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Professor Poulton as Deilemera, probably antinorii, Obth., witb the 

 cocoon from which it emerged, which bears a large number of creamy 

 white semi-transparent frothy spheres which bear a very strong 

 resemblance to the cocoons of Braconid parasites, and doubtless 

 have a protective function. He added that in January of this year 

 he observed a male Amauris niavius, L., settle on the upper surface 

 of a leaf with its wings expanded. The insect flexed its abdomen, 

 making the dorsal surface convex, so that the extremity of the body 

 was brought level with the brands, and the tufts were then thrust 

 out. By alternately flexing and straightening out the abdomen the 

 tufts were passed to and fro over the surface of the brands as though 

 some secretion was being conveyed from the one to the other. Pro- 

 fessor Poulton has suggested that the greasy appearance of the 

 brands may be probably interpreted on the hypothesis that they 

 serve to retain and distribute a scent employed in courtship brought 

 to them by the tufts. Dr. Longstaff said that he was satisfied that 

 in Euplcea and Limnas chrysijjpus the characteristic scent was not 

 caused by the tufts and brands, though these were very likely the 

 cause of another volatile scent which certainly existed in these cases. 

 Female Danaids have a scent as well as males ; the scent common to 

 both being nauseous, while that peculiar to the male is probably a 

 help in courtship. Professor Poulton remarked that the brands 

 actually are greasy, and not merely look so, and that they may for a 

 time hold scent imparted by the tufts. Dr. Jordan observed that the 

 discovery in Natal of intermediates between cenea and plancmoides, 

 which from previous experience had been supposed not to exist, 

 made it impossible any longer to argue from their non-existence in 

 favour of the sudden, as opposed to the gradual, evolution of di- 

 morphic forms. — Commander J. J. Walker read the following paper: 

 " Some Eemarkable Ant-friend Lepidoptera of Queensland," by F. P. 

 Dodd, F.E.S., with Supplement by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S.— George 

 Wheeler, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— J'?^^?/ 27th, 1911.— Mr. E. Adkin, F.E.S., in the chair.— 

 Mr. Kenneth J. Blair, of Highgate, N., was elected a member. — 

 Mr. West, numerous interesting captures in the New Forest, includ- 

 ing JEgeria spheciformis, a suffused specimen of Antliroccra trifoUi, 

 a short series of Cicadetta VLontana, including the rarely met with 

 female, and the rare Heteropteron Eysarcoris aneus. — Mr. Stanley 

 Edwards, the very beautiful Lycaenid Stalachtis evelina and several 

 beautiful species of the genus Mesoseviia (Lemoniinte). — Mr. E. Adkin, 

 a pair of Endromis versicolor ve^xed this year from ova deposited in 

 1908, thus three years in pupa.- — Mr. Blenkarn, a teratological exam- 

 ple of Carabus nemoralis, in which the tibia of the right fore leg was 

 divided into three, each terminating in perfect tarsi and claws ; two 

 specimens of the rare Helophoriis iuhcrculatus and Galerucella fer- 

 gussoni from Lanarkshire ; and the curious Hemipteron Ledra aurita 

 from West Wickham on oak. — Mr. Jiiger, a Nematoid worm which 

 had emerged from the larva of a Cucullia. — Mr. Sperring, a number 

 of aberrations of Lepidoptera, including a smoky suffused specimen 

 of Cosmotriche potataria from Benfleet, a seven spotted Anthrocera 



