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quito press his or her attentions. (By the way, I haven't 

 verified whether the habit is confined to either sex or not. 

 I must look into that.) I had Dr. and Mrs. Connal here on 

 a visit not long ago, and was able to demonstrate them at the 

 top of their form. I also had the pleasure of showing them 

 at work to Mr. II. N. Thompson (the Chief Conservator of 

 Forests), a useful array of witnesses for any doubters to tackle. 

 T was also able to demonstrate the other Diptera."] 



Wednesday, March 6th, 1918. 

 Dr. C. J. Gahan, M.A., D.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



Election of Fellows. 

 Col. Wilfrid Wm. Ogilvy Beveridge, R.A.M.C., C.B., 

 D.S.O. (on active service), c/o J. H. Durrant, Esq., Natural 

 History Museum, 8. Kensington, S.W., and Messrs. Patrick 

 Aubrey Hugh Smith, Sconner House, St. German's, Cornwall, 

 and 28, Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, W., and Lionel 

 Julian Walford, The Cavalry Club, Piccadilly, W. 5 were 

 elected Fellows of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 

 Myrmecophile Diptera collected and the Culicid 



TOXORHYNCHITES BRED BY Mr. C. 0. FAUQUHARSON IN S. 



Nigeria. Prof. Poulton exhibited the ,'pecimens referred to 

 in Mr. Farquharson's notes communicated to the last meeting 

 of the Society (p. xxix), and received at a later date. The 

 accompanying letter, written Jan. 26, 1918, contained the 

 following paragraph : " I've sent two little sets of the ' ant- 

 flies' and some Harpagomyias, besides the huge Toxorhyn- 

 chites with a larva of the species. The larva is red dorsally 

 and white ventrally like a tiny fish. They are predaceous as 

 larvae on things like Stegomyias and even Psychodid larvae. 

 As imagos they don't bite, but are said to be anthophilous. 



