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Wednesday, March 18th, 1908. 



Mr. C. 0. Wateuuouse, President, in the Chair. 



Election of Fellows. 



Mr. Edwin Goldtiiorp Bayford, of 2 Rockingham Street, 

 Barnsley ; Mr. Edgar L. Clark, of Congella, Natal ; Mr. G.W. 

 Jeffrey, of the Alpine Gold Mining Company, Barberton, 

 Transvaal Colony ; Mr. G. W. Lawn, of Tudor House, Weald- 

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

 W., were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Exhihitioiis. 



Early Stages of PAriLio iiomerus. — Dr. T. A. Chapman 

 exhibited photographs of the empty egg-shells and young larvte 

 of Pajjilio Iiomerus. 



Larv/E of Trigtenotoma and Dascillus. — Mr. C. J. Gahan 

 brought for exhibition a larva of the genus Trictenotoma. This 

 larva belonged undoubtedly to the Heteromera, and bore most 

 resemblance to the larvt« of Fyrocltroldiv, and I'yildda!. He 

 also showed a larva of Dascillus cervinus from Ireland, Avhich 

 had been received at the Natural 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 Melolontha. 



LARViE OF CoNiOPTERYX.— The PRESIDENT exhibited a 

 coloured drawing of the larva of Conioptet'yx, 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 Nymphaline Butterflies. — 

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

 from the Chanchamayo district of Peru, viz. /•'. leucodrosime, 

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

 Nymphaline Adeljyha lava. He called attention to the fact 

 that these Pierines and Nymphaline occurred together at an 



