54 'i"HI<; KNT()lVU)I.U(ilS'i'S KKCOKO. 



Octohi'i- Idtli. — Presentation. — The presentation by Mr. II. Donis- 

 thorpe of a drawing of Mr. T. W. Bates to the Society was 

 announced, and a special vote of thanks was passed to the donor. 



New Fklia)Ws. — The foUowint!^ were elected Fellows of the Society: 

 Messrs. H. J. Wilson, O.U.E., j\I.A., F.Z.S., 18i), liishops Mansions, 

 S.W.6; Alexander John Nicholson, University of Sydney, New South 

 Wales; F. N. Chasen, M.r>.O.U., Assistant Curator, Raffles Museum, 

 Sin'nipore; Baron -1. J^ouck, Springhill, South CJodstone, Surrey; and 

 Percy A. Glick, 903, West Illinois, Urbana. 



New Guinea Lepidoptera. — Mr. G. Talbot exhibited on behalf of 

 Mr. J. J. Joicey new and rare Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Pratt in 

 the Weyland Mountains, New Guinea, and also read a letter describing 

 the country from which the specimens came. 



Afuioan Papilios. — M. F. Le Cerf on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey 

 exhibited several new forms of African Papilios ; comments were made 

 on this exhibit by the President and Professor Poulton. 



P. chistana and 0. LiTEKANA. — Mr. W. G, Sheldou exhibited a 

 series of IHOO specimens of I'rrnnta cT/sta/jir,' including examples of all 

 the 72 named forms ; also a series of about 250 specimens of (Kvinrapha 

 litcrana. 



A New Race of R. phlaeas. — Professor Poulton exhibited 

 examples of a form of Hi-odcs phlaeiu from S.W. Uganda, and dis- 

 cussed its relations with //. abbotti. lie read some details of the 

 genitalia of these forms supplied by Dr. Chapman. He proposed to 

 treat abbotti as a race of phlaeas, and suggested the name " et/uopica " 

 for the new race from Uganda. 



Rare Coleoptera. — Mr. Donisthorpe exhibited examples of 

 Oi/iii)i,'tn»i siiitaiiiindle from Ireland ; the pupa and larval skin of 

 Ca.s.s/r/ij lubiilosa taken on Chouipodiitm album ; and larviP both dead 

 and living of Trionoiles hirttts. 



1. ERosus, ETC.— Mr. W. J. Atkinson exhibited examples of /ys 

 erosiis found breeding in the Forest of Dean, and read some notes on 

 this bark l)eetle and on allied species. 



Pafkr. " New or litile known Exotic Tipulidae (Diptera)," by 



Professor C. Alexander. 



Lantern Slides. — Mr. A. T. J. Janse gave a further account on 

 methods of collecting when travelling in South Africa, illustrated with 

 lantern slides. 



TuK South London Entomological Society. 



Aiiiiiist llth, 1921. — The Apple Scale. — Mr. Edwards exhibited 

 apples infested with the apple-scale Mi/li'laspix pomonon. 



Pupa ok P. atalanta. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a chrysalis of ri/rauwis 

 atalaiita from Betws-y-Cunl, N. Wales. 



Local Coleoptera. — Mr. Blenkarn, Milanophila acuminata horn 

 Crowthorne, taken from actually burning pine-stumps, Lfbia ci/atw- 

 n-phala from Box Hill, Cassida fastiiosa on Snurio jacnbaca at Box 

 Hill, ]>ianot(s coeridescois from the Mole near Box Hill, Lipanis 

 (prmanini on bogweed in Kent, Aromia moscJiata in London, Ih/t/iiuKs 

 'i/labratiis in a nest of Lasiiis fiaviis at Box Hill, etc. 



Taken at the Field jMeeting. — Mr. Ashby, Stattropns faiii and 

 Asthma blomeri taken at the Chalfont Field meeting. 



Variation in A. thetis.— Mr. T. H. Grosveuor, six distinct shades 



