192 THE ENTOMOIiOGlSX's RECORD. 



work he and Mr. A. H. Martineau had carried out in the Midlands 

 during the past year. Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited specimens of 

 FoRMicoxENUs NiTiDULUs, Nye, from the nests of Forniica rnfa, L., 

 from Knowle (Warwickshire). Mr. Herbert Stone, F.L.S., F.R.C.I., 

 exhibited a piece of marble ebony sapwood showing ebony around the 

 galleries of insects, also lancewood similarly ebonized. Mr. Hubert 

 Langley, specimens of Asthenia PYOMi^ANA, Hb., and Anybia epiiLobi- 

 ELLA, Roem., from Princethorpe, both species being additions to the 

 Warwickshire list. Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis read a paper on the 

 present knowledge of the genus Dinarda, Grav., embodying the work 

 of Donisthorpe and Wasmann and his own observations of the species 

 collected from the nests of Foimica tufa, Linn., and F. sanijtnnea, 

 Latr.^ and also from a number of specimens received from friends. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — May 14th, 1908. — Larva of Cyaniris semiargus. — Dr. Chapman ex- 

 hibited a larva of C. semiargua reared from a Pyrenean ovum, nearly full- 

 grown. Scaling of Tanagra atrata. — He also called attention to the 

 curious fine brown scaling in bred Pyrenean examples of Tanagra 

 atrata. Larv^ of Retinia resinana. — Mr. Adkin, nodules of resin on 

 twig of fir attacked by Retinia resinana lnvvve, also a curious " mop " 

 of twigs on a branch of fir, no doubt caused by a gall, from Aviemore. 

 Cocoons opened by birds. — He also exhibited cocoons of Dicranura 

 vinula that had apparently been opened by birds. Argytvinid larv^^.. — 

 Mr. Newman, two sets each of larvae of Dryas pajj/ria, Ariiynnis aglaia, 

 and A. adijipe, one set had been wintered outdoors and were very small, 

 the others kept in a cool house were in their last instar. Pyrameis 

 atalanta eggs. — He also showed ova of Pyrameis atalanta just hatch- 

 ing, the eggs recently found near Dartford. Hungarian butterflies. 

 — Mr. A. H. Jones brought a number of butterflies taken in Hungary 

 to illustrate his paper "Notes on Hungarian butterflies," including 

 Neptis liicilla, N. aceris, Najas iiupiili, Limenitis Camilla, and L. sibylla 

 taken together in one forest opening, Loweia alciphron extremely large 

 and boldly marked, Colias inyrwidnne ab. alha, a parallel form to ab. 

 helice of C'. edusa, the local Frebia tiielas (with which he had placed 

 E. lefebvrei from the Pyrenees and F. glarialis var. nicholli from Cam- 

 piglio for comparison), F. medusa var. psodea, C thersamon, Pararge 

 cliviene, P. ro.velana, CoenonynipJia oedippns, etc. Mr. West exhibited 

 Anticlea BADiATA bred from larva? taken on his rose-trees in Ashtead. 

 Mr. Tonge, stereoscopic views of the ova of Saturnia carpini and 

 Macrothylacia rubi, of the ova of Malacosoma castrensis and M. 

 franconica, and of fertile and infertile ova of Panolis piniperda. Mr. 

 Newman, pupte of Dryas paphia, Argynnis adippe, and A. aglaia. 

 Mr. Rayward, pupa in situ of Trochilium crabroniformis, and pupa- 

 case of iEGERiA culiciformis ; the former emerged downwards and 

 the latter upwards. Mr. Turner, a long series of Pancalia lewen- 

 HCEKELLA from Box Hill ; a short bred series of Swammerdammia 

 SRisEo-CAPiTELLA from Oxshott. Mr. Gilbert Arrow gave an address, 

 illustrated by means of lantern slides and numerous specimens, on 

 "The Origin and Use of Horns in Coleoptera." 



