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Entomological Society of London. — October 5th, 1898. — Mr. E. 

 Trimen, F.R.S., President, in the chair. Mr. T. B. Fletcher, of H.M.S. 

 « Centurion,' China Station ; Mr. Claude Fuller, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, Cape Town ; Mr. Alexander Greenshields, of 38, Blenheim 

 Gardens, Willesden, N.W. ; and Mr. Oliver J. Janson, of Cestria, 

 Claremont Road, Highgate, N., were elected Fellows ; and Mr. John 

 W. Downing, of 45, Trevelyan Road, Tooting Graveney, S.W., was re- 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. The President announced, with deep 

 regret, the deaths of Mr. Oshert Salvin, F.R.S., a member of the 

 Council, and of Dr. E. Candeze, a Fellow of the Society, which had 

 taken place since the previous meeting. The President also announced 

 that the late Mrs. Stainton had bequeathed to the Society such 

 entomological works from her husband's library as were not already in 

 its possession. This bequest was of great importance, and would add 

 to the Library a large number of works, many of which, formerly in 

 the library of J. F. Stephens, were old and now scarce. Among the 

 more important additions were copies of Clerck's ' Icones Insectorum 

 rariorum ' ; Say's ' American Entomology ' (1817), a work of extreme 

 rarity; Goeze's ' Entomologische Beytrage,' complete; Donovan's 'In- 

 sects of New Holland' ; Linnaeus's ' Systema Naturas,' ed. x. ; Godart 

 and Duponchel's ' Lepidopteres de France ' ; Harris's. ' The Aurelian,' 

 ed. i. ; and Sepp's ' Nederlandsche Insecten. ' There were also 

 numerous modern works dealing with the lepidopterous fauna of 

 Europe. Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited a black form of Clytus mysticus, 

 L. (var. hieroghjphicus), taken by Mr. Newstead at Chester, where about 

 one per cent, of the specimens were of that variety ; also a black variety 

 of Leiopus nebulosus, L., from the New Forest. Mr. Tutt exhibited an 

 example of Euchloe cardamines irregularly suffused with black markings, 

 and a series of local varieties of Lepidoptera from Wigtonshire. Mr. S. 

 Image exhibited a specimen of Acidalia herbariata, taken in South- 

 ampton Row. Prof. Poulton showed and made remarks on specimens 

 of Precis octavia-natalensis and Precis sesamus. These strikingly dis- 

 similar insects had been shown by Mr. G. A. K. Marshall to be of 

 seasonal forms of the same species ; from two eggs laid by a female of 

 the first mentioned (summer) form he had bred one imago resembling 

 the parent, and one which was of the blue sesamus form. On behalf 

 of Dr. Knaggs, Mr. South exhibited a series of Dicrorampha, the 

 synonymy of which was discussed by him and Mr. Barrett, D. flavi- 

 dorsana, Knaggs, being shown to be a good species. Mr. Barrett 

 exhibited and made remarks on specimens of Lozopera beatricella, Wals., 

 from Folkstone, and the allied species. Mr. Porritt showed examples 

 of Arctia lubricipeda, obtained by continued selection of the parents, 

 and probably the darkest ever bred in this country. Mr. Adkin ex- 

 hibited a long series of Tceniocampa gothica, to show the results of 

 breeding by continued selection, and some remarkable forms of Abraxas 

 grossulariata from Pitcaple. Mr. F. Merrifield read a paper, illustrated 

 by a large number of specimens, on " The colouring of Pupas of P. 

 machaon and P. napi caused by exposing the pupaa to coloured sur- 

 roundings." The pupae of both species were found to be modified by the 

 surroundings of the larvae, the effect being extremely marked in the case 

 of P. napi. When the larvae of the latter species were kept in a cage 



