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melanic parents respectively each bred absolutely true. — Mr, C. P. 

 Pickett, a bred series of Aw/erona pnmaria, including two females bred 

 from Monmouth, one female from Eaindein, Essex, male with the 

 usual chocolate bands a dull smoky brown and the yellow ground 

 colour also very dull. — Mr. G. H. Heath, a male specimen of Epnnda 

 nigra, with the white scent glands on underside of abdomen well 

 displayed. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, a specimen of Cidaria testata, desti- 

 tute of hind wings, which came to "light" in Norfolk Broads. — Mr. 

 W. Beattie, two specimens (male and female) of Lyca.na acis and one 

 H. paniscKs, which he stated were captured, either by himself or his 

 daughter, in the neighbourhood of Mickleham, Surrey, during 1904 or 

 1905 : unfortunately the exhibitor could give no precise data. — Mr. 

 E. A. Cockayne, 0. dihitata var. christyi, bred from larvte beaten from 

 elm at Eannoch. 



Xove)iiber 21st. — Mr. F. Capel Hanbury and Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson 

 were elected to membership of the Society. — Mr. E. Harris exhibited 

 a long series of Hemerophila ahruptaria, representing four generations. 

 The original parents were a melanic female and a typical male, taken 

 in North London district in May, 1905. The resulting imagines 

 emerged in August, except two that went over to April, and yielded 

 fifty per cent, melanic and fifty per cent, non-melanic forms. Two 

 dark specimens paired in August, and the imagines emerged from 

 March 24th to May 26th, 1905, about seventy per cent, being melanic 

 and thirty per cent, non-melanic. From this brood four pairings were 

 obtained, viz. (a) dark male and dark female; (b) light male and light 

 female ; (c) dark male and light female ; {d) light male and dark female. 

 These yielded (a) all melanic specimens ; (b) all light specimens ; 

 (c) eighty per cent, dark, twenty per cent, light ; (d) sixty-eight per 

 cent, dark, thirty-two per cent, light. — Mr. C. P. Pickett an extra- 

 ordinary asymmetrical male A. pnmaria, bred in July, 1905, from 

 Essex and Eaindein Wood parents, the right wing being ab. sordi- 

 data and the left ab. jiickettaria. — Eev. C. E. N. Burrows, a series of 

 the form of Acronycta rumicis named by Curtis salicis, from Barnsley. 

 — Mr. V. E. Shaw, a series of E. sxibciliata from Torquay, July 27th, 

 1905. — Eev. G. H. Eaynor, ova of Thecla pruni. — Mr. J. Eiches, 

 several abs. of A. yrossiilariata, including a specimen with a large 

 black blotch on right fore wing, while the left was normal. — Eev. 

 G. H. Eaynor read a short paper, entitled ' A New Index Entomologi- 

 cus,' in which he pointed out the inconvenience, for reference purposes, 

 of the annual diary kept by most entomologists, and detailed his own 

 system of using one large volume, in which a page was reserved for 

 each species ; on this page entries of captures could be made year after 

 year, together with notes on life-history, &c., and references to records, 

 &c., in various entomological publications! — S. T. Bell, Ho7i. Sec. 



Entomological Club. — A meeting was held on December 15th, 

 1905, at 27, Hereford Square, S.W., the residence of Mr. Arthur J. 

 Chitty, the host and chairman of the evening. The other members 

 present were Prof . Poulton, and Messrs. Adkin, Donisthorpe, and Hall. 

 There were ten visitors. Before supper an hour or two was given to 

 the inspection of the host's entomological collections, and especially 

 the fine one of British Coleoptera. 



