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on pp. X — xi, and a very useful feature is the present location of the " type " of 

 each species, as far as known, indicated in the comprehensive table on pp. 23-25. 

 The ten plates (one in colovir) from drawings by Mr. E. Wilson are among the 

 best of their kind, and it may sixfRce to say that the bizarre, often almost 

 monstrous forms of some of the members of the Order, which shoidd make them 

 so attractive to collectors abroad, have never before been so fully and adequately 

 rendered. Brief directions for collecting and preserving earwigs, which are 

 among the most fragile of insects, especially when dry, are given in an Appendix. 

 The well known method of " carding " as adopted with the smaller Goleoptera 

 is not alluded to, biit from our own experience we would remark that few if 

 any insects lend themselves better to this mode of mounting, or make more 

 beautiful " specimens " when thus treated ; and the security from breakage 

 which this method ensures is, in our opinion, a full equivalent for any other 

 drawbacks it may have. 



^orictn. 



The South London ENTOMOLoaiCAL and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, July lUh, 1910.— Mr. J. W. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Scorer, of Chilworth, was elected a Member. 



There was a special exhibition of Polyommatus icarus. 



Dr. Hodgson exhibited a large niimber of selected specimens, many of 

 them being blue :? s or having aberrant under-sides. Mr. E. Adkin, geographical 

 series, the most striking of which were those from the West of Ireland. 

 Mr. Joy, long series of the spring and summer broods, illustrative of the 

 seasonal dimorphism in size. Mr. B. Adkin, some very fine examples from the 

 Hebrides, Islands of Scilly, N. Cornwall, Ireland, &c. Mr. Kaye, selected 

 examples from varioiis localities. Mr. Tiu-ner, a few aberrations in colour, 

 including specimens from several Swiss localities. Mrs. Hemmings, one or two 

 remarkable aberrations, including a thetis-like i , and a ? with the eye-spots 

 on the under-side showing extreme displacement. Mr. Pickett, a drawer con- 

 taining the residts of many years' selection of forms. Mr. Tutt, in summing up 

 the exhibit, considered it one of the finest and most complete ever got togeth(n', 

 and stated that nowhere throughout its range was the species so extremely 

 variable as in the British Isles. 



Mr. R. Adkin, exhibited some bred examples of Cyaniris argiolus 9 with 

 much reduced borders to the wings. Mr. Edwards, a box of exotic species of Apa- 

 tura, Adelpha, and Limenitis. Mr. Sich, specimens of Prays curtisellus with v. 

 rustica from Westerham. Mr. Pickett, an extremely fine bred series of Angerona 

 prunaria, this year's result after twelve years' selection, crossing, and inter- 

 breeding. Many of the forms were extreme v. piekettaria. Mr. Step read the 

 report of the Delegates to the Guildford Congress of the South-Eastern Union 

 of Scientific Societies. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



