﻿126 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — Annual Meeting. — 

 Wednesdmj, January 20th, 1915.— Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., President, "in the chair.— Mr. E. W. Lloyd, one of the 

 Auditors, read the Auditors' Eeport, which was adopted on the 

 motion of Mr. E. B. Ashby, seconded by Mr. Tonge. — The Eev. G. 

 Wheeler, one of the Secretaries, then read the Eeport of the Council, 

 which was adopted on the motion of Mr. W. J. Lucas, seconded by 

 Mr. Hugh Main. — No other names having been received in addition 

 to those proposed by the Council as Officers and Council for 1915, 

 these were declared by the President to be elected. — The President 

 then delivered his Address, illustrated by the epidiascope, after which 

 Mr. Merrifield proposed a vote of thanks to him, remarking on the 

 patience and research needed for such a paper, and, while asking 

 that it might be printed as a portion of the Proceedings, expressed 

 a hope that the illustrations might also be reproduced. Dr. Jordan 

 seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. — The Presi- 

 dent, in replying, said that he was offering twelve plates to the 

 Society in illustration of the Address. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner then pro- 

 posed a vote of thanks to the Officers for their services, which was 

 seconded by the Eev. F. D. Morice. The Treasurer and both 

 Secretaries replied. — Eev. G. Wheeler, Ho7i. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— ilfarc/i lltk, 1915.— Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., Vice-Presi- 

 dent, in the chair. — Mr. Baumann exhibited a bred series of Ephyra 

 j^mdularia, including a considerable percentage of ab. suhroseata. 

 They were a second generation from larvae beaten in Surrey. — Mr. 

 Gibbs, a specimen of the huge Noctuid Thysania agrippina from 

 Costa Eica, where it sits on tree trunks, as does a Eupitkecia. — Mr. 

 Whicher, a remarkable gynandromorphous hybrid, Smerinthus ocella- 

 tus male x populi female, in which the left side was male and the 

 right side female. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a copy of an uncommon work, 

 'Illustrations of British Mycology,' by Mrs. Hussey, 1846, with 

 ninety-two coloured plates, which he had recently bought cheap, as 

 it was about to be torn up by the bookseller to dispose of the plates 

 at a few pence each as " pretty pictures." — The rest of the evening 

 was devoted to exhibitions under microscopes. — Mr. Adkin, the 

 • structure of the cocoon of Dicramira vinula and antennal structure 

 in Lepidoptera. — Mr. Edward, a species of Nycteribia, the parasite 

 of the Fishing-bat. — Mr. West (Ashtead), androconia of Pieris 

 brassiccB, a Coccus found on bananas, and Hypoloxylon coccineum — 

 a micro-fungus on wood. — Mr. Coxhead, a number of mites infesting 

 a brazil-nut. — Mr. Ashdown, minute species of Coleoptera and 

 Hemiptera. — Mr. Bunnett, larva of a Thrips which had been attacked 

 by a micro-fungus. — Dr. Chapman, skins of the first and last stages 

 of the larva of Everes argiades, with figures and illustrative notes on 

 the same. — Hy. J. Turner, Ho7i. Bep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, January 

 18th, 1915, Dr. J. Cotton, Vice-President, in the chair. — Mr. Wm. 



