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mieus to be regarded as a British beetle ; an example of the very rare 

 Lathrohiiun rujipenne, taken by him at Niton, I. W., in July, 1906; 

 and a specimen of the rare Ceuthorrhynchus vidiiatus, taken by him at 

 Brading, J. W., in July, 1907 ; and a specimen of Cis dentatus, taken 

 by him at Sandown, I. W., in July, 1906, hitherto unrecorded in 

 Britain, — Mr. J. E. Collin communicated a paper " On a large series 

 of Nycteribiidfe, parasitic Diptera, from Ceylon." — Dr. G. B. Longstaff, 

 M.D., then read a paper " On some Butterflies taken in Jamaica," 

 and a paper " On some Butterdies of Tobago," exhibiting a number 

 of examples taken by himself in both localities to illustrate his re- 

 marks. — H. Kowland-Brown, Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 October 10th, 1907.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, m the chair— 

 Dr. Chapman exhibited a specimen of Dasychira piuiibunda from the 

 Pyrenees, measuring 2f in. in expanse. — Mr. Moore, Hipjmrchia semele 

 showing considerable variation in ground colour on the under sides, 

 and a small race of Enodia hyperanthus, both from Dunkirk sand-dunes, 

 together with an example of Danais plexippus from Moose Jaw, 

 Winnipeg. — Mr. Lucas, the rare fungus, Clavarta inmqualis, from 

 Oxshott, and the specimens of Hyles euphorbm bred recently from pupje 

 found in Kew Gardens. — Mr. Touge, Emimnos fmcantaria taken by him 

 at Redhill on his way to the meeting. — Mr. L. W. Newman (1) a 

 series of bred Polia xant/wmista var. niyrocincta bred from N. Cornwall 

 ova; (2) ova oi Ennomos fiiscantaria and Cirrhcedia xerampelina in situ 

 on ash twigs ; (3) a long series of E. autumnaria, including a number of 

 very fine bred dark brown forms. — Mr. Priske, a series of the local 

 Necrophorus viortiiorum, and an exceptionally large Lucanus cervus. — 

 Mr. Adkin, a series of Hyponomeuta caynagellus reared from an 

 Eiionymus shrub in his garden, and contributed notes ; he also showed 

 ova of Tortrix pronubana. — Dr. Hodgson, a Tkeretra porcellus, 

 brilliantly coloured on the right side ; while the left was only faintly 

 coloured, and also a varied series of male and female Polyommatus 

 icarus from Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. — Dr. Fremhn, two fine varieties 

 of Aylais urticcB, of the same race as those previously shown by Mr. 

 Newman. — Mr, McArthur, spiders with their snare and prey, mounted 

 between two sheets of glass. — Mr, Turner, a series of Colias phicomene 

 from the Engadine ; and a number of Lepidoptera from Guethery, 

 Cauterets and Gavarnie, including some extreme forms of Pararge 

 mcera. — Messrs West, Tonge, Main, Dennis, and Lucas exiiibited 

 a considerable number of lantern slides. 



October Mth. — The President in the chair. — Messrs. Harrison 

 and Main exhibited a series of Ayrotis ashworthii from larvte collected in 

 North Wales at Easter, including var. viryata. — Mr. Tonge, a series of 

 C'alocampa vetusta bred from Continental ova, and stereographs of the 

 ova of Eniiomos fuscantaria and of Cirrhcedia xerampelina in situ on 

 ash. — Mr. West (Greenwich), the Coleoptera, Apion hookeri, A. confiuens, 

 and Ceuthorrhynchus ruyulosus, all taken near Erith on chamomile. — 

 Mr. Simmons, living larvaa of Eupithecia subfulvata. — Mr. Main, ova of 

 a " stick " insect, Bacillus rossi, which resemble a short-stalked seed. — 

 Mr. R. Adkin, a bred series of Melanippe galiata from ova obtained at 

 Eastbourne, and read notes on the variation shown. — Mr. Turner, 



