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doing serious damage to the coco-iiut palm in Fiji. It proved to be new and to 

 belong to a new genus of the Syntomiidx. — Colbran J. Wain WRIGHT, Hon. 

 Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, May \{)th, 1906. — Mr. R. Adkin, President, in the Chaii*. 



Mr. Eajward exhibited series of Hybernia marginaria {jirogemmaria) from 

 Liverpool and Surrey. The former were all dark, the latter had some of- the $ s 

 equally dark, but the J s were only moderately dark. Mr. Sich, living imagines of 

 Lithocolletis sylveJla from maple leaves eollected at Cookham, in October, 1905, 

 and kept in a flower pot in the open. A large number of lantern slides were 

 exhibited including (I) Mr. Main, larvae of Ag rolls ashwortkli, Nisoniades tages, 

 Apatura iris, Lucanus cervus, and the pupa of a saw-fly ; (2) Mr. Lucas, for 

 Mr. Hamm, illustrative of protective resemblance in Tephrosia blundularia, T. luri- 

 data, Rumia cratxgata, Cidaria mlata, Pararge egeria, &c., (3) Mr. Tonge ; 

 (4) Mr. West (Ashstead) : (5) Mr. Dennis ; and (6) Mr. F. Noad Clarke. 



Thursday, May 2Uh, L906.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Main exhibited a nymph of the European Mantis religiosa, sent by 

 Dr. Chapman from South Maxime. Mr. Sich, an aberration of Lithocolletis 

 pomifolieUa, in which the median streak was connected with the first dorsal spot. 

 Mr. Carr, living larvae of Oeometra vernaria, some of which were still in their 

 hibernating skins. Mr. Kaye, living larvae of Thecla pruni. Mr. Tonge, a living 

 specimen of Eupithecia consignata, just taken on Hayling Island. Mr. Newman, 

 a long bred series of JBrephos notha from Worcester, Polyommalus corydon var. 

 fowleri, an intermediate form of Colias edusa, an extremely dark uniform form of 

 Ematurga atomaria, a somewhat streaked Chrysophanus phlxas, results of inter- 

 breeding Spilosoma liibricipeda, and a fine series of bred Notodonta trepida. 

 Dr. Chapman, larvae of Thecla ruhi. — IIy. J. Turner, Son. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, June 6th, 1906. — Mr. F. 

 Merrifield, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of Lomechusa strumosa, F., 

 taken with Formica sangiiinea at Woking on May 26th and 29th, 1906. Only two 

 other British examples are known, one taken by Sir Hans Sloane on Hampstead 

 Heath in 1710, the other found by Dr. Leach while travelling in the mail coacli 

 between Grloucester and Cheltenham, and these are included in the British Museum 

 collection. Since 1866 it has been omitted from our lists where it was included 

 last by Crotch among the doubtful species. Dr. K. Jordan said that the species 

 was not uncommon in Central Germany, and that he had met with it in some 

 numbers at Hildesheim. Mr, H. J. Turner showed a case illustrating a large 

 number of the life-histories of Coleophorids, notes on which have appeared in the 



