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of the third brood have, in rny case, all turned out infertile, although 

 a friend tells me his experience of the same brood has been quite the 

 reverse. I kept my larva? in cages placed on a warm kitchen shelf by 

 the fireplace, and fed them on dock and groundsel. 



(To be continued.) 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — May 3rd, 1905. — Mr. F. 

 Merrifield, President, in the chair. — Mr. J. Butt'erworth, B.Sc, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a series 

 of Xenarthra cervicornis, Baly, from Ceylon, and drew attention to 

 the curious structure of the antenna? of the male, that of the female 

 being simple. — Mr. G. T. Porritt, specimens of Tephrosia consonaria, 

 ab. nigra, and melanic examples of Poarmia consortaria, all from a 

 wood in West Kent, by Mr. E. Goodwin. These forms were exactly 

 on the same lines as the melanism in West Yorkshire, and it is 

 curious they should occur in such widely separate localities. The two 

 genera, however, are evidently prone to melanism, as Mr. Porritt 

 stated that he had now seen black or almost black specimens of all the 

 British species except Tephrosia punctulata. — Commander J. J. Walker 

 (1) two specimens of the very rare Staphylinid, Medon castaneus, Grav., 

 taken in the Oxford district during the last week of April, 1905 ; (2) 

 several examples of both sexes of the giant flea Hystrichopsylla talpce, 

 Curtis, from field-mouse nests in the same district; and (3) the type- 

 specimen of the Bostrichid beetle, Dinoderus ocellaris, Steph. (taken 

 by the late Prof. Westwood at " Little Cbelsea " previous to 1830), 

 from the Hope Collection at Oxford. — Professor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., 

 read a note on " Heliotropism in Pararge and Pyrantels," communi- 

 cated by Dr. G. B. Longstaff, M.D.— Professor L. C. Miall, F.R.S., 

 communicated a paper on " The Structure and Life History of Psychoda 

 sexpunctata, Curtis," by John Alexander Dell, B.Sc. — Dr. D. H. Hut- 

 chinson gave an address on " The Three-colour Process as applied to 

 Insect Photography," illustrated by lantern slides of British and 

 Indian Rhopalocera, the exhibits showing a marked advance in excel- 

 lence upon any yet shown at the Society's meetings. The President, 

 at the close of the proceedings, heartily congratulated Dr. Hutchinson 

 upon the results of his work. — H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., Hon. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 April VSth.—Mv. Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Wiukworth, of Burdett Road, E. ; Mr. Wright, of Woolwich; 

 and Mr. Penn Gaskill, of Wandsworth Common, were elected mem- 

 bers. — Mr. Harrison, living larva? of Ay rods ashworthii from North 

 Wales. — Mr. West, Lebia cyanocephala and L. chlorocephala from Box 

 Hill. — Mr. Edwards, a number of species of the South American 

 groups of Papilio, Rndopogon, Hectorides and Parides. — Mr. Kaye, long 

 series of Heliconius numata, showing extensive variations, in the hind 

 wings particularly; and also pairs of H. sylvana and H.novatus (?) ; all 

 were from British Guiana. — Mr. Turner, cases of Cleophora saturatella 



