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killed as soon as developed, to occupy a place in the cabinet later. — 

 A. J. WiNDYBANK ; Latclimere, Richmond Eoad, Kingston-on-Thames, 

 October 14th, 1908. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of ho^DOi^ .—Wednesday , October 21st, 

 1908. — Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, President, in the chair. — Monsieur 

 Charles Oberthur, of Eennes, France, was elected an Honorary Fellow 

 of the Society. — Mr. Charles B. Autram, of the Insectarium, Kanny 

 Koory, Silchar, P.O., Cachar, Entomologist to the Indian Tea 

 Association ; and Mr. Richard Beck, Sanderhayes, Bitterne Road, 

 Southampton, were elected Fellows of the Society. — Mr. E. C. Bed- 

 well exhibited examples of the rare Lamellicorn beetle, Gnorimus 

 variabilis, L., found by him in thick frass under the bark of oaks 

 near Purley, Surrey. — Mr. G. C. Champion showed a specimen of 

 Pytho depressus, L., with two tarsi to the right hind leg ; it was 

 bred from a larva or pupa found under pine-bark at Binn, Switzer- 

 land. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon exhibited a case to illustrate several 

 forms of Thais rumina, the var. medesicaste, and the ab. canteneri. 

 Hey., from South Spain, and from France. — Mr. W. J. Lucas brought 

 for exhibition a set of eight examples of Libellula qiiadriviaculata 

 from Scotland, and the South of England, to illustrate the range from 

 the type form to the yox-prcBnubila of Newman. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten 

 also showed a varied series of the same dragontlies from the Norfolk 

 Broads. — Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited paintings of two forms of 

 Dryas paphia bred by him this season from ova of parents taken at 

 Brockenhurst, resembling the aberration of this buttei'fly shown by 

 Dr. Herbert Charles at the last meeting. — Mr. W. J. Kaye showed 

 a synaposematic series of specimens from Ecuador, comprising 

 Ithomiinse and Pierinae. Of the former there were Discenna zava- 

 letta, five males and two females, and Leucothyris zelica, fourteen 

 males and no females. Of the latter there were Dismorphia othoe, 

 fifteen males and six females, Disviorpliia leuconia, seven males and 

 one female, and Dismorphia sp. ?, four females. He pointed out that 

 the usual coloration of Leucothyris species was black and transparent, 

 but here was one, L. zelica, which was yellow, and the significant 

 fact illustrated by the exhibit was that there were in the aggregate 

 more Pierines than Ithomiines, and, taking L. zelica alone, there 

 were only fourteen specimens to the thirty-three of the associated 

 Dismorphias. It appeared therefore to be quite possible that the 

 L. zelica obtained its yellow colouring by the association with the 

 Pierines, and played the part of mimic instead of model. — Mr. H. M. 

 Edelsten exhibited a tube containing ova of Leucania brevilinea, in 

 sitil, laid within the sheathing-leaf of a dead reed-stem found in 

 Norfolk in July, 1908. — Mr. A. Harrison showed numerous exaixiples 

 of Aplecta nebulosa, of the form robsoni, bred from parents taken in 

 Delamere Forest, the proportion in breeding being as follows : grey 

 form, 25 % ; var. robsoni, 51 % ; and var. thompsoni, 24 %. — Mr. A. E. 

 Gibbs brought for exhibition a case containing a series of Everes 

 argiades, taken this year at various altitudes in the Vosges region, 

 showing a fine large form ; Lyccena bellargus, a female, from South 



