118 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society op London. — March 7th, 1888. 

 Dr. D. Sharp, President, in the chair. Mr. Frederic Pen- 

 nington, jun., of Broome Hall, Holrawood, Surrey ; Mr. W. 

 Crush, of Westcombe Park, Blackheath, S.E. ; Mr. J. P. 

 Cregoe, of Charleston, U.S.A., were elected Fellows; and Mr. H. 

 Rowland Brown, B.A., was admitted into the Society. Mr. J. H. 

 Leech exhibited, and made remarks on, a number of butterflies 

 forming part of the collection made for him during last summer 

 by Mr. Pratt, at Kiukiang, Central China. The specimens 

 exhibited included Papilio macilcntiis, hitherto only recorded 

 from Japan; varieties of P. sarpedon, and a supposed new species 

 of Papilio ; a series of Sericinus telamon ; Acrcea vesta (varieties) ; 

 Charaxes narccsiis, and var. mandarinus (the latter being the 

 common form at Kiukiang) ; Palceonympha opalina, Butl. ; new 

 or unknown species of Lethe, Apatiira, and Neptis ; and a series 

 of Avgynnis paphia, with the var. valezina of the female. Mr. 

 Leech stated that all the females of A. paphia taken at Kiukiang 

 belong to the var. valezina, the typical form of the female being 

 unknown there. Mr. Poulton expressed his interest in Mr. 

 Leech's statement that valezina was the only form of the female of 

 Argynnis paphia known at Kiukiang, and said he considered this 

 fact would probably throw a new light on the question of the 

 dimorphism of the species. Mr. Jenner Weir said he had in the 

 course of some years obtained a series of forms intermediate 

 between the typical female and the variety valezina. Mr. H. 

 Goss, Mr. M'Lachlan, Dr. Sharp, and Mr. Leech continued the 

 discussion. Mr. Champion exhibited, for Mr. J. J. Walker, 

 R.N., about 950 species of Coleoptera, recently collected by the 

 latter near Gibraltar. Mr. M'Lachlan called attention to the 

 large number of water-beetles included in Mr. Walker's collec- 

 tion. Mr. Kirby suggested that the attention of the Imperial 

 .Institute should be called to the interest attaching to the 

 exhibition of local collections of insects from British Colonies 

 and possessions. Mr. Verrall exhibited living specimens of 

 Aspxdomorpha sanctce-crucis, and another species unnamed, from 

 the caves of Elephanta. Mr. Slater exhibited specimens of a 

 species of weevil which had been doing much damage to m liz i 



