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Entomological Society of London. — December oth, 1900. — Mr. 

 G. H. Verrall, President, in the chair. Mr. Jacoby exhibited speci- 

 mens of Ht/pocep/iali(.<i aiwatus from Bahia and Chrysoiiiela salishuriensis, 

 a new species, from Masiioualand. — Mr. Bower exhibited a specimen 

 of Sfjilosomii montanntn, an Asiatic species, bred from a larva found at 

 the beginning of September, 1897, feeding on birch on a moor near 

 Paisley. The larva hybernated and spun a cocoon the following 

 spring, not feeding after hybernation. Moth bred June 2nd, 1898. The 

 larva was given to Mr. Wm. Smith, of Paisley, by a friend who found 

 it on a moor used by the Glasgow Corporation for rubbish, the supposi- 

 tion being that the ovum or larva had been introduced with the refuse 

 matter. — Mr. McLachlan exhibited a female of a Dragonfly of the 

 genus Tetracanthmiiiua, from North Borneo, similar to T. vittata, McLach., 

 but with a very broad ante-apical fascia on the wings, and with some 

 asymmetrical markings. He said there might be a question as to the 

 specific identity or otherwise of the insect. And there was also the 

 question as to whether the insect described by Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse 

 as Gynacantha pltuiiata in the 'Transactions' for 1878 was specifically 

 the same. Mr. Waterhouse was of opinion that the species was 

 distinct. — Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two aberrant male specimens of 

 Argynnis aylaia. In one of them the basal two-thirds of all the wings 

 were almost completely covered with black, and broad black streaks 

 crossed the remaining third of the wings to the outer margin, following 

 the venation. In the other specimen the peculiarity consisted in the 

 presence of a greenish-white blotch on each of the wiugs on the left 

 side, similar in character to the pale blotches not infrequently observed 

 in A. paphiii. Both specimens were taken near Brighton in July last, 

 where the species was unusually abundant. — Papers were communi- 

 cated, on " Observations on some species of Orina, a genus of vivi- 

 parous and ovo-viviparous beetles, by Mr. G. C. Champion and Dr. 

 T. A. Chapman," reported by Dr. T. A. Chapman ; " Illustrations of 

 the sixth male ventral segment in seventeen Osmia species of the 

 Adu'ica group, with a note on the synonymy of three species, and 

 descriptions of five which appear to be new," by the Rev. F. D. Morice, 

 M.A. ; and an obituary notice of the late Dr. Otto Staudinger, by Mr. 

 H. J. Elwes, F.R.S. — C. ■'). Gahan and H. Rowland-Brown, Hun. Sees. 



Wedneaday, January IQih, 1901. — The sixty-eighth annual meeting. 

 Mr. George H. Verrall, President, in the chair. After an abstract of 

 the Treasurer's accounts, showing a large balance in the Society's 

 favour, had been read by one of the Auditors, the Secretary read the 

 Report of tlie Council. It was then announced that the following had 

 been elected Officers and Council for the Session 1901-1902. President, 

 tlie Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert 

 McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss and Mr. H. 

 Rowland-Brown ; Librarian, Mr. George C. Champion, ; and as other 

 members of the Council, Professor T. Hudson-Beare, F.K.S.E., 

 and Messrs. R. Adkin, Charles G. Barrett, William L. Distant, H. St. 

 J. Donisthorpe, Charles J. Gahan, Robert W. Lloyd, Edward Saunders, 

 G. H. Verrall, and Colbran J. Wainwright. — The President referred to 

 the losses the Society had sustained during the past session by the 



