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structure. He mentioned additional instances in which they occur 

 one sex only, or differ according to sex, and pointed out that, contrary 

 to Landois' opinion, they are frequently present in both sexes of 

 Curculioniti^e ; but in several species the striated area occupies a 

 different position in each sex. being found on the elytra in the males 

 and on the last dorsal segment in the females. — H. Rowland-Brown 

 and C. J. Gahan, Hon. Sees. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Annual Meeting, January 25i/i, 1900. — Mr. A. Harrison, F.E.S., Presi- 

 dent, in the cliair. The Council's Report showed that the Society was 

 in a sound condition, both in membership and finances, as well as in 

 usefulness. The following gentlemen were elected as Officers and 

 Council for the ensuing year : — President : W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 

 Vice-Presidents: H. S. Fremlin, M.R.C.S., F.E.S. , and A. Harrison, 

 F.C.S.,F.L.S. Treasurer: T.W. Hall, F.E.S. Librarian: H. A. Sauze. 

 Curator: W. West. Hon. Secretaries: Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., 

 F.E.S., and H. J. Turner, F.E.S. Council :' R. Adkin, F.E.S., 

 W. J. Ashdown, F. Noad Clarke, Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.E.S., H. Moore, 

 F.E.S., A. M. Montgomery, and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. The retiring 

 President read his Address, discussing at some length the subjects 

 "Recent experiments in Telegony " and the "Inter-relation between 

 the Mosquito and Malarial Fever." Mr. Blenkarn, of East Dulwich, 

 and Mr. Day, of Carlisle, were elected members. Mr. Brooks exhibited 

 several specimens of Acherontia atropos, bred by himself, and radiated 

 varieties of both Arctia hibricipeda and A. menthastii. 



February 8th. — Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. Mr. Ashdown exhibited, and presented to the Society's 

 collections, male and female examples of (jromphus vxdgatissimus from 

 the New Forest. Mr. Montgomery, long bred series of Chrysophanus 

 pklaas, and contributed notes on their life-history and variation. Mr. 

 Moore, some one hundred and fifty species of Coleoptera collected by 

 Prof. Blatchley in Indiana, including five species of Calosuma ; an 

 unnamed species taken at an altitude of 14,500 ft. on Mt. Orizaba, 

 Mexico ; and a Coccinellid, Megilla maculata, which congregates in 

 thousands for the winter. Mr. Lucas, a specimen of Gryllus campestris, 

 from Hastings last year, and a female dragonfly taken by Mr. Fremlin 

 in the Hebrides, which was probably a variety of Sympetrum striolatum. 

 Mr. Adkin, a series of Melanippg fiuctuata taken at Lewisham in his 

 garden and in a wood near. The latter were large and dark specimens. 

 Dr. Chapman, a large number of microscopic slides of larval and 

 imaginal lepidopterous legs to illustrate his paper entitled " On the 

 Relation of the Larval to the Imaginal Legs in Lepidoptera." 



February 22h(/. — The President in the chair. Mr. J. W. Enock, 

 of Charlton, and Mr. T. Kemp, of Netting Hill, were elected members. 

 Mr. Tomlinson exhibited a specimen of Kristalis tenax and pupa from the 

 Kingston sewage works, and suggested that the species may eventually 

 take an important place in the purification of sewage. Mr. Lucas, 

 several species of exotic Odouata, to show striking ornamentation of 

 he wings. Mr. Adkin read a paper entitled, " Notes on the Pupation 

 of Cossus ligiiiperda," and exhibited examples of the species taken at 

 Lewisham in June and July last. Mr. Colthrup, a sawfly cocoon 



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