342 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London, — Oct. 2>nd, 1895. — Professor 

 Eaphael Meldola, F.R.S., President, in the chair. Mr. George H. 

 Carpenter, B.Sc, of the Science and Art Museum, Dubhn ; and Herr 

 PauiKrautz, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. Mr. McLachlan exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Bradley, 

 of Birmingham, the specimens of Diptera attacked by an entomoph- 

 thorous fungus of the genus Euijnisa, of which an account had recently 

 appeared in the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine' for August, 1895, 

 p. 178. Mr. H. Tunaley exhibited specimens of Lobophora viretata 

 from the neighbourhood of Birmingham. Specimens of the green dark 

 form were shown in their natural positions on the barls, and specimens 

 of ttie yellow form were shown on leaves on which they rested. Mr. 

 J. W. Tutt exhibited, for Mr. Anderson, of Chichester, cases formed 

 by a lepidopterous insect received from the Argentine Republic, which 

 he said he recognised as being either identical with, or closely allied to, 

 Tliyridupteryx ephemercpforinis, wliich did great damage to many orchard 

 and forest trees in North America. Mr. Tutt also exhibited a series of 

 Lijcana (B(jon captured by Mr. Massey, of Didsbury, on the mosses in 

 Westmorland. The males were remarkable in bearing two very distinct 

 shades of colour. The females also differed considerably from the 

 form occurring in the South of England. He also exhibited a long 

 series oi Hydnecia lucens, captured on the mosses near Warrington, and 

 for comparison a series of H. paludis ; and he read notes on the various 

 specimens exhibited. Dr. Fritz Miiller communicated a paper entitled 

 " Contributions towards the history of a new form of larvae of Psycho- 

 didae (Diptera) from Brazil." Baron Osten Sacken communicated a 

 paper, supplemental to the precedmg one, entitled "Remarks on the 

 nomologies and differences between the first stages of Fericuma and 

 those ot the new Brazilian species." The Rev. A. E. Eaton also con- 

 tributed some supplementary notes to Dr. Fritz Miiller's paper on 

 Psychodidfe. Lord Walsingham read a paper entitled " New Species 

 of North American Tortricid®." In this paper twenty-nine species 

 were dealt with, of which twenty-six were described as new, from 

 Florida, California, N. Carolina, Arizona, and Colorado. The paper 

 also included certain corrections made by the author in the nomencla- 

 ture of genera. — David Sharp, Acting Secretary. 



Oct. i6tk. — Professor Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., President, in the 

 chair. Sir Gilbert T, Carter, K.C.M.G., of Government House, Lagos, 

 West Africa ; and Mr. Sydney Wacher, F.R.C.S., of Dane John, 

 Canterbury, were elected Fellows of the Society. The President 

 announced the deaths of Prof. C. C. Babington, the last but one of the 

 original members of the Society, and Prof. C. V. Riley, one of the ten 

 Honorary Fellows of the Society, and commented upon their scientific 

 work. Mr. W. F. H. Blandford spoke at some length on the valuable 

 services rendered by the late Prof. Riley to the cause of Economic 

 Entomology, and referred to the enormous number of papers and 

 memoirs on the subject which he had contributed. Lord Walsingham 

 also spoke as to the importance of the late Prof. Riley's work, and the. 

 respect and regard which he had for his estimable personal qualities. 



