96 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
SOCIETIES. 
EnromotocicaL Society oF Lonpon. — February 24th, 1892.—Mr. 
Frederick DuCane Godman, F.R.S., President, in the chair. The Secretary 
read a letter from General Sir Dighton Probyn, K.C.B., Comptroller to the 
Prince of Wales, conveying the thanks of the Prince and Princess of 
Wales for the Address of condolence with their Royal Highnesses in their 
severe bereavement, which had been forwarded to Sir Dighton Probyn by 
the Secretary, on behalf of the Society. Mr. Walter Cuthbert Biddell, of 
32, The Grove, Bolton Gardens, S.W.; and Mr. Douglas Stuart Steuart, 
of North Leigh, Prestwich, Lancashire, were elected Fellows; and Mr. 
Philip de la Garde, R.N., was admitted into the Society. The President re- 
ferred to the loss the Society had recently sustained by the death of Mr. Henry 
Walter Bates, F.R.S., who had twice been its President; and he also read 
a copy of the resolution of sympathy and condolence with Mrs. Bates and 
her family, in their bereavement, which had been passed by the Council at 
their meeting that evening. Mr. Frederick C. Adams exhibited a mon- 
strous specimen of Telephorus rusticus, taken inthe New Forest, in which 
the left mesothoracic leg consisted of three distinct femora, tibie and tarsi, 
apparently originating from a single coxa; he also exhibited specimens of 
Ledra aurita. Mr. G. A. James Rothney sent for exhibition a series of 
Specimens of two species of Indian ants (Myrmicaria subcarinata, Sm., 
and Aphenogaster (messor) barbarus, L , var. punctatus, Forel), which had 
recently been determined for him by Dr. Forel. He also communicated 
notes on the subject, in which it was stated that Myrmicaria subcarinata, 
Sm., was not uncommon in Bengal, and formed its nests by excavating the 
earth round trees, and throwing it upin mounds of fine grains. The author 
also stated that both sexes of this species swarmed early in the “ rains,” 
from about July 7th to July 10th. Of the second species—Aphenogaster 
barbarus var. punctatus, Forel—Mr. Rothney observed that it, like the bee, 
Apis dorsata, seemed to have a great partiality for the gardens and buildings 
of the old Mogul Emperors in the North-West Provinces and in the 
Punjaub, the bee disfiguring the arches and roofs with its huge nests, and 
the ant frequenting the gardens and steps. The Hon. Walter Rothschild 
communicated a paper entitled ‘ On a little-known species of Papilio from 
the Island of Lifu, Loyalty Group.” The paper was illustrated by a 
beautifully coloured drawing, by Mr. F. W. Frohawk, of the male, variety 
of the male, female, and under side of the species. 
March 9th.—-Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, F.R.S., President, in the 
chair. Capt. Clement Alfred Righy Browne, R.E., of Bombay ; His Grace 
the Duke of Devonshire, LL.D., Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 
of Devonshire House, 78, Piccadilly, W.; Mr. J. H. Leslie, of 44, Cheriton 
Square, Upper Tooting, 8.W.; Mr. R. M. Lightfoot, of Bree Street, Cape 
Town, Cape of Good Hope; and Mr. Siduey Robinson, of Goldsmith’s Hall, 
E.C., were elected Fellows of the Society. Professor C. Stewart, President 
of the Linnean Society, exhibited and made remarks on specimens of 
Cystocalia tmmaculata, an Orthopterous insect from Namaqualand, in 
which the female is far more conspicuously coloured than the male, and the 
suridulatiug apparatus of the male differs in certain important details from 
that of other species. A long and interesting discussion ensued, in which 
Dr. Sharp, Mr. Poulton, Mr. Distant, Mr. H. J. Elwes, Colonel Swinhoe, 
and Mr. Hampson took part. Mr. Elwes exhibited specimens of Ribes 
aureum which were covered with gulls, as to the nature of which the 
