﻿Dr. 
  Eltringham, 
  Br. 
  Chapman 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Carpenter 
  gave 
  

   illustrations 
  of 
  their 
  papers 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  EpidiaEcope, 
  

   and 
  Dr. 
  Chapman 
  exhibited 
  a 
  nest 
  of 
  Myniiica 
  laevinodis 
  

   containing 
  four 
  living 
  larvae 
  of 
  L. 
  eujjhemm, 
  and 
  also 
  one 
  

   larva 
  in 
  spirit 
  at 
  the 
  stage 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  enters 
  the 
  ants' 
  nests. 
  

  

  Several 
  Fellows 
  commented 
  on 
  these 
  papers, 
  especially 
  on 
  

   Dr. 
  Eltringham's 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Chapman's 
  paper 
  on 
  L. 
  euphemus, 
  

   and 
  Dr. 
  Carpenter 
  was 
  warmly 
  congratulated 
  on 
  the 
  success 
  

   of 
  his 
  observations 
  and 
  experiments. 
  

  

  Photograph 
  of 
  Former 
  President. 
  

   A 
  very 
  interesting 
  photograph 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  H. 
  W. 
  Bates, 
  

   which 
  Mr. 
  Donisthorpe 
  was 
  presenting 
  to 
  the 
  Society, 
  was 
  

   also 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  Epidiascope. 
  

  

  Megacoelum 
  beckeri, 
  Fieb., 
  a 
  Hemipteron 
  new 
  to 
  

   Britain.— 
  Mr. 
  Donisthorpe 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Mega- 
  

   coelum 
  heckeri, 
  a 
  species 
  new 
  to 
  Britain, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  first 
  

   captured 
  at 
  Weybridge, 
  August 
  27, 
  1918. 
  His 
  total 
  captures 
  

   " 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  One 
  on 
  fir 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  riifa 
  nest 
  . 
  . 
  27.viii.18, 
  Weybridge. 
  

  

  One 
  on 
  ill 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  ruf 
  a 
  nest 
  . 
  . 
  4.ix.l8, 
  

  

  Tliree 
  on 
  fir 
  trees 
  over 
  i*'. 
  )•«/« 
  nests 
  . 
  . 
  20.ix.l8' 
  Oxsh'.'tt. 
  

  

  Several 
  larvae 
  on 
  fir 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  rufanest 
  ll.vii.19, 
  Weybridge. 
  

  

  Several 
  larvae 
  on 
  fir 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  rufa 
  nest 
  15.vii.l9, 
  

  

  One 
  larva 
  on 
  oak 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  rufa 
  nest 
  . 
  15.vii.l9,' 
  

  

  One 
  larva 
  on 
  fir 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  rufa 
  nest 
  . 
  24.vii.19' 
  

  

  Several 
  larvae 
  on 
  fir 
  trees 
  over 
  F. 
  rufanest 
  3.viii.l9,'Oxshot't. 
  

  

  One 
  larva 
  on 
  birch 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  rufa 
  nest 
  3.viii.l9, 
  

  

  One 
  imago 
  and 
  one 
  larva 
  on 
  fir 
  trees 
  over 
  

  

  F. 
  rufa 
  nefit 
  26.viii.19. 
  Weybridge. 
  

  

  One 
  imago 
  on 
  fir 
  tree 
  over 
  F. 
  rufa 
  nest 
  . 
  31.viii.l9, 
  Oxshott. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  always 
  found 
  over 
  nests 
  of 
  Formica 
  rufa, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  

   so 
  far 
  been 
  quite 
  unable 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  connection 
  

   between 
  the 
  insects. 
  

  

  Herse 
  convolvuli, 
  L., 
  attacked 
  by 
  small 
  birds 
  in 
  

   B. 
  E. 
  Africa.— 
  Prof. 
  Poulton 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  Rev. 
  K. 
  St. 
  Aubyn 
  Rogers 
  :— 
  

  

  " 
  August 
  7, 
  1919. 
  Nairobi. 
  

   " 
  During 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  the 
  Convolvulus 
  Hawkmoth 
  was 
  

  

  