140 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited a small collection of Coleoptera, made by 

 him in Iceland in July, 1906, comprising thirty-nine species, of which 

 some were previously unrecorded as inhabiting that island. He also 

 drew attention to the affinity between the beetle fauna of Iceland and 

 of Scotland, only one of those taken, Colyntbetes grcenlandicus, Aube, 

 not occurring in both countries. — Mr. J. A. Clark brought for exhibi- 

 tion living larvae of Otiorrhynchus sulcatus feeding on the roots of 

 ferns. — Commander J. J. Walker showed liviug specimens of Oxythyrea 

 stictica, L., Epicometis hirtella, L., and Anthaxia parallela, taken by Dr. 

 T. A. Chapman at St. Maxime, Var, S. France. — Dr. F. A. Dixey 

 exhibited specimens of seven different forms of the variable female of 

 Leuceronia argia, Fabr., showing that each form stood in mimetic 

 relation with a separate model. — The President, some Coleoptera 

 collected in Pahang by Mr. H. C. Robinson and recently received at 

 the Museum. The series contained some interesting cases of mimicry 

 between beetles of widely separated groups. — Dr. G. B. Longstaff, 

 living specimens of the Elaterid Pyrophorus noctilucus, Linn., brought 

 from Trinidad by Dr. F. L. J. M. de Verteuil, R.N.— Mr. H. St. J. 

 Donisthorpe, on behalf of Prof. T. Hudson Beare and himself, 

 specimens of Quedius riparius, Kell., and Trypodendron quercus, Eich., 

 taken by them at Porlock, Somersetshire, on April 16th and 17th ; 

 also Hydrovatus clypealis, Shp., taken on April 14th at Worle, near 

 Weston-super-Mare. — Mr. Donisthorpe also showed the larva and 

 pupa of a Dipteron of the genus Microdon, taken in a nest of Formica 

 fusca at Porlock last month. A number of larvae were taken, and one 

 of the nests in which they occurred. — Mr. R. Shelford exhibited a 

 specimen of the curious Orthopterous insect Hemimerus talpoides, Walk., 

 from Portuguese Guinea, and read a note on "A Case of Homoeotic 

 Variation in a Cockroach." — H. Rowland -Brown, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March 28th. — Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the chair. — Mr. 

 Main exhibited specimens of the mole flea Hystricojysylla talpcB. On 

 behalf of Mr. Alderson, specimens of Musca domestica, bred from 

 maggots expelled from the intestines of a child. This was said to be 

 the first time that the species had been properly identified, although 

 similar occurrences had been previously reported. — Mr. Adkin, several 

 series of Anchocelis rufina from various localities, those from Rannoch 

 being the most richly coloured. — Mr. Montgomery reported Pieris napi 

 as flying in mid-March. — Mr. Newman, P. napi, P. rapes, and Vanessa 

 atalanta, as being common in South Devonshire. 



April 11th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Lucas exhibited the 

 rare Entomostrican, Chirocephalus diaphaflus, found in water in cart- 

 ruts at Claygate. — Mr. South, preserved larvae at different instars of 

 Gastropacha quercifolia and Epicnaptera iiicifolia, and discussed the 

 orange markings present on the second and third segments ; also a 

 cocoon of the latter species and of Palia cainosa. — Mr. Tonge, photo- 

 graphs of the cocoons of Dicranura bicuspis among lichen and of a 

 larva of Charaxes jasius, showing the peculiar conformation of the 

 head. — Mr. West, the rare Coleopteron, Oxylcemus variolosus, from 

 Darenth Wood, in August, 1903. The species is rare on the Con- 

 tinent. — Mr. Newman, a long bred series of Polygonia c-album, repre- 



