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logie Comparee ' ; many of the species were exhibited for the first 

 time in England. — Mr. O. E. Janson, a new species of Ccelorrhina 

 (family Cetoniida), in which the cephalic male armatm-e usual in this 

 genus was entirely absent, and to which he had given the name 

 mutica. — Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis, a British variety of the Penta- 

 tomid bug Palovicna prasina, L., differing from the type in its larger 

 size and dark olive colour. Taken on ivy at Torquay, May 25th, 1907. 

 — Mr. E. B. Ashby, several species of North American Papilios. — 

 Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe, a chart of the names applied to the genital 

 armature of male ants, and read notes. — The Kev. F. D. Morice, a 

 series of lantern-slides to show the structure of the male genital 

 armature and the ventral segments adjoining it in various groups of 

 Aculeate Hymenoptera. — The following paper was read : "Hymeno- 

 pterous Parasites bred from the Pupte of Choriophila bmssiccs, 

 Bouche, and Acidia heraclei, L.," by J. T. Wadsworth, Research 

 i,\ssistant, Dept. of Entomology, University of Manchester ; com- 

 municated by Dr. A. D. Imms, D.Sc, B.A., F.L.S., F.E.S.— Rev. G. 

 Wheeler, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — March 2oth, 1915. — The President in the chair. — The 

 evening was specially devoted to an exhibition and discussion of 

 AjjJiantopics hyperanthus, contributed to by Messrs. Frohawk, R. 

 Adkin, Bright, B. Adkin, Edwards, Dennis, Turner, Curwen, Ash- 

 down, Gibbs and Leeds ; ab. arete, ab. vidua, ab. ocellatus, ab. 

 lanccolata, ab. minor, var. hieti, ab. caca, ab. obsoleta, with numerous 

 other forms, were shown. — Mr. Bright showed a fine Argynnis aglaia 

 with numerous coalesced blotches of black, a Polyovwiatus icariis 

 with extremely light ground on the under side, and a male Agriades 

 coridon of the form suavis, in which red scaling was developed, 

 adjoining the eye-spots of the hind wings upper side. 



April 8th, 1915.— Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., in the chair.— Mr. 

 Edwards, the seasonally dimorphic forms of Papilio ajax from 

 Nortli America. — Mr. Schmassman, specimens of Papilio homerus 

 from Jamaica, with a female having male coloration, and the rare 

 Pierid, Hebomoia roepstorfii, from the Andamans. — Dr. Dixey, F.R.S., 

 read a paper on " Seasonal Dimorphism," and gave many lantern 

 and other illustrations with his remarks. 



April 22nd, 1915.— Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S., Vice-Presi- 

 dent, in the chair. — Mr. T. B. Foster, of Addiscombe, was elected a 

 member. — The evening was devoted to an exhibition of Orders other 

 than Lepidoptera. — The Hon. Curator, Mr. West, exhibited eight 

 drawers of the Society's reference collections which had recently 

 been re-arranged, and included the drawer containing the Diptera 

 given by Mr. H. W. Andrews. — Mr. West also exhibited four drawers 

 of his own collection of Coleoptera, including British examples of 

 Calosoma sycophauta, Carabiis auratus ; a series of Micraspis 

 16-punctata, Dityscus circumcmctus, females with smooth male-like 

 elytra, and a series of forms oiNotiophilus 4-punctatus. — Mr. x\shdown, 

 a series of aberrations of the earwig Forficula auricularia, mostly 

 with aberrant size and form of forceps. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, numerous 

 large and conspicuous insects obtained by him in South America and 



