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from a dead rabbit at Ditchling ; and Stenim nwrio, Gr., from Ditchling, 

 taken in October, 1910. Bred series of Ackaea orestia and A. 

 HUMiLis. — Mr. H. Eltringham exhibited a bred series of Acraea orestia, 

 Hew., containing the typical form, and also the A. hiwiili.^ of Miss E. 

 M. Sharpe, thus demonstrating the truth of the conclusion at which 

 he had previously arrived as to the specific identity of these two forms. 

 He also showed three ^ black and yellow Acraeas, one of which was 

 the A. circei.s of Drury from S. Leone. The other two while differing 

 in appearance from A. circeis were themselves exactly alike, but for 

 the fact that the two tarsal claws of the second and third pairs of feet 

 were equal and similar in one specimen, and unequal and dissimilar in 

 the other. A long and interesting discussion followed on the question 

 of the importance of the tarsal claws as a means of specific distinction, 

 and on the possible correlation of uneven claws in the 3-, and the 

 abdominal sac in the $ . Descriptions of British Rhopalocera. — 

 Mr. Champion called attention to a paper by M. Roger Verity in the 

 "Bulletin do la Societe entomologique de France," October 11th, 

 1911, on new Scottish races of Eiebia oet/iiops, Esp. (race calcdonia), 

 Sati/rus se)iiele (race seota), and I'aran/e nteyaera (race caledunia). The 

 following papers were communicated : — " Descriptions of South 

 American Micro-Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. "New 

 Species of Hawaiian Hymenoptera, with notes on some previously 

 described," by R. C. L. Perkins, D.Sc, M.A., F.E.S. "Notes on 

 Hawaiian Hemiptera, with descriptions of new Species," by R. C. L. 

 Perkins, D.Sc, M.A., F.E.S. "Experiments in the Formation of 

 Colonies bv Lasins fiili(/inosiis, $ s," by Horace Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., 

 and W. C. Crawley, F.E.S. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — Annual K.vliibitiun of Varieties, etc. — Xove)iiber 2Sr(l. — The Rev. F. 

 D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S., was elected a member. — Mr. South exhibited 

 an extreme melanic aberration of llrentltis selene, a dark-banded Epiu/ra 

 linearia, llniiricia phlaeas var. elens, Ti, n/ilaeas var. sriuiiidtii, a fine series 

 of varieties of Leptofirannna literana, etc. Mr. R. Adkin, two series of 

 aberrations of Abraxas (/rossitlariata (a) trom wild larvte, (b) from 

 inbreeding, and a Zonosoina orbicidaria with the whole of the wings of 

 a rich red-brown, etc. Mr. BJenkarn, varied series of Ainorplia popidi 

 and Bupalns piniaria, and a Brenthis selene almost devoid of transverse 

 markings. Mr. Newman, a series of Mellinia ocellaris including the 

 forms similar to M. ;/ilra(/o and Citria fulrar/o, a large number of the 

 more striking varieties from the " Capper " collection, a lemon-tipped 

 ab. of Eachlo'e cardamines, a Brenthis ettplirosijne with black hindwings, 

 a Pijranieis cardiri with apex of forewing largely black, fine abs. of 

 Ai/riailes roridon, etc. Mr. A. Quarrington, a /'. cardiii with 

 conspicuous blue spots, a yellow I'obpjonia r-albuw, A. coridon with 

 large confluent spots, H. pidaeas with almost obsolete marginal bands, 

 etc. Mr. Bright, a drawer containing all the finest extreme varieties 

 from the collection of the late Mr. J. A. Clarke, and a drawer of 

 varieties of Anior/dia popiili including a magnificent gynandromorph. 

 Mr. Turner, a series of Krebia aetliinps from Scotland (var. Caledonia) 

 and many continental localities, a long series of L\i]ierina nickerlii 

 including a fine series of the ifiieiteei race from Mr. Baxter (St. Anne's- 

 on-Sea), a set of the E. Pyrenean race t/raslini from M. Oberthiir, and 

 the type from Bohemia, many forms of L. testacea kindly sent him by 



