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Entomological Society of London : February 2Uh, 1892. — Fredeeick 

 Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretai'y read a letter from G-eneral Sir Dighton Probyn, K.C.B., Comp- 

 troller to the Prince of Wales, conveying the thanks of the Prince and Princess of 

 Wales for the address of condolence with their Royal Highnesses in their severe 

 bereavement, which had been forwarded to Sir Dighton Probyn by the Secretary, on 

 behalf of the Society. 



Mr. Walter Cuthbert Biddell, of 32, The G-rove, Bolton G-ardens, S.W. ; and 

 Mr. Douglas Stuart Steuart, of North Leigh, Prestwich, Lancashire ; were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The President referred to the loss the Society had recently sustained by the 

 death of Mr. Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S., who had twice been its President ; and 

 he also read a copy of the resolution of sympathy and condolence with Mrs. Bates 

 and her family, in their bereavement, which had been passed by the Council at their 

 meeting that evening. 



Mr. Frederick C. Adams exhibited a monstrous specimen of Telephorus rusticus, 

 taken in the New Forest, in which the left mesothoracic leg consisted of three dis- 

 tinct femoi'a, tibiae, and tarsi, apparently originating from a single coxa ; he also 

 exhibited specimens of Ledra aurita. 



Mr. Gr. A. James Rothney sent for exhibition a series of specimens of two 

 species of Indian ants (Mt/rmicaria subcarinata, Sm., and ApJicBuog aster (messor) 

 barbarus, L., x&r. punctatus, Forel), which had recently been determined for him by 

 Dr. Forel. He also communicated notes on the subject, in which it was stated that 

 Myrmicaria subcarinata, Sm., was not uncommon in Bengal, and formed its nests 

 by excavating the earth round trees, and throwing it up in mounds of fine grains. 

 The author also stated that both sexes of this species swarmed early in the " rains," 

 from about July 7th to July 10th. Of the second species — ApJicenog aster barbarus, 

 var. punctatus, Forel — Mr. Rothney observed that it, like the bee, Apis dorsata, 

 seemed to have a great partiality for the gardens and buildings of the old Mogul 

 Emperors in the North-West Provinces and in the Punjaub, the bee disfiguring the 

 arches and roofs with its huge nests, and the ant frequenting the gardens and steps. 

 The Hon. Walter Rothschild communicated a paper, entitled, " On a little- 

 known species of Papilio from the Island of Lifu, Loyalty Grroup." The paper was 

 illustrated by a beautifully coloured drawing of the male, variety of the male, 

 female, and under-side of the species. — H. Gross, Hon. Secretary. 



March 9th, 1892.— The President in the Chair. 



Captain Clement Alfred Righy Browne, R.E.,care of Messrs. Grindlay, Grroomc, 

 and Co., of Bombay ; His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, LL.D., Chancellor of the 

 University of Cambridge, of Devonshire House, 78, Piccadilly, W. ; Mr. J. H. Leslie, 

 of 44, Choriton Square, Upper Tooting, S.W. ; Mr. R. M. Lightfoot, of Bree Street, 

 Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope ; and Mr. Sidney Robinson, of Goldsmith's Hall, 

 E.C. ; were elected Fellows of the Society. 



