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dames from Natal and Chirinda. — Mr. Hamilton H. Druce, F.L.S., 

 read a paper on " New Species of Hesperiidae from Central and South 

 America," and exhibited the specimens described; also a series of the 

 subfamily Pyrrhopyginie, together with the genus Erycides of the 

 subfamily Hesperiinse, showing the great similarity of some of the 

 species with those of the Pyrrhopygine genus Jemadia, and also 

 pointed out that the subfamily Pamphilinae contained genera with 

 species again almost exact copies of those shown in the two pre- 

 viously mentioned subfamilies. — Mr. F. Merrifield proposed a vote of 

 thanks to the Fellows who had been instrumental in the organization 

 of the Conversazione, and the Vice-President begged to be allowed to 

 mention in particular the services rendered by Mr. E. Adkin and Mr. 

 Stanley Edwards, who had undertaken the whole work of arrange- 

 ment in connection with the exhibitions. The vote of thanks was 

 unanimously given. — J. J. Walker, M.A., E.N., Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— ilia?/ Uth, 1908.— Mr. Alfred Sich, F.E.S., President in the 

 chair. — -Dr. Chapman exhibited a larva of Lyccena semiargus from a 

 Pyrenean ovum, nearly full grown, and he called attention to the 

 curious fine brown scaling in a bred Pyrenean example of Tanacjra 

 atrata. — Mr. Adkin, from Mr. McArthur, from Aviemore, nodules of 

 resin on twigs attacked by Iletinia Tesinana larvee, a curious " mop" 

 of twigs on a branch of fir, no doubt caused by a gall, and cocoons of 

 Dicranura vinula, opened by birds? — Mr. Harrison, a living larva of 

 Phorodesvia smaragdaria. — Mr. Newman, larvae of Dryas jpapJiia, 

 Argynnis aglaia, and A. adiype ; one set had been wintered outdoors 

 and were very small, the others kept in a cool house were in their 

 last instar. He showed ova of Vanessa atalanta just hatching.— Mr. 

 Edwards, specimens of Pajnlio astorion a,nd P.philoxenus from North 

 India, and P. warscewiczii from Bolivia. — Mr. Eayward, a considerable 

 niuiiber of Lepidoptera, which he was placing in the Society's 

 cabinets. — Mr. A. H. Jones, a number of butterflies taken in Hungary 

 to illustrate his paper, "Notes on Hungarian Butterflies," including 

 Neptis lucilla, N. aceris, Limenitis populi, L. Camilla, and L. sihylla, 

 taken together in one forest opening ; Chrysophanus alciphron, 

 extremely large and boldly marked ; Colias viyrviidione ab. alba, a 

 parallel form to var. helice of G. edusa ; the local Erebia melas (with 

 which he had placed E. lefebvrei from the Pyrenees and E. glacialis 

 V. nicholli from Campiglio for comparison) ; E. medusa var. psoclea, 

 G. tliersamon, Pararge climene, P. roxelana, Goeyionympha oedippus, &c. 



May 28i/t.— The President in the chair.— M. J. St. Aubyn, of 

 Balham, and Mr. N. D. Eiley, of Upper Tooting, were elected mem- 

 l^ers. — Mr. Main exhibited living larvae of a species of "Stick" 

 insect. — Mr. West (Ashtead), a series of Anticlea bad lata bred from 

 larvae taken on his rose trees. — Mr. Tonge, stereoscopic views of the 

 ova of Saturnia carpini and Macrothylacia rubi ; of the ova of 

 Malacosoma castrensis and M. franconica; and of fertile and infertile 

 ova of Panolis piniperda. — Mr. Newman, pupae of Dryas paphia, 

 Argynnis adippe, and A. aglaia. — Mr. Eayward, pupa in sitil of 

 Trochilium crabroniforniis, and pupa case of ^geria cuUciformis. 

 The former emerged downwards and the latter upwards. — Mr. Carr, 



