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not only suffused as in bryonies, but also having the female markings. 

 — Colonel Charles T. Bingham exhibited the pupa of a Tineid moth, 

 of the genus Brinsitta, from Upper Burma, presenting with its sur- 

 roundings a remarkable mimetic resemblance to the head and neck of 

 a snake ; and a case illustrating the curious habits of the butterflies of 

 the genus Gerydus and Allotinus, which join with ants in attending 

 Aphidas for their sweet excretions. — The Rev. F. D. Morice, a very re- 

 markable gynandromorphous specimen, from Silchester, of the common 

 fern-visiting saw-fly, Strongylogaster cingulatus, F. ; the dividing line 

 between the male and female portions running longitudinally, not trans- 

 versely, from end to end of the creature, a characteristic in the opinion 

 of the President, unique.— Mr. Percy L. Lathy. F.Z.S., communicated 

 "Notes on the Indo-Australian Papilioniche " ; and Mr. Ernest A. 

 Elliott, F.Z.S., and Mr. Claude Morley, a paper " On the Hymeno- 

 pterous Parasites of Coleoptera." — H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., Hon. Sec 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Thursday, January Mth, 1907.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in 

 the chair. — Annual Meeting: the Treasurer's balance-sheet was read, 

 and showed that the Society was satisfactory financially. The 

 Council's Report of the condition and progress of the Society was then 

 read, and showed that its position of usefulness was still maintained. 

 The President then read his Annual Address, including in it remarks 

 on the progress of entomology generally during the past year. Votes 

 of thanks were unanimously passed to the retiring Officers and Council. 

 The following is a list of those gentlemen elected to serve as Officers 

 and Council for the ensuing year: — President: R. Adkin, F.E.S. ; 

 Vice-Presidents: W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. , and H. Main B.Sc, F.E.S. ; 

 Treasurer: T. W. Hall, F.E.S.; Librarian: A. W. Dods ; Curator: 

 W. West (Greenwich); Hon. Secretaries: Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., and Hv. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Council : F. B. Carr, T. A. Chap- 

 man, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S., A. Harrison, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., A. L. 

 Rayward, F.E.S., A. Sich. F.E.S., R. South, F.E.S., andE. Step, F.E.S. 



Ordinary Meeting. — Miss Margaret Fountaine, F.E.S., of West 

 Hampstead, was elected a member. — Messrs. Harrison and Main 

 exhibited a series of Boarmia repandata, mainly from Isle of Man 

 parents, with series from Cornwall, Delamere, and Isle of Lewis ; and 

 contributed notes on their occurrence and variation. The captured 

 Isle of Man specimens were taken from off rocks. — Mr. Main, a living 

 larva of Charaxes jasius, received from the South of France, and called 

 attention to its wonderful protective coloration, shape, and to the fact 

 that the curious mask of the head is shed as a whole. — Hy. J. Turner, 

 Hon. B.eport Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — January 21st, 1907. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. — Mr. J. T. Fountain 

 showed a beautifully varied series of Hybeniia defoliaria, CI. It in- 

 cluded specimens almost unicolorous, of a dark umber colour ; others 

 with the same dark umber as a ground colour, with dark bands 

 or bars, in some cases broad, dark, nearly black, and sharply defined ; 

 then there were the usual light brown forms ; the usual ones with light 

 ground and cross bars, amongst which were some with clearly defined, 

 broad, almost black bars. — Mr. Hubert Laugley exhibited various 



