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hind wings.—Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a letter of H. Doubleday, written to 
Bernard Piffard, with particulars of the famous Hewitson collections.— 
Mr. Buckstone, bred small and dark suffused specimens of Polyploca 
flavicornis from Surrey, and a bred semidiaphanous example of 
Gonodontis bidentata, together with short series of Anthrocera 
trifoldi from several Surrey localities, and read notes. Mr. A. E. 
Gibbs, the species and local races of the genus Melanargia, M. 
syllius, and ab. ixora, M. meridionalis, M. lachesis, ab. cataleuca, and 
ab. canigulensis, M. ines, M. arge, M. japygia, var. suwarovius, and 
var. transcapica, M. larissa, and var. herta.—Mr. Curwen, WM. 
galathea, var. procida, and ab. galene, M. titea, and others.—Mr. 
Turner, the same species, and gave a short note on the variation 1n 
M. galathea.—Mr. Frohawk, a picked series of IM. galathea, to show 
range of variation in ground colour.—Rey. G. Wheeler, a mixed 
aberration of M. galathea, unique in being ab. lugens on the left side 
but irregularly streaked and blotched with dirty cream colour on 
the right, and var. lucasi (mauritanica) from Algeria—Mr. Platt- 
Barrett, the same species, especially the numerous races he was 
familiar with in Sicily and South Italy, and read a paper on the 
genus Melanargia. In the discussion Mr. Rowland-Brown suggested 
that the origin of the genus was in North Asia Minor and from one 
primitive ancestor, and pointed out numerous apparent relationships 
between some of the species and local races.—Hy. J. TURNER 
(Editor of Proceedings). 
January 27th, 1916.—Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., in the chair —— 
Annual Meeting.—The Report of the Council and the Balance Sheet 
were read and adopted.—The following is a list of members elected 
as Officers and Council for the ensuing year: President, Hy. J. 
Turner, F.E.S.; Vice-Presidents, R. Adkin, F.E.S., and A. H. Gibbs, 
His. ELE. S.* Lreasurer, ‘TW. Hall, E.E.S:; Librarian, A. W. 
Dods; Curator, W. West (Greenwich) ; Editor of Proceedings, Hy. J. 
Turner, F.E.S.; Hon. Secretary, Stanley Edwards, F.L.8., F.E.S. ; 
Council, S. R. Ashby, F.E.S. ; B.S. Curwen ; F. W. Frohawk, F.E.S., 
M.B.0.U.; W. J. Kaye, F.E.S.; D. R. Morford; W. G. Sheldon, 
F.E.S.; F. H. Stallman; A. E. Tonge, F.E.S.; C. B. Williams, B.A., 
F.E.S.—Votes of thanks were passed to the President, Treasurer, 
Secretaries, and other Officers—Ordinary Meeting—Mr. Hy. J. 
Turner, F.E.S., President, in the chair.—Mr. Edwards exhibited 
Brongiart’s ‘‘ History of Fossil Insects,” and called attention to the 
plate illustrating the huge dragonfly Meganewra money, two feet in 
expanse.—Mr. Kaye, the three species of Calzgo occurring in the 
Island of Trinidad, Caligo braziliensis sub-sp. minor, C. alioneus 
sub-sp. saltus, and C. tewcer sub-sp. insulanus, and remarked on the 
confusion in identification which had hitherto existed.—Mr. Brooks, 
a Papilio machaon in very good condition found in the fens impaled 
on a thorn, presumably by a shrike.—Mr. Stallman, a series of 
Salebria semirubella trom Surrey, including ab. zcterella (?), with the 
snow-white costa.—Several members remarked on the early appear- 
ance of Hibernia leucophearia, and larvee of Arctra caja, Callimorpha 
dominula and Abraxas grossulariata, and the breeding of Tephrosia 
erepuscularia and Dimorpha versicolora.—Mr. R. Adkin, Polygonia 
