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other members of the genus to illustrate the range of spotting on the 

 wings of both sexes. — Mr. G. C. Champion showed a long series of a 

 Henicopus (probably H. spiniger, Duval), from El Barco, Galicia, Spain, 

 to demonstrate the dimorpbism of the females. — Mr. H. St. J. 

 Donisthorpe exhibited seven specimens of Prionocyphon serricomis, 

 Mull., bred from larvae taken in the New Forest in July, living larvae, 

 and a larva and pupa figured, of tbe same, and read a note on the 

 species. — Dr. T. A. Chapman brought for exhibition a collection of 

 butterflies, made in Galicia (lat. 42° 16' N., long. 6° 44' W.) last July, 

 including (a) specimens of Lyccena idas, hitherto reported only from 

 the Sierra Nevada, and therefore a surprise in the extreme north-west. 

 It occurred at an elevation of 4500 to 5000 feet, and only where there 

 grew a species of Erodium, with extremely large handsome flowers ; 

 (b) specimens of L. argus {agon) from the same district, which though 

 close to the vars. hypochiona and bejarensis, differed in a certain propor- 

 tion of the specimens presenting the red of tbe marginal " peacock 

 eyes " on the upper surface of the hind wings of tbe males. — The Hon. 

 N. C. Rothschild exhibited branches of Viburnum lantana showing the 

 mines of Sesia (Egeria) andreniformis, now discovered by him as the 

 food-plant of the species in Britain for the first time. — Mr. E. Dukin- 

 field Jones exhibited two species of the genus Molipa, bred from Bra- 

 zilian larvae which were identical in form. He also showed photographs 

 of the larvae in situ. — Mr. F. A. Dixey exhibited specimens of Pierine 

 butterflies, selected to illustrate the various conditions under which 

 pigment might be replaced by black. He said tbat in his opinion 

 melanism, though it migbt arise as a sport or as a variation, owed its 

 establishment and increase to the principle of selective adaptation. — 

 The President mentioned a bug, which Mr. Cecil Floersheim had 

 found very destructive to tbe eggs of Papilio machaon and P. asterias, 

 as a remarkable instance of a species of carnivorous Heterotoma. 



Wednesday, November 21st. — Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the 

 chair. — The Secretary read the list of fellows nominated to serve as 

 officers and other members of the Council for the session of 1907-8. — 

 Mr. Walter E. Collinge, M.Sc, of 55, Newball Street, Birmingham, 

 and Mr. H. S. A. Guinness, of Balliol College, Oxford, were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. — Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited specimens of 

 Odontotnyia angulata, Pz., from the Norfolk Broads, a species few 

 captures of which have been recorded of recent years, and Icterica 

 westermanni, Mg., a rare Trypetid, taken by him in the New Forest. — 

 Dr. F. A. Dixey showed specimens of South African Pierinae demon- 

 strating that the wet-season form of Teracolus reyina, Trim., was in 

 mimetic association with an undescribed species of Belenois, inter- 

 mediate between B. calypso and B. thysa. — Mr. W. J. Lucas ex- 

 hibited, on behalf of Messrs. H. and F. Campion, a male specimen of 

 Sympetrum vulgatum taken in Epping Forest on tbe 4th September 

 last, of which species only three other authentic British specimens are 

 known. — Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a short series of Tortrix pronubana, 

 Hb., including both sexes, which he had reared from larvae and pupaa 

 collected from Euonymus at Eastbourne in September last. The only 

 previous records for the species in Britain are single male examples 

 captured at Eastbourne and at Bognor respectively in the autumn 



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