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SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — Wednesday, May 5th, 

 1915.— The Hon. N. C. Eothschild, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, 

 in the chair.— Following on his exhibits and notes of March 3rd 

 last, Mr. Newman again exhibited living pupae of Pyrameis atalanta, 

 and said he thought he might now fairly claim to have proved that 

 this species can pass the winter in England in this condition. — 

 Mr. Talbot exhibited specimens of the genera Hyades and Tanaris ; 

 also, on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, some new Lepidoptera 

 from the Arfak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea. — The Eev. 

 F. D. Morice drew attention to a paper in the Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. i. 

 (1836) by W. Spence on " The Itahan Mode of Exclusion of the 

 House-fly." — Prof. Poultou read " Further Notes on the Habits of 

 the African Ant Megajponera fcctcns, F.," an account sent to him 

 March 27th, 1915, by Mr. C. 0. Farquharson. He also exhibited 

 specimens from a collection kindly sent to the Hope Department by 

 Archdeacon G. K. Kestell-Cornish from Ambinanindrano, Mahanoro, 

 Madagascar (about 400 ft.). Also a Uganda bug devouring aLycasnid 

 butterfly. — He also read a letter from Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter con- 

 taining observations on butterflies and the attacks made on them 

 by birds, about thirty miles W. of the Victoria Nyanza and about 

 1 deg. S. lat. — The following papers were read : " New Lepidoptera 

 from New Guinea," by J. J. Joicey, F.L.S., F.E.S., A. Noakes, 

 F.E.S., and G. Talbot, F.E.S. ; " Descriptions of South American 

 Micro-Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S., F.E.S. ; " Life- 

 History of Caligo memnon,'' by F. L. Davis, M.D., F.E.S. ; " Some 

 Palaearctic Species of Corduleg aster," by Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S.; 

 " Experiments on some Carnivorous Insects," by C. F. M. Swynner- 

 ton, F.E.S. 



Wednesday, June 2w(i.— The Hon. N. Charles Eothschild, M.A., 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair.— Dr. A. B. Northcote, 

 Blenheim House, Monkgate, York, was elected a Fellow of the 

 Society. — Dr. Chapman exhibited some full-fed larvffi of Agriades 

 escheri bred from the egg. — Mr. 0. E. Janson, specimens of Ornith- 

 optera alexandra selected from a series to show the extreme varia- 

 ations in the wing-markings ; also a female example of Morpliotenaris 

 kenricki ; all from New Guinea. — Mr. C. B. Williams, a method of 

 breeding Psocidce and other small insects which feed on fungi, &c. — 

 The Eev. F. D. Morice, a female of the solitary bee Andrena labialis 

 taken near Woking on May 19th, 1915, having attached to the disc 

 of its clypeus a vegetable substance, apparently a pollinium of some 

 orchid. — Mr. Donisthorpe, specimens of the a^nts An ochetiis cameroni, 

 Forel, a new species taken by Dr. Cameron at San Eoque, December, 

 1914, and Creviastog aster inflata, F. Smith, taken by Mr. Bryant at 

 Sarawak, December, 1913. — Prof. Poulton read " Further Observa- 

 tions on African Insects by Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter. — Dr. Eitring- 

 ham exhibited a family of five examples of Acraa johnstoni, Godm., 

 bred by the Eev. K. St. A. Eogers at Sagalla, B.E.A., together with 

 the female parent. — Comm. Walker, living specimens of E later 



