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butterflies being quite rare. — The President showed two photograplis 

 of an African locust, which had apparently caught a mouse and was 

 preying upon it. The specimen was found in the Congo State. — Mr. 

 E. S. Bagnall exhibited and read notes on many rare species of Coleo- 

 ptei'a, Thysanoptera, and Aptera, from Northumberland, Durham, and 

 Scotland, of which ten w^ere new to Britain. — Mr. W. L. Newman ex- 

 hibited a long and varied series of Ennomos autuvmaria [alniaria) ; a 

 series of Polia xanthomista [nigrocincta) bred from ova and fed on 

 carrot, the specimens unusually large (North Cornwall) ; three pairs 

 of hybrid Notodonta ziczac male x dromedarius ieniale= iieivmayu 

 Tutt ; three fine Xylina conformis bred by Evan John, South Wales ; 

 three cocoons, in situ, of Dicranura bicuspis collected wild in Tilgate 

 Forest ; and a tine melanic male Oporahia dilutata from Bexley 

 Woods — the first melanic specimen of the species reported from 

 Kent. — Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited male and female specimens of a 

 new Belenois allied to B. zochalia, Boisd., but quite distinct from 

 the zochalia group. These were captured by Mr. Wiggins in the 

 Tiriki Hills, north-east of the Victoria Nyanza. — Professor E. B. 

 Poulton, F.E.S., made a communication on the natural enemies of 

 Bomhyx riihi in Scotland, and read a note in further illustration of 

 his remarks at the last meeting on the convergence of Limenitis 

 (Basilarchia) in America. — Mr. J. C. Moulton read a note on " The 

 Best Attitude of Hyria auroraria." — Mr. A. H. Swinton communi- 

 cated a paper on " The Family Tree of Moths and Butterflies, traced 

 in their Organs of Sense."— Mr. E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., 

 communicated a paper on " Notes and Descriptions of PteroplioridcB 

 and Orneodidcsr—lslv. E. Shelford, M.A., C.M.Z.S., F.L.S., read a 

 paper entitled " Studies on the Blattidce." — The Eev. K. St. A. Eogers, 

 introduced by Professor E. B. Poulton, F.E.S., read a paper entitled 

 " Notes on the Bionomics of British East African Butterflies," and 

 exhibited many examples collected by him and from the Hope 

 Museum, Oxford, to illustrate his remarks. — H. Rowland-Beown, 

 M.A., Ho7i. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural Histoey 

 Society. — November lAth, 1907. — Mr. E. Adkin, President, in the 

 chair.— Mr. Hugh Main exhibited imagines of Charaxes jasius bred 

 from ova sent him from the Continent. — Mr. Newman, series of (1) 

 Plusia hractea captured in Aberdeenshire ; (2) P. chryson (orichalcea) 

 bred from Cambridgeshire larvae. — Dr. Hodgson, a series of varied 

 Spilodes palealis from Dover ; specimens of Plebeius argiis (cegon) 

 destitute of orange markings on the upper sides ; several aberrations 

 of Agriades corydon, including ab. semisyngrapha and instances with 

 no orange markings; A. bellargus forms without orange on the hind 

 wings ; and a series of Urbicola comma from Clandon, including pale 

 and dark forms and a beautiful cream-coloured aberration. — Mr. H. 

 Moore, a specimen of Xylocopa violacea, captured alive in the London 

 Docks. — Mr. R. Adkin, for Mr. C. E. Young, a Sirex juvencus found 

 at Eotherham. — Dr. Chapman, specimens of Oreopsyche pyrenceella 

 bred from cases collected at Gavarnie, July, 1907. — Mr. E. Adkin read 

 a paper, " Notes on Porthesia chrysorrhcea," and exhibited a selection 

 of those bred by him from Eastbourne. 



