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broixi^ht before the various Scientific Societies in England with a view to its 

 being formally endorsed liy them. He read in full both the Declaration and 

 the Eei^ly, and proposed the following motion : — " That the Officers, Council, 

 and Fellows of the Entomological Society of London, assembled at their 

 meeting on November 4th, 1914, desire to be associated with the statements 

 and expressions of opinion by certain scholars and men of science as published 

 in the Times of October 21st, 1914, and that notice of this resolution be sent to 

 the Press." He added that this motion had already been placed before the 

 Council, which had unanimously recommended it for adoption by the Society. 

 Prof. Poulton seconded the motion, which was supported by Dr. Malcolm Burr 

 and Mr. H. Eowland-Brown, and carried unanimously. The Eev. F. D. Morice 

 then proposed the following resolution : — " That all members of recognised 

 Entomological Societies in the countries of our Allies, residing in or visiting 

 this Country, be invited during the continuance of the War to attend the 

 Ordinary and Annual Meetings of the Society, and to make use of the Society's 

 Library, in the same manner as though they were themselves Ordinary Fellowsj 

 except as to the right of voting." This was seconded by Dr. Burr, and 

 carried unanimoiisly. 



Commander Walker exhibited, on behalf Dr. E. C. L. Perkins, specimens 

 of A. trifolii and P. plantaginis showing the effects of isolation ; also, on behalf 

 of Mr. Morris N. Watt, of New Zealand, a photograph of a " Weta " {Deinacrida 

 sp.) fully winged, the species being usvially apterous. Mr. A. H. Jones, a series 

 of Colias eratc, from Sai-epta, and its supposed hybrids, with C. hyale and 

 C. edusa ; also from Sarepta a large form of Anthocharis cardamines, with an 

 expanse of 56 mm., to which Mr. Sheldon has given the name of var. volgensis, 

 and a diminutive British specimen about half the size, taken by himself at 

 Bui'ston, Norfolk ; also Pleheius pylaon, showing the two forms of the male, and 

 Lycaena arion having pronounced black dashes on fore-wing, also from Sarepta, 

 with the Asiatic form var. cyanecula Ev., of the latter species for comparison. 

 Dr. G. B. Longstaff, a fine series of Meiiei'is tidhaghia L., a large and handsome 

 Satyrine biitterfly having much the appearance and habits of a Nymphaline. 

 Prof. Poulton read a letter from Mr. T. E. Bell, Karwar, N. Kanara, in the 

 Bombay Presidency, and pointed out the extremely interesting difference 

 between the proportions of the female forms of Papilio polytes observed by 

 Mr. Bell and those obtained by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer in Ceylon ; also a letter from 

 Eev. K. St. Aubyn Eogers, Sagalla, near Voi, British East Africa, who had 

 observed a pair of Acraea chilo Godm., in copiUa, the female being of the 

 form long known as A. crystallina Gr.-Sm., confirming Mr. Neave's discovery 

 that these forms are the t? and ? of the same species. Prof. Poulton also 

 exhibited specimens of Ceratopogon formicarius and Formicoxenws nitidulus, 

 found on the hillock of Formica rufa, near Bournemouth, by Mr. A. H. Hamm. 

 Mr. G. Talbot, on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, specimens to illustrate a paper by 

 Messrs. Joicey and Eosenberg, on new species of Catasticta, and a few new 

 species of Lepidoptera in the collection of Mr. Joicey. 



The following papers were read: — " Notes on tlie Life-History of Folyomma- 

 tus eras," by T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. " Note on the Manubrium of 



