122 



THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



clible and maxilla of Arixenia, together with the mandible of Hemi- 



merus. — Dr. Malcom Bm-r, D.Sc, F.L.S. F.Z.S., communicated a 



paper entitled " A Eevision of the Labiduridce, a Family of the 



Dermaptcra." The discussion of the affinities of Agriades thetis 



(bellargus) and A. corydon, adjoux'ned from the December meeting, 



was resumed by Mr. J. W. Tutt, who exhibited long series of the two 



species, demonstrating in particular the several forms of A. corydon 



as occurring in the palaearctic region. He pointed out in detail the 



nearness of the two Agriadid species in the structure of their eggs, 



larv£e, pupae, imagines, especially noting in the latter case the 



similarity in the male genitalia. Not only was their environment 



similar, and their morphological structure almost identical, but their 



actual range was practically the same. Exhibitions were also made by 



Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker of varieties of A. corydon from Spain, Greece, 



Syria, Asia Minor, and Persia, and of A. thetis {bellargus) from Spain, 



' Algeria, and Greece ; by the Kev. George Wheeler, of examples from 



Italy and Central Europe ; and by Miss M. E. Fountaine, of A. corydon 



var. olympica, taken by herself at Amasia, Asia Minor, and of thetis 



var. syriaca from the Lebanon. At the end of Mr. Tutt's remarks the 



discussion was continued by Mr. A. L. Eayward, Mr. Hamilton H. 



Druce, the Eev. G. Wheeler, Dr. T. A. Chapman, Mr. W. G. Sheldon, 



Miss Fountaine, and other Fellows, the President paying a special 



tribute to Mr. Tutt's lucid explanation and diagnosis of the various 



forms of the two closely allied butterflies. — H. Eowland-Brown, 



M.A., Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — January ISth, 1910. — A. Sich, Esq., F.E.S., President, in 

 the chair.— Mr. South, on behalf of Mr. Hallam Moore, of Barnet, ex- 

 hibited specimens of Coleoptera, &c., mounted on transparent gelatine 

 card, allowing of ready examination. — Mr. Adkin, a series of Selenia 

 bilunaria, bred from Eastbourne ova, and read notes on the brood. — 

 Mr. Lucas, photographs of Hyberriia defoliaria, taken on January 

 4th and 8th.— Mr. Turner, on behalf of Eev. C. E. N. Burrows, 

 series of the genus Hydroecia : H. nictitans, H. palustris, H. lucens, 

 and H. crinanensis, together with microscopical preparations of the 

 genitalia, and photographs of the same. — Mr. Tonge, a bred series of 

 Gidaria miata, from Chichester ; a bred pair of Catocala fraxini, 

 from ova laid by a female taken at Horsham ; and two species of 

 Hymenoptera bi'ed from a bamboo-cane standing in a garden at 

 Eedhill. — Mr. Newman, living specimens of Pyrameis atalanta, 

 which he was endeavouring to hybernate. — Mr. A. H. Hemming, an 

 under side aberration of Polyommatus icarus, taken at Eedhill, in 

 which the submedian spots were closely clustered around the dis- 

 coidals ; on the hind wings some spots were obsolete. — Mr. Enock 

 gave a lantern demonstration of the life-histories of Gonepteryx 

 rhamni, Dicranura vinula, and Urapteryx sambucaria, and many 

 illustrations of the marvellous and delicate hymenopterous egg- 

 parasites, Mymaridae. 



Annual General Meeting, January 27th, 1910. — Mr. A. Sich, 

 F.E.S., President, in the chair. — A satisfactory Balance Sheet was 

 read and adopted, as was also the Eeport of the Council. The 

 President declared the following gentlemen duly elected as Officers 



