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fera (conformis). — The remainder of the meeting was devoted to an 

 exhibition of lantern sHdes by Messrs. Tonge, Dennis, West (Ashtead), 

 Main, Step, and Lucas. 



April 8th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Hemmings and Mrs. 

 Hemmings, of Horley, were elected members. — Mr. Newman, a living 

 female of Astcroscopus mibeculosa, bred that morning after being four 

 years in the pupal stage. — Mr. Main, ova-cases of a leaf insect from 

 Ceylon, each containing one ovum. The species was parthogenetic, 

 males being rarely produced. — Mr. Turner, a series of the delicate 

 Pyrale Glyphodes sinuata from the Ja Eiver, Cameroons. — Mr. Adkin 

 read a short paper entitled " Notes on a Series of Boarmia repandata, 

 with some Eemarks upon the Variation and Distribution of the 

 Species in Britain," and exhibited long series of the species in illus- 

 tration of the paper. — Mr. Turner read the Report of the Society's 

 Visit to the Zoological Museum, Tring, on March 27th. About thirty 

 members and friends were present. 



April 22nd. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Tonge exhibited 

 remains of an unusually dark Catocala fraxini, taken at Horsham in 

 1908, with some of the ova laid by it. — Mr. West (Ashtead), living 

 larva of a stick-insect, feeding on privet-leaves. — Mr. Joy, a pupa of 

 Cyclopides palczmon. The larva hybernated from mid-October in a 

 tent among grass, emerged in the spring, wandered but did not feed, 

 and had just pupated. He referred to a brood of Brenthis euphrosijne, 

 of which, on March 15th, forty-five out of about eighty were alive. 

 The subsequent severe weather killed off all but four, of which two 

 had already turned to pupa. — Mr. Rayward, ova in situ, found wild, 

 of Polygonia c-alhum. They were always near the apex of the leaf on 

 the upper side. — Mr. Tonge read a paper, " The Resting Positions of 

 Butterflies and Moths," illustrating his remarks with a large number 

 of admirable lantern-slides, many of them from photographs taken on 

 the occasions of the various field meetings of the Society. — Hy. J. 

 TuRNEE, Hon. Bep. Sec. 



City of London Entomological Society.— February 16th, 1909. 

 — Exhibits were practically confined to Pseudoterpna cytisaria, -which 

 was the subject of the paper appointed to be read on this occasion 

 by Rev. C. R. N. Burrows. 



March 2nd, 1909. — A special exhibit of Polyommatus iMceas was 

 the feature of the evening. Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited various 

 European and extra-European series, including examples from Sicily 

 ('? spring brood) lighter in colour and with black markings less 

 pronounced than in normal English specimens ; from Spain (? summer 

 brood), mostly var. eleus or abs. approaching thereto ; from Teneriffe 

 with black markings accentuated as regards both size and depth of 

 colour, but with ground colour clear and bright ; from Japan, some 

 with ground colour and others with same suffused with black ; and 

 from India, all with ground colour completely obscured with smoky 

 suffusion. English specimens, with copper marginal band on hind 

 wings broken up into alternate dashes of copper and black, were 

 exhibited by Messrs. S. J. Bell and L. W. Newman, while Mr. J. E. 

 Shaw showed an ab. with entirely black hind wings from Darenth, 

 and var. eleits from Bexley. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, Gamptocjramma 



