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Porritt, Ro\Yland-Brown, Sich, and Collin (Ilonorav}'). Among the 

 >^isitors were the Rev. F. D. Morice and Messrs. Durrant, Gahan, 

 and Step. — Richard South {Ho7i. Sec). 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— Dec. 12th, 1912.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in 

 the chair. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited a collection of over one hundred 

 species of attractive Coleoptera obtained by him in Switzerland in 

 June and July, 1911 and 1912, including Ceinmbyx cerdo, C. scopolii, 

 Sapcrda scalaris, Trichius fasciatus, &c. — Mr. Tonge, very dark 

 Noctua xantliocjraplia from Deal, at sugar, and a bred series of 

 Cirrhia citrago from Dorking. — Mr. South, for Rev. W. Claxton, a 

 series of Tortrix pronubana from Bournemouth, among which was a 

 specimen identical with the ambus tana of Hiibner — it was the only 

 one of the form reared ; also a form of Olethreutes ochroleucana from 

 near Romford, with the apical third of fore wing greyish, enclosing 

 dusky cloud-like markings almost parallel with the termen. — Mr. 

 Kaye, three Syritomid moths, Orcynia carcarata from Caracas, 

 mimicking a wasp ; 0. tarsalis from British Guiana, mimicking a 

 fossorial wasp ; and Tricliura cerherus, male, with long anal projection, 

 mimicking an ichneumon female with long ovipositor. The resem- 

 blances were most pronounced. — Mr. Grosvenor, series of Melitcea 

 aurinia from more than a dozen British localities, to show the 

 geographical variation. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a series of under sides of 

 Argynnis adippe, to show the variation obtainable on the Continent, 

 including ab. cleodoxa, var. chlorodippe, var. cleodippe (the two last 

 Spanish), ab. bajuvarica, ab. ornatissima, var. norvegica, &c. — Mr. 

 Newman, very varied forms of Agrotis cursoria from Shetland. — Mr. 

 Main, larviB of Glythra quadripunctata in their cases of excrement, 

 taken by Mr. Donisthorpe from a nest of the ant Formica riifa. 



January 9th, 1913.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, E.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. E. H. StiiUman, of Dulwich, was elected a member. — 

 Mr. R. Adkin exhibited three specimens of Papilio machaon reared 

 from Norfolk larvae, having the wliole of the lunules on the outer 

 margin of the hind wings more or less strongly orange. — Mr. 

 Newman, a living female Selenia bilunaria bred out of doors on 

 January 9th, the first of the brood emerged on December 20th. He 

 also showed sprays of alder and buckthorn in leaf. — Mr. Rayward, 

 the working of JEgeria andrenaformis in Viburmim, and a similar 

 working in elder, which had all the characteristics of that of 

 j3S. andrcnceformis. — Mr. Tonge, several species of butterflies from 

 Redlands, California. — Mr. Gahan read a paper on "Mimicry in 

 Coleoptera," and illustrated it with a large number of particularly 

 mimetic species. 



January ^Srd. — Annual Meeting.- — Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., 

 President, in the chair. — The Reports of the Council and Officers for 

 the past year were read and adopted, and the President read the 

 Annual Address in which, after discussing the affairs of the Society 

 and reviewing the entomological happenings for the year, he sum- 



