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Crafti., and Umacina, Guer. As long as the moths were on the wing 

 the bats caught them, but immediately they came to rest on the 

 walls or ceiling they were quite safe, the bats, although flying past 

 them quite close, never attempting to take them. — Prof. Poulton 

 also gave his experiences of Musca autumnalis, De G. {corvina, ¥.), 

 hibernating in a loft at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, as in 1914-15 and 

 1917-18, and exhibited example of the rare Ichneumonid, Ophion 

 undulatus, Grav., bred from Boinhyx quercus, L., cocoons, from N. 

 Staffordshire. — Prof. Poulton also communicated INIr. W. Feather's 

 observations on the red {grcgoryi, Dist.) and green [speciosa, Melich.) 

 forms of the Homopteron Ityrcea nigrocincta, Walk., at Kibwezi, 

 B.E. Africa. — ^Mr. G. Talbot exhibited the following species on behalf 

 of Mr. J. J. Joicey : A melanic aberration of the female Dasyopthabna 

 msina, Godt., in which the bands are only present as vestiges ; dark 

 aberrations of the male Papilio ridleyanus. White, in which the red 

 spots of the fore wing are obscured by dark scaling. A ^ example 

 of the very rare and^extraordinary species, Papilio p)hidias, Ob., from 

 Tonkin, and a number of Heliconius, spp., from Matto Grosso. — ^Mr. 

 E. B. Ashby exhibited the following species of European Orthoptera 

 from N. Italy : Forficula auricidaria, L., Acrida nasuta, L., Stauro- 

 derus hicolor, Char., GhorthijJpics {Stenobothrus) dorsatus, Zett., 

 EpacroDiia tlialassina, Fabr., Pachytylus danicus, L. (cinerascens, 

 Fabr.), GUdipoda miniata, Pall., and CK. ccendescens, L. — Mr. Hy. J. 

 Turner exhibited a tinted photograph of the larval habit of assembly, 

 when not feeding, of Morplio Icertes (?), sent to him by Mr. F. Linde- 

 man, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and also a coloured photograph of the pupa 

 in sitil showing its close protective resemblance. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner 

 also exhibited several races of the very variable Zygana transalpina 

 from peninsular Italy, sent to him by Signer Querci, and stated the 

 relationship of the various forms as explained by Dr. Verity, of Florence. 

 — The Kev. F. D. Morice exhibited a book of Charles Darwin's 

 ('Descent of Man') give by the author "with kind regards" (auto- 

 graph) to the late Mr. Poland Trimen. He also called attention to 

 the very abnormally developed hind-legs of a ? bee of the genus 

 MegacJiile from Mesopotamia, apparently belonging to a section of 

 the genus in which no character at all similar had yet been described 

 in either sex. He did not feel able to say for certain whether the 

 character was specific or a case of monstrosity, but at present inclined 

 towards the former opinion. — Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., exhibited two 

 aberrant specimens of the genus Plusia in which remarkable aberra- 

 tion is very unusual. The one was a specimen of P. gamma, the 

 other the beautiful example of P. pidchrina described and figured in 

 the ' Entomologist ' [antea, p. 2). — Dr. C. J. Gahan exhibited 

 specimens of the East African Flatidie named Ityraa patricia, 

 Melich., /. spcciosa, Melich., I. electa, Melich., and I. gregoryi, Dist., 

 and said he believed them to be all forms of the South African species 

 Ityrcea nigrocincta. Walk., with which they agreed in structural 

 characters. 



Wednesday, March 3rd, 1920.— Comm. J. J. Walker, M.A., R.N., 

 F.L.S., President, in the Chair. — Messrs. E. H. Blackmore, Presi- 

 dent of the British Columbia Entomological Society, P.O. Box 221, 

 Victoria, B.C. ; Ernest Hargreaves, Zoological Department, Imperial 



