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Wednesday, November 4th, 1908. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, President, in the Oliair. 



Election of Fellows. 



Mr. Norman P. Fen wick, junior, of the Gables, Esher ; Mr. 

 John Spedan Lewis, of Spedan Tower, Hampstead, and 278- 

 288, Oxford Street, W. ; Mr. W. K. Lister, of Street End 

 House, Ash, near Dover ; Mr. Ivan E. Middleton, of 14, High 

 Street, Serampore, Bengal ; Mr. F. E. West, of Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon; and Mr. J. Swierstray, 1st Assistant of the Transvaal 

 Museum, Pretoria, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Forms of Melit^a aurinia. — Mr, W. G. Sheldon exhibited 

 examples of Melitsea aurinia, var. iberica, from Barcelona, 

 taken last May, and forms from various British and Continental 

 localities for comparison. The Spanish specimens showed 

 remarkable intensity of wing coloration and marking, and 

 in this connection it was noticeable that the larvse from 

 which they were bred were found feeding on a species of 

 Lonicera, and not on the usual plantain which was also abund- 

 ant. Taking into consideration their different appearance 

 and habits, Mr. Sheldon suggested that eventually this 

 particular form of aurinia might prove to be a distinct species, 

 or at all events a sub-species. 



Rare TAcniNiDiE. — Mr. H. W. Andrews showed a short 

 series of Gymnosoma rotundatum, L., and a specimen of 

 Ocyjytera brassicaria, F. — two uncommon species of Tachinidae 

 ■ — from Glengarriff, co. Cork. 



Erebias from the Vosges. — Mr. P. J. Barraud exhibited 

 a series of Erebia stygne from the Vosges taken in June and 

 July this year, at 4000 ft., showing a generally brighter facies 

 and markings than Swiss forms, and a large brightly coloured 

 series of Erebia ligea from the same region at 2-2400 ft., in 

 July. 



