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var. of aurelia, Nick., but as almost typical aurelia, a specimen of 

 which was exhibited, are found at the same place, Mt. Cecina, near 

 Czernowitz, Bukowina, this seems unlikely. — Mr. Edward Meyrick 

 B.A., F.R.S., communicated a paper entitled " Descriptions of Micro- 

 Lepidoptera from Bolivia and Peru." 



December 2nd, 1908. — Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, President, in the chair. 

 — Mr. Sydney Douglas Crompton, of Carlton House, Kew Gardens, 

 S.W., and Mr. W. Parkinson Curtis, of Aysgarth, Poole, Dorset, were 

 elected Fellows of the Society. — Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited some 

 examples of predaceous Diptera and their victims, taken during the 

 year ; and a specimen of Bassus latatorius, Fab., female, bred from a 

 pupa of the dipteron Syrphus haUeatus, Dej. — Professor T. Hudson 

 Beare and Mr. H. St. John Donisthorpe brought for exhibition speci- 

 mens of Olophrum assimile, Payk., a beetle new to the British fauna, 

 taken by them in September, 1908, at Nethy Bridge. Mr. Donis- 

 thorpe also showed examples of TrecJius longicornis, Stm., from Kelton, 

 near Dumfries ; and of an Anaspis, either referable to septentrionaUs, 

 Champion, or new to the British list, taken in woody fungus at Nethy 

 Bridge, this being probably the third specimen discovered. — Mr. G. C. 

 Champion expressed his opinion that the Anaspis in question did not 

 belong to the species described by himself or by Schilsky, but was A. 

 melanostoma, an identification rejected by the exhibitor on account of 

 the male characters.— Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited forms of Abraxas 

 grossulariata bred from wild Huddersfield larvse during the past year, 

 with two males of the var. varleyata, showing how wide a range of varia- 

 tion there is, even in the variety. — Mr. L. W. Newman also exhibited 

 an extreme form of varleyata, the whole of the fore wings being coal- 

 black, and only a very narrow white band on hind wings. — Mr. W. J. 

 Kaye exhibited a fine series of Heliconius species from Mapiri Eiver, 

 North Bolivia, to show the close parallel variation between the very 

 variable forms oimelpoviene with the equally variable forms of jj%//is. 

 Mr. E. J. Beck brought for exhilDition variant forms of Adalia bipunc- 

 tata L., from Alton and Farnham ; examples of Lixus paraplecticus 

 taken on Slum angustifolium, resembling small pieces of driftwood ; and 

 a specimen of Leptura sanguinolenta, taken at Southampton, by sweep- 

 ing Umbelliferae. — Mr. W. Schmassman showed a case containing 

 specimens of Pyravieis atalanta, which had been subjected in the pupal 

 stage to various degrees of temperature. — Mr. F. Merrilield exhibited, 

 on behalf of Mr. Eeuss, of Ware, Herts, a remarkable aberration of 

 Aglais urticce, bred in October, 1906, from wild autumn larvae, the 

 pupa being exposed to the direct rays of the sun ; and interesting as 

 showing the transition of one form of Vanessa markings to the other. 

 — Dr. F. A. Dixey, specimens of South American and African butter- 

 flies, remarking that since the last meeting Mr. W. F. H. Eosenberg 

 had kindly furnished him with fresh evidence tending to show that 

 Colaenis telesiphe, though cryptically coloured beneath, was at least 

 as common as IleUconius telesiphe, and was therefore not likely to be 

 a Batesian mimic of that species. He added that Belenois tliysa, 

 which had often been spoken of as a Batesian mimic of Mylothris 

 agathina, had been found by Mr. H. W. Simmonds to be much 

 commoner at Berea, Durban, than its model. This confirmed an 

 observation made by Dr. Longstaff and the speaker at Congella, near 

 Durban, in 1905. — H. Eowland-Brown, M.A., Hon. Secretary. 



