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fertile ova from a planemoides female of P. dardanus. Three 

 planemoides and seven hippocoon females had been bred from the 

 eggs laid by the Bugalla parent. — Mr. J. C. P. Fryer exhibited a 

 large series of the wings of Danaine and Euploeine butterflies from 

 Ceylon, remains of these insects which liad been observed by him to 

 be eaten by birds, mainly by the so-called " Wood-Swallow," Artamus 

 fiiscus ; also a few specimens of the same butterflies which had been 

 killed by Asilids, these being distinguished by the fact that the 

 bodies were nearly or quite intact. — The following papers were 

 read:— "On the British Mycetophilidtje," by F. W. Edwards, F.E.S. 

 " CulicidaB from Papua," by Frank H. Taylor, F.E.S. , Government 

 Entomologist to the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine. 

 " Pupal Coloration in Papilio polytes," and " The larval Habits of the 

 Tineid moth Melasma energa, Meyr.," by J. C. F. Fryer, M.A., F.E.S. 

 Wednesday, Jime Uh, 1913.— Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., President, in the chair. The President announced that His 

 Majesty the King had been graciously pleased to become Patron of 

 the Society.— The death was announced of Lord Avebury, the oldest 

 Fellow of the Society, and of Mr. Philip de la Garde. — Capt. F. 

 Sitwell, Wooler, Northumberland, was elected a Fellow of the 

 Society. — Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse exhibited a blue variety of the 

 female of Bhynchites czneovirens recently taken at Burnham Beeches. 

 — Dr. F. A. Dixey, a male and female specimen of Tatochila 

 immaculata, Eober, with a pair of T. stigmadice, Stdgr., for com- 

 parison. — Mr. Donisthorpe, a fine series of Claviger longicornis, Mull, 

 (including live specimens), with its proper host Lasius uvibratus 

 mixtus, with which he had taken it at Box Hill on May 16 and 

 23. — ^Mr. W. C. Crawley, male, virgin female, fully developed fecund 

 queen, and a partly-developed queen of Anergates atratulus, Sch., 

 taken for the first time in Britain, July, 1912, New Forest. — Prof. 

 Poulton called attention to the striking resemblance between the 

 parts of the under-side exposed during rest of many species of 

 Melitaa and certain Hesperidcz — especially the large species H. 

 antonia, Spey., H. sidce, Esp., and to a less extent H. carthami, 

 Hiibn. He also exhibited a female of the Asilid fly Heligmoneura 

 hrunnipies, F. {Asilus castanipes, Meigen), together with the Oncodid 

 (Cyrtid) fly Physegaster maculatus, Macq., both from Batua, Algeria. 

 Also on behalf of Dr. Adalbert Seitz, F.E.S., the Fossorial model 

 Pepsis sapphivus, Pal. de Beauv., and two of its mimics — the Eedu- 

 viid bug Spiniger ater, Lep. et Serv., and the Locustid (Phasgoneurid) 

 Scaphura nigra, Thunb., var. vigorsii, Kirb. All three had been 

 captured together with a third mimic, a Syntomid moth of the genus 

 Macrocneme, by Dr. Seitz, along not more than two hundred paces of 

 a sunny road through the high forest between Santos and the little 

 village of Sao Vicente. — Mr. J. C. F. Fryer, a light specimen of 

 Taniocampa gracilis for comparison with that exhibited at the last 

 meeting by the Hon. N. C. Eothschild. — Comm. J. J. Walker, on 

 behalf of Dr. E. C. L. Perkins, a specimen of Thalpochares ostrina, 

 Hiibn., var. carthami, H.S., apparently freshly emei'ged fi'om pupa, 

 taken by Dr. Perkins at Paignton on June 1st, 1913. — The President, 

 thirty-three specimens of Gelastrina argiolus bred from one batch of 

 eggs, sixteen of which emerged last autumn, and seventeen in May 



