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elsewhere pointed out, they t^haie to a large extent in the 

 characters of EiicJiloe. 



New and eare Papilios. — Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited 

 both sexes of a new Papilio belonging to the gamhrisius group 

 and apparently most nearly allied to P. ormenus, Guer., also 

 the rare Papilio gabrielis, Roths., both recently received from 

 the Admiralty Islands. 



An Ant's nest and a Myrmecophilous Beetle. — Mr. 

 DoNiSTHORPE exhibited a small nest of the ant Cremastogaster 

 schenki, Forel, fastened on the stem of a tree. This nest was 

 brought home from Madagascar by Mr. R. Beck, F.E.S. 

 These nests when older are as big as a football and are 

 situated from 10 to 14 feet from the ground. 



Also a small beetle, Semiclaviger sikorae, Wasmann, which 

 came out of this nest, and is a guest of C. schenki. 



Protura. — Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited specimens of the 

 genus Acerentulus of the order Protura, taken, by means of a 

 Berlese Funnel, in soil at Wimbledon, Surrey. 



Remarkable Aberrations of Rhopalocera.- — Mr. E. B. 

 AsHBY exhibited a ? of Dryas pandora, with darkly suffused 

 underside hind-wing, very near the ab. lilacina, Obth., from 

 La Granja; also an aberration of Melitaea athalia, from 

 Hinterzarten, bfelonging to the eos group of aberrations of 

 this species. 



Papers. 



The following papers were read : — 



" Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera," 

 by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.E.S. 



" A revision of the Tipulid Genus Styringomyia,'' by F. W. 

 Edwards, F.E.S. 



Wednesday, May 6th, 1914. 



Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in 

 the Chair. 



Election of Fellows. 



Messrs. E. W. Adair, Accolani Gardens, Shubrah, Cairo; 

 Charles Percival Emmett, 2nd Lieut., East Surrey Regt., 



