SOCIETIES. 329 



captured on September 22ud, 1903, showing a considerable range 

 of variation. — The President, a photograph taken by Mr. A. H. 

 Hamm, to illustrate protective selection of flowers by Pieris rapcc. 

 He also exhibited four specimens of Conorrhinus meyUtns, Barm., the 

 large South American Reduviid, which is well known to attack man, 

 brought back by W. J. Burchell in the year 1828. — H. Rowland Brown, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — - 

 September 8th, 1901. — Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Edwards exhibited a series of the Danaine butterfly, Tinimala 

 hamata, from Samoa, and pointed out the secondary sexual characters 

 of the male. — Mr. H. Moore, a specimen of Stenopteryx hirundinis, 

 the curious dipterous parasite of the swallow. — Mr. Lucas, a photo- 

 graph of " Brusher " Mills, of New Forest fame ; coloured drawing of 

 varieties of Lepidoptera, including a male of Goneptenjx rhamni, 

 extremely like G. cleopatra in having the large bright yellow cloud on 

 the fore wings. — Mr. Fremlin, bred specimens of Hemaris fuciformis, 

 some still retaining the deciduous scales, of which he placed a few 

 under the microscope, and pointed out the very weak pedicles of the 

 individual scales. — Mr. Manger, on behalf of Mr. Pearson, several 

 species of butterflies from the Swiss Alps, including Polyommatus 

 hylas, P.eros, Ccenonymplia arcaiiia, Satyriis coniula, Brenthis amathusia, 

 &c. — Mr. West, of Greenwich, developed and undeveloped forms of 

 the Hemiptera, Orthostira parvula and (.'eratocotnbus coleoptratus from 

 Oxshott. — Mr. Turner, on behalf of Mr. Tutt, a few species of butter- 

 flies from Cairo, sent by Mr. Groves, including a fine example of 

 Danais chrysippus, Anlhocharis belemnia var. ylauce, and A. belia. — 

 Several members reported taking or seeing Aqrius convolvuli. 



September 22n(l, 1904.— Mr. H. Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Ernest Joy, of Stoke Newiugton, was elected a member. — 

 Mr, Moore exhibited a living specimen of the mole cricket {Gryllus 

 campestris), found outside his house in Lower Road, Deptford, no 

 doubt attracted by the neighbouring electric light ; a number of species 

 taken at Theydon during the Society's field-meeting on Sept. 10th, in- 

 cluding series of the Diptera, llelopldhis pendxdiis and Sericomyia bore- 

 alis ; and from Tasmania a series of the beautiful metallic-coloured 

 Coleopteron Lamprina aurata, showing its polymorphism as well as its 

 sexual dimorphism. — Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main, series of Cursia palii- 

 data, taken at Simonswood Moss, July, 1904, and a bred series of 

 Cirrluedia xerampelina, from Llangollen larvfe. — Mr. Edwards, series of 

 males and females of Gonepteryx rhai/ud and G. cleopatra, to illustrate 

 their distinctions. — Mr. Tutt said that he felt quite sure, from obser- 

 vation of their habits, that the two were distinct species. — Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, a male specimen of the dragonfly yEscIma isosceles, one of a 

 series taken this year in the Norfolk Broads ; also a specimen of 

 Orthetrum cancellatum, from the same place. — Mr. Lucas, male and 

 female specimens of the local grasshopper, Gomphoceras riifus, from 

 Bookham Common, and said it was easily recognized by its white- 

 tipped clubbed antennaa. — Mr. Turner, specimens of the larvae of 

 Pkorodesina smdragdaria from the Essex marshes. — Mr. Dodds, an 

 example of Locusta viridissima, from Felixstowe. — Mr. West, three out 



