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captured on September 22nd, 1903, showing a considerable range 

 of variation. — The President, a photograph taken by Mr. A. H. 

 Hamm, to illustrate protective selection of flowers by Pieris rajne. 

 He also exhibited four specimens of CunorrJiinns umjistus, Barm., the 

 large South American Reduviid, which is well known to attack man, 

 brought back by W. J. Burchell in the year 1828. — H. Rowland Brown, 

 lion. Secretary. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 September 8th, 1904.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Edwards exhibited a series of the Danaine butterfly, Tinunala 

 haiiiata, from Samoa, and pointed out the secondary sexual characters 

 of the male. — Mr. H. Moore, a specimen of Stenojiteri/.c hirumlinis, 

 the curious dipterous parasite of the swallow. — Mr. Lucas, a photo- 

 graph of " Brusher " Mills, of New Forest fame ; coloured drawing of 

 varieties of Lepidoptera, including a male of Gonepteryx rhamni, 

 extremely like G. deopatra in having the large bright yellow cloud on 

 the fore wings. — Mr. Fremlin, bred specimens of Hemaris fuciforviis, 

 some still retaining the deciduous scales, of which he placed a few 

 under the microscope, and pointed out the very weak pedicles of the 

 individual scales. — Mr. Manger, on behalf of Mr. Pearson, several 

 species of butterflies from the Swiss Alps, including Polijommatm 

 hylas, P.eros, Ccenonympha arcania, Satyrus conhila, Brenthis amathusia, 

 &c. — Mr. West, of Greenwich, developed and undeveloped forms of 

 the Hemiptera, Orthostira parvida and (.'eratocontbiis coleoptratus from 

 Oxshott. — Mr. Turner, on behalf of Mr. Tutt, a few species of butter- 

 flies fi-om Cairo, sent by Mr. Groves, including a fine example of 

 Daudis chrysippus, Anthocharis beletnnia var. ylauce, and A. belia. — 

 Several members reported taking or seeing Aiiriiis convolvnU. 



September 22nd, 1904.— Mr. H. Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Ernest Joy, of Stoke Newington, was elected a member. — 

 Mr. Moore exhibited a living specimen of the mole cricket {Gryllus 

 campestris), found outside his house in Lower Road, Deptford, no 

 doubt attracted by the neighbouring electric light ; a number of species 

 taken at Theydon during the Society's field-meeting on Sept. 10th, in- 

 cluding series of the Diptera, HelopJdIus pendrilns and Sericomyia bore- 

 alis ; and from Tasmania a series of the beautiful metallic-coloured 

 Coleopteron Lamprina aitrata, showing its polymorphism as well as its 

 sexual dimorphism. — Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main, series of Cursia palii- 

 data, taken at Simonswood Moss, July, 1904, and a bred series of 

 Cirrhcedia xerampeUna, from Llangollen larvae. — Mr. Edwards, series of 

 males and females of Gonepteryx rhamni and G. cleopatra, to illustrate 

 their distinctions. — Mr. Tutt said that he felt quite sure, from obser- 

 vation of their habits, that the two were distinct species. — Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, a male specimen of the dragonfly jEschna isosceles, one of a 

 series taken this year in the Norfolk Broads ; also a specimen of 

 Orthetrum cancellatum, from the same place. — Mr. Lucas, male and 

 female specimens of the local grasshopper, Gomphocerus rufus, from 

 Bookham Common, and said it was easily recognized by its white- 

 tipped clubbed antennaB. — Mr. Turner, specimens of the larv® of 

 Phorodesma siiiiiriiydarin from the Essex marshes. — Mr. Dodds, an 

 example of Lncusta viridissima, from Felixstowe. — Mr. \Vest, three out 



