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an imago and cocoons of Earias chlorana. — Mr. Turner, a long series 

 of Pancalia letvenhoekella from Box Hill ; a short bred series of 

 Swammerdammia griseo-cajyitata from Oxshott ; and the very beautiful 

 Hydrocampid, Ambia instrumentalis, from North India. — Mr. Gilbert 

 Arrow gave an address, with lantern slides and numerous specimens, 

 on "The Origin and use of Horns in Coleoptera." 



June 25th, 1908.— Mr. Alfred Sich, F.E.S., President in the chair. 

 - — Mr. Tonge exhibited a large species of mayfly {Ephemera) in the 

 penultimate stage. — Mr. Goulton, living larvae of Tethea suhtusa 

 taken in Surrey. — Mr. Eayward, batches of ova of Macrothylacia ruhi 

 found on heather tops at night, when they w^ere very conspicuous. — • 

 Mr. Edwards reported the capture at Blackheath of a male and 

 female Amphidasys hetularia var. doubledayaria in cop. — Various 

 members gave notes on this season's captures and observations. — 

 Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Bep. Sec. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 Matj 19th, 1908.— Eev. C. E. N. Burrows and Mr. F. N. Pierce 

 exhibited about one hundred imagines of the Hydroecia nictitans 

 group, including eighty-seven specimens, the genitalia of which had 

 been mounted for the microscope and were also exhibited. As a 

 result of the examination of male genitalia the specimens had been 

 separated into four groups: — (a) H. nictitans (the woodland form), 

 (b) H. paludis (marsh form), (c) H. lucens (Lancashire moss form), 

 (d) an apparently new species, at any rate as regards Great Britain, 

 taken by Messrs. Bacot and Simes on the banks of the Crinan Canal, 

 N.B., and provisionally named crinanensis. A single specimen 

 received from Dr. Chapman, labelled " Turkestan," also belonged to 

 this latter species. Eev. Bui'rows stated that a less extensive exami- 

 nation of female genitalia indicated the probability of their being 

 equally easy to differentiate ; he also pointed out that with the aid of 

 w^ood naphtha it was possible to examine the genitalia in sitil, and 

 thus avoid mutilating the specimen. — S. J. Bell, Ho7i. Sec. 



Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society. — 

 The newly constituted Entomological Section (the old Birmingham 

 Entomological Society) held its first meeting after the amalgamation 

 on April 13th, the President, Mr. Geo. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S., in the chair. — The resignation of Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright, 

 F.E.S., from the hon. secretaryship, after nineteen years' service, was 

 received with great regret, and Mr. A. H. Martineau was elected to 

 fill the ofBce for the present year. — The President exhibited and 

 described some Lycsenidge from Australia, all of which are associated 

 with ants during some portion of their life-history. — Mr. H. Wil- 

 loughby Ellis, F.Z.S., F.E.S., gave an account of the present know- 

 ledge of British Myrmecophilous Lycgenid larvas, and gave a list of 

 records to date with remarks on the methods employed by the ants in 

 obtaining the juices from them. He also gave an account of the 

 British Myrmecophilous Coleoptera, with special mention of the work 

 he and Mr. A. H. Martineau had carried out in the Midlands during 

 the past year — Mr. A. H. Martineau showed specimens of Formi- 

 coxenus 7iitiduhis, Nyl., from the nests of Formica rufa, L., at Knowle 

 (Warwickshire). — Mr. Herbert Stone, F.L.S., showed a piece of 



