cape/' by B. W. Jack, F.E.S. ; 

 " Description of New Species of Catasticta," by W. F. H. Bosenberg, F.E.S. ; 

 " Bevision of the Species of the Genus Odynerus (Hymenoptera) occurring in 

 the Ethiopian Region," by G. Meade- Waldo, M.A., F.E.S. ; " Some remarks on 

 the Coccid Genus Leucaspis, with descriptions of two new species," by E. 

 Ernest Green, F.E.S.— Geo Wheelek, Hon. Sec. 



