972 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
the identity of Zygena tuttv.—Prof. EK. B. Poulton, D.Se., F.R.S., 
etc., exhibited an example of Danaida chrysippus that had been 
captured and subsequently rejected by a young shrike in South 
Africa; he also exhibited on behalf of Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, F.R.S., 
a collection of terrestrial insects taken from the stomach of a trout 
in Devonshire. Mr. M. EH. Mosely expressed surprise that such a 
large amount of surface-food had been taken.—Papers : The follow- 
ing papers were read: ‘On Boreus hyemalis,’” by Mr. C. L. 
Withycombe; ‘‘ Some apparently new S. African Genera and Species 
of the Family Pyralide,” by Mr. A. T. J. Janse; ‘ The African Species 
of the Genus Neptis, Fab.,” by Dr. H. Eltringham, D.Se., M.A., 
F.Z.8.; “The Number of Joints in the Antenne of Haliplide and 
Paussidee (Coleoptera), by Mr. T. G. Sloane; ‘‘ Observations on the 
Structure of some Homoneura, including the Diagnosis of Two New 
Families of Lepidoptera.’—Mr. A. T. J. Janse gave an account 
illustrated with lantern-slides on methods of collecting insects when 
travelling in 8. Africa. 
THE SourH Lonpon Enromonocican Society.—September 8th, 
1921.—Mr. K. G. Blair, B.Sce., F.H:S., President, in the Chair.— 
Mr. H. Moore exhibited a nest of Vespa germanica from Kent, with 
1052 dead wasps, another 100 or 200 in the nest and several dozen 
grubs still alive-—Mr. T. H. Grosvenor, several hybrid Zygenids 
from Z. trifolit taken in cop with Z. hippocrepidis, various forms of 
4. trifolai, including ab. nigricans, ab. obscura, a white specimen, 
very large and very small specimens, confluent spotted forms, with 
minute sixth spot, with wide border to hind wings, ete., and of 
Z. filipendule, very large and very small forms, confluent spotted 
forms, several fine yellow forms, ete-—Mr. Hy. J. Turner, males and 
females of race posezdon and race hecuba of Ornithoptera priamus 
from Queensland and Key Island respectively—Major Cottam, the 
chalk form of Plebevus egor from N. Kent, Huchloé cardamines with 
yellow hind wings, very pale Hypocrita jacobee, ete.—Mr. Syms, 
Chrysomela graminis from Yorkshire and C. banksi from the Isle of 
Wight.—Mr. K. G. Blair, the living larva of the sawfly Hrzocampa 
ovata with its waxy secretion, and the living subapterous grass- 
hopper Leptophyes punctatissima.Numerous reports were made on 
the season and a discussion took place on immigration. 
September 22nd.—The President in the Chair.—The evening was 
devoted to the demonstrations on a long series of lantern-slides by 
various members—Mr. H. Main, slides of the various phases in the 
life-history of the oil-beetle Meloé proscarabeus, a parasite in the 
larval stage of the Anthophora bee. Practically the whole of 
the details of the biology of the beetle were illustrated.—Mr. Withy- 
combe, slides showing the habit, structure, growth and development 
of the bladderwort, Utricularia, which entraps small crustaceans and 
larvee in water, and of Pingwicula, which captures and digests small 
insects by means of-its leaves.—Mr. G. T. Lyle, slides of details of 
Lepidopterous structure, habits and development.—Mr. Bunnett, 
slides of various larve and imagines, ete.—Mr. Dennis, a slide of 
the ova of a Cimex, sp., etc—Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Editor of 
Proceedings. 
