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2. Morphology and Anatomy. Room B, 



President: P. Calvert. Vice-President: J. C. H. de Meijere. 

 Secretary : R. S. Bagnall. 

 Papers ; — 



(a) F. A. Dixey. 



" On the Scent-patches of the Pierinie." 



The specialised scales which serve to distribute scent in many 

 species may be either generally scattered over the wing-surface 

 or collected into patches. In the latter case there is a special 

 supply of air tubes to the sockets of the scales. 



(b) G. H. Carpenter. 



" The Presence of Maxillulae in Beetle Larvae." 

 Demonstrates the presence of paired appendages (maxillulae) 

 connected with the hypopharynx in certain larvae of the 

 Coleóptera. 



(c) G. Horváth. 



" Sur la Construction de l'Élytre des Cicadides." 



(d) S. J. Longinos Navas. 



" Algunos Órganos de las Alas de los Insectos." 



9 p.m. Room A. 



S. A. Neave. 



" Travels of an Entomologist in Eastern Africa." 



Wednesday, August 7th-. ' 



10 a.m. General Meeting. Room A. 



President : J. H. Comstock. Vice-President : the Hon. W. Rothschild. 

 Secretary : H. Eltringham. 



Papers : — 



{a) J. van Bemmelen. 



" The Phylogenetic Significance of the Wing-markings of 

 Rhopalocera." 



{b) J. W. Taylor. 



" Geographical Distribution and Dominance in relation to 

 Evolution and Phylogeny." 



The principles governing the laws of Geographical Distribu- 

 tion. Influence of Environment, Phylogeny, etc., and the 

 need of Entomological Investigation on these Lines. 



(c) Leonard Doncaster. 



" Sex-limited Inheritance in Insects." 



An account of the inheritance of characters which show sex- 

 limited transmission in the Moth Abraxas grossulariata and 

 the ñy Drosophila ampelophila. 



