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and so does a uniformly black aberration with markings practically 

 obscured. This form is hereby named aterrima. — H. ivij^luviata. 

 Nearly all the specimens are black (ab. et var. nigcrrima, mihi), 

 although those occurring in one swamp have a pale spot on the dorsum 

 where the central fascia normally ends (ab. uni punctata). — Selcnia 

 tctralunaria. I beat a single larva from birch which yielded a male 

 of this species ; this provides the first Durham record. — Vanessa io. 

 I caught one in August on a tansy head. This is the first taken in 

 Durham for many years. — J. Haeeison ; 181, Abingdon Eoad, 

 Middlesborough. 



Entomological Club. — A meeting was held at the Savage Club, 

 Adelphi Terrace, W.C, on Nov. 16th, 1911, Mr. H. Eowland-Brown in 

 the chair. Other members present were Mr. R. Adkin and Mr. Horace 

 St. John Donisthorpe ; Honorary Members: Mr. A. H. Jones and Mr. 

 A. Sich. Mr. Adkin proposed that Mr. Sich, an Honorary Member, 

 be elected a Member of the Club; this was seconded by Mr. Rowland- 

 Brown. Ballot to be taken at next meeting. On the proposition of Mr. 

 Donisthorpe, seconded by Mr. Adkin, Dr. Malcolm Burr was nominated 

 an Honorary Member of the Club. This being the first meeting of 

 the Club since the death of Mr. G. H. Verrall, the Chairman, referring 

 to the great loss the Club has sustained, testified to the many excel- 

 lent qualities of the late member. It was largely due to Mr. Verrall's 

 exertions that the Club was revivified at a time when dissolution 

 seemed inevitable. The other Members present — Mr. Adkin and 

 Mr. Donisthorpe ; also Dr. Dixey and Mr. Sich — offered tributes to 

 the memory of one who had taken such deep interest in the welfare 

 of the Club, and was largely instrumental in establishing it in the 

 secure position it holds in this the eighty-fifth year of its existence. 

 — Richard South, Hon. Sec. 



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Entomological Society of London. — Wednesday, October itli, 

 1911. — The Rev. F. D. Morice, President, in the chair. — Mr. 

 C. B. Williams, of 20, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, was elected a 

 Fellow of the Society. — The President proposed a vote of con- 

 dolence with the relatives of the late Mr. Verrall, which was 

 seconded by Professor Poulton. — A vote of condolence with the 

 relatives of the late Mr. Albert Harrison was proposed by the Rev. 

 G. Wheeler, and seconded by Mr. W. J. Kaye ; and a similar vote in 

 the case of Dr. Scudder was proposed by Mr. Champion, and 

 seconded by Professor Poulton. — Mr. Donisthorpe exhibited speci- 

 mens (males and workers) of Formica pratensis, Do G. {congerens, 

 Nyl.), taken at Rannoch in June; also workers of F. sanguinea 

 captured in the same region, a new locality for it ; and females 

 and workers of a new race of Formica rufa, also from Rannoch. — 

 Mr. Bethune-Baker, a specimen of Melanargia galatea var. lugens, 

 taken at Dignc in July last. It is an entirely dark brown 

 (almost black) form, with no white markings, though the ordinary 

 markings are just traceable in a sliglitly lighter shade. Commander 

 Walker observed that a similar example had also been taken in 



