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Wednesday, March 18th, 1908. 

 Mr. C. O. Watkruouse, PicsitU'iit, in the I'liair. 



Ulectiou of Fellows. 



Mr. Edwin Goldtiioup Bayfoud, of 2 RockingliMiu Street, 

 Barnsley ; JNlr. Eogau L. Clajik, of Congelhi, Nutal ; Mr. (J.W. 

 Jeffiiev, of the Aljjine Gold Mining Company, ]iarberton, 

 Transvaal Colony ; Mr. G. W. LaWxN, of Tudor House, AVeald- 

 stone, Harrow, and Mr. D. Langsdon, of 20 Holland Park, 

 \V., were elected Fellows of the Society. 



jExfiihitions. 



Early Stages of Papilio homerus. — Dr. T. A. Chapman 

 exhibited photographs of the empty egg-shells and young larvie 

 of l'a2)ilio Jio'inerus. 



Larv.'E of TjacTENOTOMA AND Dascillus. — Mr. C. J. Gaiian 

 brought for exhibition a larva of the genus Trictenotoma. This 

 larva belonged undoubtedly to the Heteromex-a, and bore most 

 resemblance to the larvae of ryrochroidse, and Pytlivhv. He 

 also showed a larva of Dascillus cervinus from Irelantl, which 

 had been received at the Natui'al History Museum by Mr. 

 Waterhouse, a species little known in this stage. 



The President said that the larva in question was just now 

 the subject of experiment, it being reported as doing much 

 damage to grass-land. It was important, therefore, to deter- 

 mine whether it was really destructive, or parasitic on some 

 other pest like MelolontJia. 



Larvae of Coniopteryx. — The President exhibited a 

 coloured drawing of the larva of Coiiiopteryx, a small neurop- 

 teron common enough in its perfect state, but rarely found 

 as a larva, when it may be beaten out of fir trees. 



Association of Pierine and Nympiialine Butterflies. — 

 Mr. W. J. Kaye brought for exhibition three Pereute species 

 from the Chanchamayo district of Peru, viz. P. leucodrosime, 

 P. callinice and P. callumira, together with specimens of the 

 Nympiialine Adelpha lara. He called attention to the fact 

 that these Pierines and Nympiialine occurred together at an 



