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Lond., 1913, p. xcv.]. You will be interested to hear that 

 the white patches were extremely conspicuous and really 

 glistened in the light almost as if they were phosphorescent. 

 I was able to catch the specimen in my fingers. It is the 

 first time I have seen it, and the first skipper I have seen 

 come to light." 



Prof. Poulton said that the species was usually diurnal. 

 A male specimen in the Hope Department had been captured 

 at 9 a.m. in the clearing of Oni Camp, Nov. 5, 1910, by Mr. 

 W. A. Lamborn. Mr. J. A. de Gaye had noted concerning 

 a male (Feb., 1912) and female (Jan. 21, 1912) that they 

 had the habit of settling on walls in the grounds of King's 

 College, Lagos. These two latter specimens were exhibited 

 to the meeting, together with a male (Oct. 4, 1910) and female 

 (Sept. 24, 1910) captured by Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers at 

 Rabai near Mombasa. These specimens showed that the 

 brilliant patch on the antenna was characteristic of the 

 male. It was probable that the shorter duller patch of the 

 female had originated by the transference, in a reduced form, 

 of a male character. It would be of much interest to in- 

 vestigate the courtship of this species, and attempt to decide 

 whether the brilliant antennal patches possessed epigamic 

 significance. A positive conclusion, if well founded, might 

 throw some light on the difficult problem of insect vision. 



Scarce Varieties of Zonosoma pendularia. — Comm. 

 J. J. Walker exhibited, on behalf of Mr. F. C. Woodforde, 

 bred specimens of Zonosoma pendularia, L., var. subroseata, 

 Woodforde, and var. suhochreata, Woodforde, with the type- 

 form of the species for comparison. Both forms were supposed 

 to be confined to North Staffordshire. 



Dr. Cockayne observed that var. subroseata had also been 

 taken in Lincolnshire. 



Organs in .^nts' Antennae. — Mr. W. C. Crawley ex- 

 hibited drawings in various species of ants, of two kinds of 

 organs in the funiculi of antennae, one kind called by Forel 

 " champagne-cork " organs, the other " interior tube " organs, 

 or " bottle " organs. They are often, if not always, in the 

 living insects, filled with air, and may possibly be connected 

 with the sense of hearing. 



