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Ashford, Kent; Mr. Charles Henry Ruclge, Assoc. M. Inst., C.E., 15, Newton 

 Road, Bayswater, W. ; and Miss Carlotta Rudge, 15, Newton Road, Bayswater, 

 W. ; were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Commander J. J. Walker exhibited examples of CeutJwrrhynchus pilosellus, 

 Gyll., and Ceuthorrhyricliideus mixtus, Muls., taken by him dvu-ing May last at 

 Tubney, Berksliire. The Rev. F. D. Morice, a specimen of Clavelia pompiliformis, 

 Luc. ^ , the only known fossorial wasp with pectinated antennae, taken by him 

 this spring in Algeria; also examples of the ssiw-Hy Phymatocera aterrima. King, 

 with photographs of the insect in the act of ovipositing on " Solomon's Seal," 

 and gave an account of the way in which the saAvs are employed for the purpose. 

 Instead of cutting vertically the saws are turned sideways, a characteristic 

 method employed, said Mr. F. Enock, by many of the Howoptera. Mr. C. O. 

 Waterhouse and Dr. T. A. Chapman also joined in the discussion, and Mr. A. 

 Sich mentioned that some years since many larvee which appeared identical 

 with those of P. aterrima occurred on the same plant in his garden at Chiswick. 

 Mr. H. Main, an empty larva skin of a J Lamjnjris noctiluca with a living 

 pupa, which was seen to be intermittently huuinotis. Mr. L. Newman, a case 

 containing a long and varied series of Ematurga atomaria bred from a melanic 

 ? taken in cop. with a dark typical ^ at Bury, Lancashire. It was noticeable 

 that melanic and semi-molanic forms of the offspring predominated ; also a <? 

 and ? of ? hybrid Agriades thetis (hellargus) x A. coridon, taken wild in North 

 Kent, June, 1909, and ova in situ of Sesia andreniformis ; of which Mr. A. E. 

 Tonge handed rovmd a photograph x 26 of the same. Mr. 0. E. Janson, a 

 remarkable gynandi-omorphous example of Goliathus gigantens and other 

 Cetoniidx recently collected by Mr. E. Brown in Uganda, British East Africa, 

 including both sexes of the rare Formasimus russus. Nearly all the species 

 exhibited were West African forms, proving the great similarity of the central 

 African fauna, extending over a district of two to three thousand miles across 

 that continent. The Rev. G. Wheeler, a case containing many examples, 

 showing a wide range of variation, bred from identical parents of Smerinthus 

 vopuli, taken in Lancashire ; also a cvirious pale dwarf example of S. ocellatus 

 from the same locality. Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, specimens of a beetle of the 

 family Chrysomelidse, Crosita altaica, Gebl., fomid by a povilterer at Bovu-nemouth 

 in the crop of a pheasant from Russia. He remarked on the brilliancy of the 

 metallic coppery-red and green coloiu's. It has been held by some that bright 

 metallic colovu'S were warning-colours. Dr. T. A. Chapman, specimens of this 

 spring emergence of double-brooded Agriades coridon, taken in April and May 

 last at various places in the St. Tropez district of the Riviera, di.splaying 

 considerable variation, but all appear to be of one race. Very few specimens 

 showed any red coloiu- on the upper-side ; also larvae of Thestor ballns in last 

 instar, feeding on flowers of Ulex europmus ; larva of Agriades coridon var. 

 constanti, from eggs laid at Ste. Maxime at the beginning of May, and now in 

 third instar; and a living imago of Callophrys avis. Chapman, a somewhat 

 belated specimen, emerged June 1st, 1910; the delay no doubt due to an 

 unsiiccessful attempt at forcing in February. Dr. K. Jordan, a live specimen 

 of a (J of Truxalis obtained by him at Portimiio, Soutli Portugal, and also 

 living larvffi and the cocoon of a moth, Diplnra loti. The larvae were found on 



