826 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — Novemher 7th, 1888. 

 Dr. D. Sharp, F.L.S., President, in the chair. Mr. H. Stuart 

 Fremlin, M.R.C.S., of Mereworth, Maidstone, and Mr. Geo. Vernon 

 Hudson, of Wellington, New Zealand, were elected Fellows; and 

 Mr. William E. Nicholson was admitted into the Society. Mons. 

 A. Wailly exhibited a large and interesting collection of Butter- 

 flies recently' received from the Gold Coast and other parts of 

 West Africa. Tlie collection included about forty-seven species 

 belonging to the genera Papilio, Dhidema, Salamis, Romakeosoma, 

 Charaxes, Harma, Eurypheme, Janonia, Aterica, Ht/})anis, Eurij- 

 tela, Mycalesis, Cyrestis, Nepheronia, Mylothris, Belenois, &c. 

 j\Ions. Wailly stated th^t several (if the species were undescribed, 

 and were not represented in the British Museum Collections. 

 Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited four bred specimens of Ant-lions, two 

 of which were from Saxon Switzerland, and the other two from 

 Fontainbleau. He stated that he believed the specimens 

 belonged to two distinct species. Mr. M'Lachlan said that the 

 specimens all belonged to one species, viz. Myrmeleon formicarius, 

 Auct. = europceus, M'Lach. Mr. W. C. Boyd exhibited an 

 example of Pterop)liorus zetterstedtii, taken at Sydenham. He 

 remarked that this species had hitlierto only been recorded from 

 Lynmouth and Folkestone. iNIr. Enock exhibited specimens of 

 Cecidomyia destructor (Hessian Fly), illustrating the life-history 

 of the species, and made remarks on them. Mr. Wallis Kew 

 exhibited a specimen of Dytiscns margbialis having a small 

 bivalve shell attached to one of its legs. The bivalve had 

 apparently attacked the Dytiscus and refused to relax its grasp. 

 A discussion ensued in wliich Dr. Sharp, Mr. Stainton, and Mr. 

 Kew took part. Mr. W. E. Nicholson exhibited several speci- 

 mens of Acidalia immorata, Linn., caught by him near Lewes. 

 Mr. Jenner Weir remarked that the species had only recently 

 been added to the British list, and that it was remarkable how so 

 comparatively large a species could have been hitherto overlooked. 

 It was also remarked that a specimen of this species from the 

 collection of the late Mr. Desvignes had been exhibited by Mr. 

 Stevens at the meeting of the Society in Nov., 1887. Dr. Sharp 

 exhibited a large number of species of Rhynchophora, collected 

 by Mr. George Lewis in Japan. Mr. F. P. Pascoe read a paper 

 entitled " Descriptions of new Longicorn Coleoptera." Dr. Sharp 

 read a paper entitled " The Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of 

 Japan." — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — October 25th, 1888. John T, Carrington, F.L.S., 

 Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. E. A. Atmore, of King's Lynn, 



