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defoliaria, L., Boarmia repandata, L., and Phigalia pedaria, Fb. Mr. McArthur, 

 specimens of Coleophora lariceUa, Hb., from N. Devon. Mv. Tutt, a large number 

 of Zygana medicagiais, Bdv., from the Alps, and read a paper on that species and 

 its varieties. 



January \Oth, 1895. — The Vice-President in the Chair. 



Mr. Thornhill, Castlcbosy, Ireland ; and Mr. Brooks, Grange Hall, Eotlierham ; 

 were elected Members. 



Mr. C. Qr. Barrett exhibited a specimen of Hydrilla palustris, Hb., from Wicken, 

 and four specimens of Caradrina amhigua, Fb., from the Isle of Wight. Mr. Tutt 

 stated that the species he had reported as C. .luperstes, Tr., had turned out to be a 

 form of C. ambigua, but he was of opinion that some of his Deal captures were 

 C. supersfes. Mr. W. A. Pearee, a bred specimen of Ackerontia Atropos, L. ; it was 

 stated that the pupa of this species had no free segments, and was thus unable to 

 work its way through the earth. Mr. R. Adkin, bred specimens of Vanessa uHlcee, 

 L., from Sutherland, one of which iiad the central costal and the inner marginal 

 blotch united. Mr. Tutt gave an interesting account of a change in habit of spots 

 of a race of Zygana trifolii, Esp , within the last fifteen years ; in the discussion ■ 

 which followed, several Members gave instances of a small six-spotted Zygcena being 

 taken early in June in various localities. Mr. Carrington gave a short summary of 

 the spread and increase of melanism during the last twenty years. Communications 

 were read from Mr. Step, Portscatho, Falmouth, and from Mr. Brooks, Rotherham. 

 Mr. Tutt read a paper on " Zygana Ochsenheimeri, Zell., and its varieties," and ex- 

 hibited a long series in illustration. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Socikty of London — The Sixty-Second Annual Meeting : 

 January IQth, 1895.— Henry John Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts, showing a good balance in the Society's 

 favour, having been read by Mr. W. F. H. Blandford, one of the Auditors, Mr. H. 

 Goss read the Report of the Council. It was then announced that the following 

 gentlemen had been elected as Officers and Council for 1895 : — President, Professor 

 Raphael Meldola, F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, 

 Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; Librarian, 

 Mr. George C. Champion, F.Z.S. ; and as other Members of the Council, Mr. George 

 T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., Mr. Walter F. H. Blandford, M.A., F.Z.S., Dr. Frederick 

 A. Bixey, M.A., Mr. Henry J. Elwes, F.L.S., Mr. Charles J. Gahan, M.A., Professor 

 Edward B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., Dr. David Sharp, M.A., F.R.S., and the Right 

 Hon. Lord Walsingham, LL.D., F.R.S. It was also announced that Professor 

 Meldola, the new President, would appoint Lord Walsingham, Mr. Henry J. Elwes, 

 and Professor Edward B. Poulton, Vice-Presidents for the Session 1895 — 6. The 

 outgoing President then delivered an interesting address " On the Geographical 

 Distribution of Insects." 



A vote of thanks to the President and otiier Officers of the Society having been 

 passed, Mr. Elwes, Mr. McLaclilan, Mr. II. Goss, and Canon Fowler replied, and the 

 proceedings terminated. — 11. Goss and W. W. Fowlek, Hon. Secretaries. 



