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viilgare in the Lowestoft district. — Mr. S. Shelford showed a Ligaeid 

 bug the fore-limbs of which were remarkably well adapted for fossorial 

 habits, and comparable with those of the mole-cricket ; a Brenthid 

 beetle with a deep channel running along the dorsal part of the pro- 

 thorax and occupied by acari ; and an Anthribid beetle with a cres- 

 centic sulcus for the reception of acari on the prothorax. All the 

 specimens were from British North Borneo. — Mr. C. J. Gahan, on 

 behalf of Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, exhibited a living example of Phane- 

 roptera quadripunctata, which species had been found in some numbers 

 in a vinery near Chester. — Mr. W. J. Kaye brought for exhibition a 

 long variable series of Heliconius numata, from the Potara River, 

 British Guiana, clearly proving that these very variable forms were 

 only aberrations, and were not subspecies, at least in this locality. A 

 pair of Heliconius silvana were also shown with two rare aberrations, 

 showing the black area of the hind wing divided ; and examples of 

 Heliconius vetustus, it being remarkable that although similar to 

 numata it was nevertheless a distinct species. — Mr. A. H. Jones 

 exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera made by him in Majorca during 

 the first half of last June, and remarked upon the great scarcity of 

 lepidopterous species in the island. Only thirteen kinds of butterflies 

 were observed, and these without any indication of variation, with 

 about six species of moths (all occurring in Britain), including Agrotis 

 saucia, Acidalia ochrata, and A. degeneraria, the latter, interesting in 

 point of colour, being much redder. He also exhibited Melanargia 

 lachesis var. canigulensis, from Le Vernet, showing on the under side in 

 the males a strong resemblance to M. galatea ; also Melitma aurinia 

 var. iberica, Obth. {desfontainii, Rbr.), from Montserrat, near Barcelona ; 

 and a melanic specimen of Erebia stygne, taken by Mr. R. S. Standen 

 at St. Martin du Canigou, Le Vernet. — Mr. Frank P. Dodd communi- 

 cated a paper " On a Parasitic Lepidopteron from Queensland, Aus- 

 tralia." — Commander J. J. Walker read a paper by Mr. E. G. R. 

 Meade-Waldo, " On a Collection of Butterflies and Moths made in 

 Morocco, 1901-2." The species enumerated included a Ccenonympha 

 new to science. But for so luxuriant a country as that visited it was 

 remarkable how few butterflies and moths were observed. 



November 1st. — Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the chair. — Mr. J. W. 

 H. Harrison, B.Sc. (Lond.). of The Avenue, Birtley, was elected a Fellow 

 of the Society. — The Rev. F. D. Morice exhibited (1 ) Paymrgus 

 moricei, Friese, a species of bee new to science, taken by him near 

 Gibraltar, of which it was remarkable that whereas species of this 

 genus are entirely black, in this species the male face entirely, and the 

 female partly, was bright yellow, the legs partly yellow, and the abdo- 

 men spotted down each side, very much as in Anthidium; and (2) the 

 unique type-specimen of Heriades fasciatus, Friese, a male of the Chelo- 

 stpma group, taken by him at Jericho in 1899, in which, again, while 

 ail its corbgeners are practically unicolorous, the abdomen is brightly 

 banded, not unlike that of a wasp. A discussion followed as to the 

 reason of the peculiar coloration in the species under review, the 

 exhibitor pointing out that the colour mimicry in this species could 

 not be due to parasitism, both Panurgus and Heriades being industrious 

 genera. — Mr. W. J. Lucas showed a male specimen of the earwig 



