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subsp. n. These occur together on Biak and confirm Lord 

 Rothschild's conclusion respecting this genus, that there 

 are two species instead of one as stated by continental 

 Lepidopterists. 



Morphopsis hiakensis sp. n. This genus was only known 

 before from New Guinea. 



Deudorix ceramensis f. maudei subsp. n., (^ ?. This interest- 

 ing Lycaenid was first recorded from Ceram by Ribbe, and seems 

 to be very rare. Ribbe records only one male specimen, which 

 came from the mountains of Ceram. On Amboina, Waigeu, 

 and New Guinea is found the allied and more common des- 

 poena, Hew. This species, in the male, is blue above instead 

 of brown, but the female is similar to that of ceramensis. 



An ill-placed Wasp's nest. — Mr. Talbot also exhibited 

 cells of a mud- wasp (Odynerus 1 sp.) formed in the groove 

 of an insect store-box in the Witley Museum ; the mud having 

 been collected and brought into the Museum by the wasp. 



Paper. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On the Biology of Sphodromantis guttata," by C. B, 

 Williams, B.A., F.E.S., and P. A. Buxton, B.A., F.E.S. 



Wednesday, December 1st, 1915. 



The Honble. N. Charles Rothschild, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Election of Fellows. 



Mr. K. S. Padmanabha Aiyar, Trivandrum, Travancore, 

 India, and Major Harry Diamond Peile, I. M.S., Bannu, 

 North-West Frontier Provinces, India, were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



Election of Honorary Fellows. 



Prof. Antonio Berlese, Florence, Italy, and Dr. L. 0. 

 Howard, Washington, U.S.A., were elected Hon. Fellows to 

 fill the vacancies caused by the death of Messrs. Fabre and 

 von Wattenwyl. 



