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New Fellows. — The following were elected Fellows of the Society : 

 Messrs. B. A. R. Gater, B.A., F.R.M.S., 13, Arundel Mansions, 

 Kelvedon Road, S.W. 6; Lionel Lace3^ Churchfield, Rodborough, 

 Stroud, Glos. ; Herbert Mace, Faircotes, Harlow, Essex ; William H. 

 Jackson, 11, Woodeote Valley Road, Purley ; and Miss A. B. Flower, 

 Eastbury, Surrey Road, Bournemouth West. 



Exhibits. — Professor Poulton made some remarks on transforma- 

 tional deceptive resemblance in insects arising out of the exhibits of 

 long-horned grasshoppers made by Dr. Marshall on behalf of Dr. 

 Uvarov at the previous meeting. 



Professor Poulton also exhibited an example of Coccinella septein- 

 punctata as the prey of an Asilid, Laphria fiara. He called attention 

 to some recent observations on the " false head " of Li/caenidae in 

 relation to the attacks of enemies ; he also gave numerous interesting 

 particulars of the bionomics, geographical races and affinities of the 

 remarkable African butterfly, Pseiulupontia paradnxa. 



Dr. Dixey who illustrated his remarks with a lantern slide, discussed 

 the venation of this butterfly. He expressed the opinion that it is 

 more closely associated to the Pierinae than to any other subfamily, 

 and that there are probably two geographical races of it distinguished 

 by the venation. 



Dr. Neave made some remarks on the habits and distribution of 

 this species, and of Peptoxia incdnsa, and Leuceronia pkarh, butterflies 

 that are associared with it in some parts of Africa. 



Mr. G. Talbot, on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, brought for exhibition 

 some new and rare Lepidoptera from Africa, New Guinea, and the 

 Dutch East Indies. 



Papers. — " Transformative deceptive resemblance in long-horned 

 Grasshoppers," by Dr. B. P. Uvarov ; " Elateridae of the Seychelles 

 Expedition," by M. Fleutiaux, communicated by Dr. H. Scott. 



The South London Entomological Society. 



Maij 25tli. — Mr. Step exhibited an abnormal blossom of the cowslip 

 found by Dr. Cockayne at Ranmore, with an eight-lobed calyx partly 

 corolla form ; the beetles Necroiihonis respilln and Silpha thnracica from 

 a dead toad at Ockham, and on behalf of Mr. Coppeard an extreme 

 fasciated stem of the buttercup 2 inches across. 



Mr. Withycombe, the asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparat/i now 

 common at Enfield. 



Mr. Enefer, some indelible ink he had made from the petals of his 

 gerinanicus. 



Mr. R. Adkin read a paper, "The Lepidopterous Enemies of Man." 



June 8th. — Mr. Edwards, fossil shark's teeth, Oxyrhina, from 

 Walton, Suffolk. 



Mr. Step, a Vespa (lermanica ? , which had hibernated in a chimney 

 and was so misleadingly black as to suggest the imposition of the 

 name " Vespa carhonaria, sp. nov." 



Mr. Enefer, an Acronicta alni of which he had found three larvae 

 at Penzance in August, 1921. 



Mr. Withycombe, a Neuropteron, the rare Clinjsnpa dorsalis, bred 

 from a pine-feeding larva taken at Oxshott in 1921. 



Mr. Step said that the Cleora Uchenaria larvae he had shown at a 



