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SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — July lith.—Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Scorer, of Chilworth, was elected a member. — There was 

 a special exhibition of Polyovimatus icarus. — Dr. Hodgson exhil)ited 

 a large number of selected specimens, many of them being ])lue 

 females and aberrant under sides. — Mr. R. Adkin, geographical series, 

 the most striking of which were those from the West of Ireland. — 

 Mr. Joy, long series of the spring and summer brood, illustrative of 

 the seasonal dimorphism in size. — Mr. B. Adkin, some very fine 

 examples from the Hebrides, Isles of Scilly, North Cornwall, Ireland, 

 &c. — Mr. Kaye, selected examples from various localities. — Mr. 

 Turner, a few aberrations in colour, including specimens from several 

 Swiss localities. — Mrs. Hemmings, one or two remarkable aberra- 

 tions, including a thetis-like male and an under side female, with the 

 eye-spots showing extreme displacement. — Mr. Pickett, a drawer 

 containing the results of many years' selection of forms. Mr. Tutt, 

 in summing up the exhibit, considered it one of the finest and most 

 complete ever got together, and stated that nowhere throughout its 

 range was the species so extremely variable as in the British Isles. — 

 Mr. E. Adkin, some bred examples of Cyanirls argiolus female, with 

 much reduced borders. — Mr. Edwards, a box of exotic species of 

 Apatura, xidelpha, and Limenitis. — Mr. Sich, specimens of Prays 

 curtisellus, with var. rustica, from Westerham. — Mr. Pickett, an 

 extremely fine bred series of Angerona 'prunaria, this year's resblt 

 after twelve years' selection, crossing, and interbreeding. Many of 

 the forms were extreme var. pickettaria. — Mr. Step read the report 

 of the Delegates to the Guildford Congress of the South Eastern 

 Union of Scientific Societies. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Bep. Secretary. 



KECENT LITERATUEE. 



Annals of Troincal Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. iv. No. 1. Issued 

 by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. June, 1910. 



In this number there is but one purely entomological paper — 

 " The Mosquitos of the Amazon Region " (R. Newstead and H. 

 Wolferstan Thomas) — consisting of nine pages illustrated by one 

 coloured plate. In the other articles insects are referred to only af 

 they effect diseases, in which connection, however, their influence is 

 very great. The number is beautifully printed, and amongst th&- 

 illustrations are thirteen fine plates. — W. J. Lucas. 



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Errata.— Page 227, line 12, for " Eye " read " Ely " ; line 17, for"^ 

 Baccalatrix " read " Bncculatrix." *' 



