284 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
SOCIETIES. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL Socrety oF Lonvon. October 6th, 1886.— 
Robert McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the chair. Mr. 
W. Bartlett Calvert, of Santiago, Chili, was elected a Fellow, 
Mr. McLachlan exhibited a number of seeds of a Mexican 
species of Kuphorbiacee, popularly known as “jumping seeds,” 
recently received by him from the Royal Horticultural Society, 
He stated that these seeds are known to be infested with the 
larvee of a species of Tortricide, allied to the apple Tortriz ; 
they were first noticed by Professor Westwood, at a meeting of the 
Society held on the 7th June, 1858, and the moths bred 
therefrom were described by him as Carpocapsa saltitans (cf. Proe. 
Ent. Soc., 2nd series, vol. v., p. 27). These seeds have since, 
from time to time, been referred to both in the United Kingdom 
and America. A discussion ensued in which Mr. Pascoe, Mr. 
Poulton, Mr. Roland Trimen and others took part. Mr. Roland 
Trimen exhibited, and read notes on, some singular seed-like 
objects found in the nests of Termites, and also in those of true 
ants, in South Africa. They were apparently of the same nature 
as those from the West Indies, described in 1833 by the Rey. L. 
Guilding as Margarodes formicarius, which was usually referred 
to the Coccide, as allied to Porphyrophora. They were of various 
shades, from yellowish pearly to golden and copper-colour, and 
were strung together by the natives like beads, and used by them 
as necklaces and other personal ornaments, as, according to Mr. 
Guilding, was the case with the West Indian species. Mr. 
W. F. Kirby exhibited, on behalf of Mr. John Thorpe, of 
Middleton, a long series of buff and melanic varieties of 
Amphidasis betularia, and read notes on them communicated by 
Mr. ‘Thorpe. Mr. Kirby also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. 
Nunney, who was present as a visitor, a dark variety of Argynnis 
aglaia from Caithness, and a tawny-coloured variety of Vanessa 
urtice from Bournemouth. Mons. Alfred Wailly exhibited a fine 
series of Saturnias and other Bombyces, mostly bred by him, 
from South Africa; also specimens of Dirphia tarquinia, Attacus 
orizaba, Platysamia cecropia and P. ceanothi, Callosamia angulifera, 
C. promethea, Philosamia cynthia, and other species from Central 
America. He also exhibited ova of Saturnia tyrrhea, pup 
of this and other South African species, and a cocoon of 
