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and Melyridae, with descriptions of new genera and species," by 

 George Charles Champion, F.Z.S. " Four new genera and species of 

 Hymenoptera from Australia," and " Three new species of Australian 

 Hymenoptera," by A. A. Girault, communicated by A. M. Lea, F.E.S., 

 Government Entomologist, South Australia.— Geo. Wheeler, M.A., 

 Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— Octo&er 9^/i, 1913.- -Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in 

 the chair. — Large additions to the Society's reference collection of 

 British Lepidoptera from Mr. W. G. Dawson were announced. — Mr. 

 Lucas read a paper: "The Shorthorned Acridians of the British 

 Isles," and illustrated his remarks with lantern slides of all the 

 species. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited Lepidoptera taken by him in 

 Switzerland in June and July last. — Mr. Colthrup, a snail shell from 

 which he had bred a Dipteron, presumably parasitic in the snail. — 

 Mr. Andrews, a scarce Dipteron, the Syrphid S. guttatus, taken at 

 Bexley in August. — Mr. Step, living examples of the ant-nest Isopod 

 Platyarthrus hojfmannseggii, found in a nest of Formica f^tsca. — Mr. 

 West (Ashtead), enlarged photographs of the same rare woodlouse. 

 — Mr. Curwen, specimens of Syntomis phegea and its var. pfluemeri, 

 in which the white spots were reduced in size and number, from 

 Pallanza and Iselle, together with specimens of the rare Naclia 

 ancilla. — Mr. Newman, picked series from a large number of bred 

 Melitcea aurinia, from County Clare and Oban. The variation was 

 extremely small, although the larvae were samples of many broods. — 

 Mr. Tonge, a series of Coremia quadrifasciaria, bred from a female 

 taken at Albury, Surrey, showing but little variation. 



October 23rd, 1913.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.E.S., gave an account of the Mimicry 

 exhibited by the Nymphalines of North America, illustrating his 

 remarks by specimens and lantern slides. — Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited 

 a collection of the Sphingid^ found in the Island of Trinidad. There 

 were about forty species in all. — Mr. Sheldon, series of species taken 

 by him near Albarracin, Central Spain, including Plebekis zephyrus 

 var. hesperica, Agriades thetis ab. rufolunulata, A. thersites, and 

 Glaucopsyche cyllarus. Dr. Chapman was of opinion that^. thersites 

 only occurred when sainfoin was indigenous. — Mr. L. W. Newman, 

 Lepidoptera from County Clare, County Cork, and Killarney, in- 

 cluding very light Aplecta nebulosa, very dark Luperina cespitis, 

 A'phantopiis hyperanthiis, with greenish shade on the under side, 

 ^geria scoliaformis, bred Dianthoecia capsophila, D. luteago var. 

 barrettii, &c. The weather was very bad from April to the end of 

 September. — Mr. A. E. Tonge, a specimen of Argynnis aglaia, with 

 a strongly marked blotch formed by the coalescence of several spots 

 on the fore wings. 



Noveviber 13th, 1913.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Prof. W. Bateson, F.E.S., gave an address on the "'Problem 

 of Species which overlap Geographically," illustrating his remarks 

 with numerous lantern slides. — Mr. Curwen exhibited specimens of 

 Parnassius apollo from Ecl6pens and the Laquinthal, mostly very 

 large examples, and including var. pseudonotnion from Eclepens. — 



