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in the United Kingdom. The President said it had been reported 

 from Windsor Forest in 1892. 



At the same meeting, Mr. W. J. Lucas brought for exhibition 

 eight examples of Libellula giiadriwacidata from Scotland and 

 the south of England, to illustrate the range from the type form to 

 the var. oi pracnubila of Newman. The variation take two lines, one, 

 the development of the blackish suffusion beneath the nodes and ptero- 

 stigma ; secondly, a saffron suffusion parallel to the costa. 



Mr. L. W. Newman also exhibited paintings of two forms of Drijaa 

 paphia bred b}^ him this season from ova of parent taken at Brocken- 

 hursb, resembling in facies the aberration of this butterfly shown by 

 Dr. Herbert Charles at the preceding meeting, whilst Mr. H. M. 

 Edelsten exhibited a tube containing ova of Leucama hrevilinea, in 

 situ, laid within the sheathing leaf of a dead reed-stem found in Nor- 

 folk in July, 1908. 



Mr. A. Harrison exhibited a long series of Aplecta nebulosa, of the 

 form robsoni, bred from parents taken in Delamere Forest. He said 

 that the proportion in breeding was as follows: — Grey form, 25%; 

 var. robsoni, 51%; and var. thoiupsoni, 24%. 



The Council of the Entomological Society of London has recom- 

 mended to the Fellows, the following gentlemen for election as 

 Council (excluding the officers) for 1909 : — President : Dr. F. A. Dixey, 

 Oxford (1887). Other Members of Council: Mr. C. A, Waterhouse, 

 London (1869), Professor E. B. Poulton, Oxford (1884), Mr. .T. W. 

 Tutt, London (1886), Dr. T. A. Chapman, Keigate (1891) Dr. K. 

 Jordan, Tring (1894), Mr. Guy A. Marshall, London (1895), Mr. A. 

 Harrison, London (1897), Mr. S. Image, London (1897), Mr. Hugh 

 Main, London (1899), Mr. E. Shelford, Oxford (1901), Dr. Longstaff, 

 Mortehoe and Oxford (1904), Mr. R. Turner, (?) Oxford (1907). " The 

 dates in brackets show when each member was elected a Fellow of the 

 Society. Strong as, in some respects, this list appears, one somehow 

 feels that the Council ought to be more representative, and that the 

 larger provincial towns, in various parts of England and Scotland, 

 should, at least, have a fair share of the places ; also that strenuous 

 work for the Society, spread over a reasonable time, should be, at 

 least, one of the main points in selecting Fellows for so honourable a 

 position. 



The older members of the City of London Entomological Society 

 will be interested to know that Mr. H. S. Woolley, a former member, 

 has been elected President of the Waterbury Naturalist Club, Connec- 

 ticut, U.S.A., a local society that seems to be in an exceedingly 

 flourishing condition. 



The Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society held 

 a reception, followed by a dinner at the Grand Hall, Birmingham, on 

 November 17th, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 

 Foundation of the Society, Mr. H. Willoughby-Ellis, President, in 

 the Chair. The function was a most enjoyable one, and well attended 

 — several ladies being among the guests. The speakers were Professor 

 Poulton, Professor Carlier, Sir Oliver Lodge, The President, Dr. J. 

 Hall-Edwards, ^Messrs. John Humphreys, G. H. Verrall, H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, J. W. Tutt, and W. E. Collinge. The President and 

 ]\Irs. Willoughby-Ellis are to be heartily congratulated on the great 

 success achieved. 



