SOCIETIES. 53 



species, and no other male had had access to them. About two-thirds 

 of the eggs laid by the second female, and some laid by one of the 

 others were infertile, but all the others were fertile. It is well-known 

 that males of some species pair quite readily more than once, but very 

 few instances have been recorded. There is little doubt that this 

 Idrtaria paired with seven females, and might have paired with more 

 had they been available. — E. A. Cockayne, Westbourne Grove, 

 Jannani 21 th, 1922. 



J^ C I E T I E S . 



The Entomological Society of London. 



October 5th, 1921.— The President announced that owing to the 

 illness of Mr. H. Rowland Brown, Dr. H. Eltringham, M.A., F.Z.S., 

 had kindly consented to act as Secretary for the remainder of the 

 session. 



The Treasurer called attention to two portraits that had been be- 

 queathed to the Society by the late Dr. Longstaff. A vote of thanks 

 to Mr. .J. Joicey, "F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., for his generous gift of a 

 lantern to the Society was passed unanimously. 



New Fellows. — Messrs. Charles L. Fry, 1621 Vallejo Street, San 

 Francisco, California; William F. N. Greenwood, Lautoko, Fiji; 

 Henry W. Dobson, 14/16, Finkle Street, Kendal ; Kalidos D. Shroff, 

 Nahani, Surat, India ; Arnold Roebuck, Edgmond, Newport, Salop ; 

 the Rev. J. Wesley Hunt, 116, Cross Street, Kroonstadt, Orange Free 

 State ; and Miss Amy Castle, Assistant Entomologist, Dominion 

 Museum, Wellington, New Zealand. 



Habits of A. manicatum. — Mr. E. E. Green, F.Z.S., communi- 

 cated an extract from his journal on the habits of the bee Anthidiion 

 hianifatiiui. 



Zyg.enid.e. — Mr. T. L. H. Grosvenor exhibited some British species 

 of Zt/ijaena and remarked on the results of crossing certain species 

 and varieties. Dr. Cockayne, M.A., F.R.C.P., commented on the 

 question of the identity of Zi/i/aena tiitti. 



BiKDs capturing Lepidopteka. — Professor E. B. Poulton, D.Sc., 

 F.R.S., etc., exhibited an example of Danaida c/ui/slppus that had been 

 captured and subsequently rejected by a young shrike in South Africa. 



Insects taken from a trout. — He also exhibited on behalf Dr. 

 R. C. L. Perkins, F.R.S., a collection of terrestrial insects taken from 

 the stomach of a trout in Derbyshire. Mr. M. E. Mosely expressed* 

 surprise that such a large amount of surface food had been taken. 



Papers. — "On Boreiit< hi/enialis," by Mr. C.^L. Withycombe. 



" Some apparently new S. African Genera and Species of the 

 family I'l/ralidae," by Mr. A. T. J. Janse. 



"The African Species of the Genus Neptis, Fah., by Dr. H. El- 

 tringham, M.A., F.Z.S. 



" The number of joints in the antenme of HaliplUlae and Paussidae 

 (Coleoptera)," by Mr. T. G. Sloane. 



" Observations in the Structure of some Homoneura, including the 

 Diagnosis of two new families of Lepidoptera." 



Lantern Slides. — Mr. A. T. -J. .Tanse gave an account illustrated 

 with lantern slides on methods of collecting insects when travelling in- 

 South Africa. 



