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stadogala, beaten from tamarisk at Deal. It was gradually extending its range. 

 Mr. Tonge, photographs of the young larviE of Celastrina argiohts attacking ivy 

 buds, and of Vanessa io and Pyrameis atalanta at rest. Mr. Newman, a melanic 

 example of Bryophila perla taken at Folkestone, a suffused pink specimen of 

 Anthrocera trifolii, an example of SiAlosoma menthastri with joined-up spots 

 approaching v. walkeri, several Abraxas grossulariata, (1) black markings 

 especially wanting on all wings, (2) yellow markings much increased in area 

 and black decreased, and (3) a very dark specimen, the black areas imited and 

 enlarged. Mr. Adkin, a series of Cossus ligniperda from Lewisham, and read 

 notes on the occurrence and pupation of the species. Mr. Turner, living bred 

 examples of Lyonetia clerckella and its mine in a birch leaf with the swung 

 silken cradle in which the larva turned to ptipa. Mr. Moore, a variety of 

 Limnas chrysippus v. alcippus in which the apical white dot is duplicated, and 

 Acrsea encedon ab. alcippina from the same locality. Northern Nigeria. Mr. 

 Main, newly hatched larvse of the Glow-worm. Dr. Hodgson, an example of 

 Callophrys rubi with xantliic areas on the disc of all the wings, specimens of 

 Nemeobius lucina, (1) 9 in which the yellow area was much increased at the 

 expense of the black, (2) a c? in which the opposite was very strongly marked, 

 a black example of A. trifolii, the only one obtained this year, and one with 

 extreme red suffiision Mr. Eayward, ova of Plebeius argus (aegon) laid naturally 

 on Erica cinerea. Dr. Chapman, Lepidoptera obtained by him in Sicily, Oreo- 

 psyche kahri, Depressaria thapsiella, D. ferulae, &c. Mr. Kaye, a box of Brazilian 

 Butterflies taken by liim in the early part of the year, including Morpho 

 anaxibia, M. menelaus, M. hercules, M. laertes, M. aeya, and the rare M cytheris, 

 the beautiful Papilio ascanius, five species of Heliconius, species of Catagramma 

 and Callicore, niunerous very beautiftil Erycinidse, and the Ithomiine Mechanitis 

 lysimnia with its Pierine mimic Dismorphia astyoche caught on the same flower 

 heads at Castro. Mr. Sich, specimens of Monopis iveaverella, a rare species only 

 recently differentiated from M. spilotella ; he also showed the hyliernaculum of 

 Yponomcuta cognatellus on Euonymus twigs. Mr. Piatt Barrett, a large collec- 

 tion of butterflies taken in Sicily during the last two years, and read a paper 

 on the exhibit and the localities he visited. — Ht. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, October 19th, 1910.— 

 Dr. F. A. DiXEY, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. A. Feynes, of 61, East Colorado Street, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. ; 

 Mr. Thomas Henry Geary, of Enderby, Leicestershire ; and Mr. Edward Barton 

 White, of the City Mental Hospital, Cardiff; were elected Fellows of the 

 Society. 



Mr. A. M. Lea sent for exhibition two interesting beetles of the genus 

 Lissotes, which he had presented to the British Musevun (Natural History) 

 Teratological Collection : L. curvicornis, Boisd., var. with an additional leg 

 jutting out from the left front coxa, and L. punctatus, Lea, an hermaphrodite 

 having the left side S and the right ? . Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorije exhibited 

 an example of Helcon ruspetse, a Braconid new to Britain, taken at Cannock 

 Chase on July 16th last, in a cell of Strangalia 4!-fasciata in a fallen birch tree. 



