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by Dr. St. John (Entom. xlvi. p. 314) last year, and by Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker (p. 39 in your last issue) in July, 1908, we used to 

 take it there frequently thirty years ago, and I have heard of it 

 several times since. The Derbyshire limestone seems to produce 

 some pretty female examples of Lycmia icarus, for I found a very 

 fine race on difficult ground in the Via Gelha on June 5th, 1911, and 

 the only female captured was very beautiful. Ino {Adscita) geryon 

 was taken at the same time. — G. Hanson Sale ; Littleover House, 

 Littleover, Derby. 



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Entomological Society of London. — Wednesday, Decejnber 3rd, 

 1913.— Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Walter Ormiston, of Kalupahani, Haldumille, Ceylon, 

 was elected a Fellow of the Society. — Dr. G. B. Longstaff presented 

 to the Society, on behalf of a number of subscribers, a copy of 

 Hiibner's ' Bxotische Schmetterlinge,' original edition. — Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt exhibited two curious specimens of Abraxas grossulariata. — 

 Miss Diana E. Wilson, who was present as a visitor, butterflies 

 caught in Brazil this year, during the last week of January and the 

 first week of February. — Prof. Poulton, eight examples of Epi- 

 scaphula interrupta, Lac, found in one clay cell, and eleven examples 

 found in another, by Mr. C. 0. Farquharson, B.Sc, at Moor Planta- 

 tion, near Ibadan, S. Nigeria. He also read notes received from Mr. 

 Lamborn, on the Driver Ants {Dorylus) of Southern Nigeria, and 

 exhibited the material referred to. — Dr. K. Jordan, a series of species 

 of the two groups of Papilios called by Haase Gosmodesmus and 

 Pharmacophagics respectively. — Mr. Champion, a specimen of Tho- 

 rictus parciseta, Wasm., attached to the scape of the left antenna of 

 a worker of an ant, Myrmecocystus viaticus, F. — Mr. W. C. Crawley, 



(1) Three dealated females of L. niger, L., taken Isle of Wight, July, 

 1911 ; these, after rearing workers, fought until only one survived. 



(2) A female of Aphcenogaster suhterranea, Latr., taken August, 1912, 

 at Yvorne with Prof. Forel, after marriage-flight, brought up two 

 workers by September, 1913. (3) Six females of L. flavus, Fabr., 

 taken after marriage-flight at Seaton, July 14th, 1912. They built a 

 cell together and brought up workers, by June 23rd, 1913. — Mr, 

 O. E. Janson, specimens of Laglasia caloptera, Bigot, one of the 

 curious forms of Diptera with stalked eyes, from Dutch New Guinea. 

 — Capt. E. B. Purefoy, two more specimens of Gonepteryx cleopatra 

 with gynandromorphous colouring. — Mr. B. B. Ashby, a number of 

 Nearctic butterflies. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, a very large series of specimens 

 of Heliconius anderida, ranging into a number of forms which 

 tended to become fairly definite subspecies in different geographical 

 regions.— Dr. H. Eltringham gave a preliminary account of the scent 

 apparatus in Amauris egialea, comparing the same with that of A. 

 niavius, illustrated by drawings, and microphotographs of sections of 

 the brush. — The following paper was read: " New Species of South 



