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from caterpillars. —Mr. E. C. Bedwell showed eight examples of 

 Odontoscelis dorsalis, Fabr., taken at the roots of Erodium on June 

 21st last, in the neighbom^hood of Lowestoft, Suffolk. This is the 

 first record of the species occurring in Britain. — Professor T. Hudson 

 Beare exhibited a specimen of Cryptamorpha desjardinsi, Gu6r., taken 

 by Mr. J. Taylor, of Sandown, I.W., in a bunch of bananas, on 

 August 30th last. — Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited examples of 

 ChcBtocnema arida, Foudras, a species of Coleoptera new to Britain, 

 taken near Eyde, August 26th, 1909 ; and varieties of Cass id a nobilis 

 (also exhibited by Mr. J. W. H. Dollman), from St. Helens, I.W., 

 August 1909. — Mr. Donisthorpe also showed two examples of Formica 

 sanguinea, Latr.,one being half male half hermaphrodite, and the other 

 half male half female, taken in Bewdley Forest in July ; and of one 

 example of Myrmica scabrinodis, Nyl., half male half hermaphrodite, 

 taken by Mr. Dollman at Ditchling, in September last. — Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., communicated a further series of photo- 

 graphs and " Notes on the Ancillary i\ppendages of Species of 

 Plebeius, to illustrate the Eelationships of Plebeius argus {agon).'' — 

 Mr. E. Shelford, M.A., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., communicated a paper " On 

 Two Eemarkable Forms of Mantid OothecEe." — Mr. C. T. Pead com- 

 municated " Notes on Some Eare or Little-known South African 

 Homoptera," with examples of the several species. — Mr. W. F. H. 

 EosenlDerg then read a " Note on the Liability of Butterflies to Attacks 

 by Birds and Lizards," being an account of his observations in 

 Colombia and Ecuador on the subject treated in Mr. G. A. K. 

 Marshall's paper recently published in the Society's " Transactions." 

 Mr. Marshall congratulated Mr. Eosenberg on his extremely interest- 

 ing remarks, and said that he had been endeavouring to stimulate 

 entomologists in the Tropics to make observations on the behaviour 

 of birds, &c., towards butterflies by sending copies of his paper to 

 them.— The President, Mr. G. C. Champion, Mr. J. W. Tutt, Dr. 

 T. A. Chapman, and other Fellows continued the discussion. — H. 

 Eowland-Beown, M.A., Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— Oc/oier 14^/?., 1909.— Mr. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. F. Noad Clark exhibited various species of "ticks" in 

 illustration of his paper. — Mr. Moore, exotic species of "ticks." — Mr. 

 West (Ashtead), a Vanessa io with right side wings noticeably smaller 

 than those on the left. — Mr. Tonge, a tuft of the "flowering lichen," 

 Usnea barbata, from the New Forest, and a fine series of Scsia 

 apiformis.—T)i\ Hodgson, varied series of Cyclopides p)alcBmon and 

 Urbicola comma. — Mr. Newman, long series of Aglaia urticce and 

 Papilio machaon showing variation in size and intensity of markings. 

 — Mr. E. Adkin, ova of Agriades bellargus in situ on under sides of 

 leaves of Hippocrepis comosa, wath full notes on the actions of the 

 female in deposition. He also showed young larvae of Celastrina 

 argiolus, and larvae, pupae, and cocoons of Nola albulalis. — Mr. Tonge, 

 stereographs of the ova of A. bellargus. — Mr. West (Greenwich), 

 Apion curtisii, A. tcBcicolle, A. p)omonai, and A. urticarium from Deal. 

 — Mr. Joy, bred specimens of Dryas paphia var. valesina bred from a 

 captured female (forty-one typical males, twenty-three typical females, 



