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red tinge ; it being especially interesting to note that the same ten- 

 dency was manifest in all species collected from such widely separate 

 regions. — Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse communicated a note on the 

 migration of Lepidoptera against the wind, extracted from a report 

 on "The Pearl-Oyster of the Gulf of Manaar — Avicula (meleagnna) 

 fucata," by Henry Sullivan Thomas, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., m the 

 ' Madras Journal of Literature and Science.' A discussion followed, 

 in which Colonel C. T. Bingham, Mr. G. C. Champion, and other 

 Fellows joined. — Colonel C. T. Bingham read a note on " A Plague of 

 Ants in the Observatory District, Cape Town, South Africa," and 

 illustrated his remarks with specimens of the insects referred to by him. 

 — Dr. G. B. Longstaff read a paper " On some Rest Attitudes in 

 Butterflies," illustrated by numerous specimens arranged upon back- 

 grounds of specially-tinted sand-paper approximating to the natural 

 surroundings of the insects in their various habitats. A discussion 

 followed, in which the President, Prof. Poulton, Dr. Chapman, Mr. H. 

 Eowland-Brown, and other Fellows joined. — Dr. T. A. Chapman read 

 a paper entitled " Observations on the Life-history of Trichoptilus 

 jmludum, Zell." — Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., read a paper by Mr. 

 Frank P. Dodd " On some Parasitic Hymenopterous Insects of North 

 Queensland," and exhibited a number of interesting specimens to 

 illustrate his remarks. — H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., Hon. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Fehruary 8th. — Mr. R. Adkin, President, in the chair. — Mr. Kaye 

 exhibited preserved larvae of Cidaria mgittata, and called attention to 

 their close protective resemblance to the Thalictrum, flowers, and to 

 their proneness to the attacks of ichneumons. — Mr. R. Adkin, cases of 

 Acanthopsijdie opacella and Fachijtelia villosella, and pointed out the 

 differences in them. — The remainder of the evening was taken up by 

 the exhibition of a large number of lantern slides : — Mr. West, of 

 Ashtead, sections of woods ; Mr. Lucas, rare plants, life-histories of 

 insects, protective resemblance, &c, ; and Mr. Tonge, microphotographs 

 of the ova of nearly every species of butterfly found in Great Britaiu. 



Febri(art/ 2'2nd. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Handisyde, of 

 Bayswater, was elected a member. — Mr. Edwards exhibited a specimen 

 of Papilio mycale, a species very closely related to P. eurimedes, from 

 South America. — Messrs. Harrison and Main, Oporahia dilutata, from 

 Eppiug Forest, Delamere Forest, and the New Forest, and pointed out 

 the characters of the forms found in the three areas ; and he also 

 showed specimens of the var. chrutyi from EnniskiUen. — Mr. H. Moore, 

 a large number of insects of all orders from the island of Trinidad. — 

 Mr. MacArthur, specimens of Penthina postremana and Efihippiphora 

 cirsuma, which had been successfully cleaned by several applications 

 of ordinary benzoline, although extremely greasy at first. — Mr. Goulton, 

 for Mr. Wilsdou, a beautiful black form of Acronycta leporina; a gynan- 

 drous specimen of Agrotis puta, from Manor Park (bred) ; Tepkrosia 

 crepuscularia, first brood captured and second brood bred from the New 

 Forest ; and a Drepana, bred from oak, which seemed to partake of the 

 character of both D. binaria [hamula] and D. cultraria [unyuicida). — 

 Mr. Smallman, a dwarf specimen of Anthocharis gemitia from New 

 Jersey, with varied forms of Colias philodice, female, from different 

 localities in U.S.A. — Mr. Kaye read a paper on mimicry, with especial 



