224 [July. 1915.) 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 



Thursday, March 25th, 1915. — The President in the Chaii*. 



The evening was specially devoted to an exhibition and discussion of 

 Aphantopus hyperantus, contributed to by Messrs. Frohawk, E. Adkin, Bi-ight, 

 B. Adkin, Edwards, Dennis, Turner, Ciu-wen, Ashdown, Gibbs, and Leeds. 

 Ab. arete, ab. vidua, ab. ocellatus, ab. lanceolata, ab. minor var. bieti, ab. caeca, 

 ab. ohsoleta, with numerous other forms were shown. Mr. Bright showed a fine 

 Argynnis aglaia with numerous coalescent blotches of black, a Polyommatus icarus 

 with extremely light ground on the \^nderside, and a ^ Agriades coridon of 

 the form suavis, in which red scaling was developed, adjoining the eye-spots of 

 the upper-side of hind-wings. 



Thursday, April 8th, 1915.— Mr. W. J. Kayb, F.E.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited the seasonally dimorphic forms of Papilio ajax from 

 N. America. Mr. Schmassman, specimens of Papilio homerus from Jamaica with 

 a $ having ^ coloration, and the rare Pierid, Hebomoia roepstorfii from the 

 Andamans. Dr. Dixey, F.E.S., read a paper on " Seasonal Dimorphism/' and 

 o-ave many lantern and other illustrations with his remarks. 



Thursday, April 22nd, 1915.— Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. T. B. Foster, of Addiscombe, was elected a Member. 



The evening was devoted to an Exhibition of Orders other than Lepidoptera. 

 The Hon. Curator, Mr. West, exhibited eight drawers of the Society's i-eference 

 collections which had recently been rearranged, and included the drawer con- 

 taining the Diptera given by Mr. H. W. Andrews ; also four drawers of his own 

 collection of Coleoptera, including British examples of Calosoma sycophanta, 

 Carabus auratus, a series of Micraspis 16-punctata, Bytiscus circumcinctus ^ s 

 with smooth (J -like elytra, and a series of forms of Notiophilus 4!-punctatxis. 

 Mr. Edwards, cases of large and conspicuous species of Coleoptera. Mr. H. 

 Moore, scorpions from various parts of the world : a Mygale, a large centipede 

 from the Dardanelles, the pseudo-scorpion Thelyphonus gigariteus from Florida. 

 Mr, Ashdown, a series of aberrations of the e&rwig Forficula auricularia, mostly 

 with aberrant size and form of forceps. Mr. W. J. Kaye, numerous large and 

 conspicuous insects obtained by him in S. America and Trinidad, Coleoptera, 

 Phasmids, a Mygale, Cordiceps, etc. Mr. B. Adkin, a "witches' broom " on larch 

 formed by the fungus Exorascus turgidus, and examples of Chermes pini, the 

 pine aphis, on Scots pine. Mr. Main, an example of the Neuropteron, Nemoptera 

 coa, brought from Cintra by Mr. Bowman, and living larvae of the firefly, 

 Luciola italica. Mr. E. Adkin, the nests of wasps found rolled up in bales of 

 tobacco from the Levant. Mr. Piatt Barrett, various conspicuous insects from 

 Sicily and S. Africa, mantis, ant-lions, locusts, etc. — H. J. Turner, Hon. Sec. 



