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Forficida auiicidaria, taken at Warwick in September last, with a 

 drawing of the cerci (forceps), which were very abnormal, the broader 

 basal part of the two appearing to be more or less fused together, 

 while the legs of the forceps were jointed to the basal part. The case, 

 he said, was interesting because in cockroaches, &e., the cerci are 

 regularly jointed. — Mr. G. C. Champion exhibited various interesting 

 insects from Guatemala recently received from Sefior Rodriguez, in- 

 cluding Heterosternus rodrUjuezi, Cand., Pantodinus kliigi, Burm., 

 Pliisiotis adelaida, Hope, and a species of Orthoptera greatly resembling 

 a dead withered leaf, possibly a new species of Mimetica. — Mr. Norman 

 H. Joy showed two species of Coleoptera new to the British Islands : 

 LoemophHus monilis, F., taken in the neighbourhood of Streatley, 

 Berks ; and Dacne fowleri, n. sp., from Bradfield, with specimens of 

 D. humeralis and D. rvfifrons, for comparison. — Mr. H. St. J. Donis- 

 thorpe showed a specimen of a new A(jathidium discovered last year in 

 Cumberland, and since taken by him in Durham ; and a series of Prlo- 

 nocijphon serrlcornis, with a drawing of the larva. — Dr. F. A. Dixey 

 exhibited preparations of the scents of some African butterflies col- 

 lected by him and Dr. Longstaff during the recent visit of the British 

 Association, also specimens of the species investigated. A discussion 

 on the presence and use of scents in various orders of insects followed, 

 in which the President, Professor Poulton, Col. C. T. Bingham, and 

 other Fellows joined. — Mr. P. I. Lathy, F.Z.S,, communicated " A 

 Contribution towards the Knowledge of African Rhopalocera." — Col. 

 C. T. Bingham contributed a paper entitled " A New Species of the 

 Hymenopterons Genus Mer/ali/ra, Westwood, by J. Chester Bradley, 

 Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A." — H. Rowland-Bkowx, M.A., Ho7i. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 October 2Qth, 1905. — Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, President, in the chair. 

 — Rev. E. Tarbat exhibited a specimen of Pseudoterpna i^ndnata 

 (cytisaria) from Morthoe, in which the usual green colour was replaced 

 by a rich yellowish brown ; it was in bred condition. — Mr. Kaye, an 

 extremely light form of Boarmia abietaria, bred from a Box Hill larva. 

 It was noted that this species was generally much darker now than 

 years ago in that locality, but none were as light as the specimen 

 shown. — Mr. Step, a larva of the New Zealand " vegetable caterpillar " 

 Hepialus virescens, and the fungus Cordiceps robertsii, which atttacked 

 it. — Mr. West (Greenwich), the following Hemiptera : Dnjmns si/lvestris 

 var. ryei, uncommon, under dead leaves ; /). pilicomis, very local ; 

 and Berytus crassipes, rare, under stones ; all from Box Hill. — The 

 remainder of the meeting was devoted to an exhibition of lantern slides 

 by the members, illustrating animals and plants in nature, protective 

 resemblance in insects, curious abnormal growths, our British heaths, 

 microscopic life, insect metamorphoses, and views taken during the 

 field meetings. 



November 9th, 1905. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Stonell 

 exhibited, (1) a selected series of Heliophobiis hispidus to show the very 

 small variation in British specimens ; (2) a long series of Taniocampa 

 gothica and its var. gothicina, extremely varied, some of the latter form 

 having the " gothica " mark obsolete ; (3) CaJlimorpha doniimila, with 

 yellow hind wings ; (4) Mgeria [Sesia) tabaniformis, from the Gregson 



