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Porritt, Eowland-Brown, Sich, and Collin (Honorary). Among the 

 visitors were the Eev. F. D. Morice and Messrs. Durrant, Gahan, 

 and Step. — Bichard South (Hon. Sec). 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— Dec. 12th, 1912.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in 

 the chair. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited a collection of over one hundred 

 species of attractive Coleoptera obtained by him in Switzerland in 

 June and July, 1911 and 1912, including Cerambyx cerdo, C. scopolii, 

 Saperda scalaris, Trichius fasciatus, &c. — Mr. Tonge, very dark 

 Noctua xanthographa from Deal, at sugar, and a bred series of 

 Cirrhia citrago from Dorking. — Mr. South, for Eev. W. Claxton, a 

 series of Tortrix pronubana from Bournemouth, among which was a 

 specimen identical with the ambus tana of Hiibner — it was the only 

 one of the form reared ; also a form of Olethreutes ochroleucana from 

 near Eomford, with the apical third of fore wing greyish, enclosing 

 dusky cloud-like markings almost parallel with the termen. — Mr. 

 Kaye, three Syntomid moths, Orcynia carcarata from Caracas, 

 mimicking a wasp ; 0. tarsalis from British Guiana, mimicking a 

 fossorial wasp; and Trichura cerberus, male, with long anal projection, 

 mimicking an ichneumon female with long ovipositor. The resem- 

 blances were most pronounced. — Mr. Grosvenor, series of Mclitcea 

 aurinia from more than a dozen British localities, to show the 

 geographical variation. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a series of under sides of 

 Argynnis adippe, to show the variation obtainable on the Continent, 

 including ab. cleodoxa, var. chlorodippe, var. cleodippe (the two last 

 Spanish), ab. bajuvarica, ab. ornatissima, var. norvegica, &c. — Mr. 

 Newman, very varied forms of Agrotis cursoria from Shetland. — Mr. 

 Main, larvae of Glythra quadripunctata in their cases of excrement, 

 taken by Mr. Donisthorpe from a nest of the ant Formica rufa. 



January 9th, 1913.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, E.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. P. H. Stiillman, of Dulwich, was elected a member. — 

 Mr. E. Adkin exhibited three specimens of Papilio machaon reared 

 from Norfolk larvas, having the whole of the lunules on the outer 

 margin of the hind wings more or less strongly orange. — Mr. 

 Newman, a living female Selenia bilunaria bred out of doors on 

 January 9th, the first of the brood emerged on December 20th. He 

 also showed sprays of alder and buckthorn in leaf. — Mr. Bay ward, 

 the working of Mgeria andrenceformis in Viburnum, and a similar 

 working in elder, which had all the characteristics of that of 

 M. andrenceformis. — Mr. Tonge, several species of butterflies from 

 Bedlands, California. — Mr. Gahan read a paper on " Mimicry in 

 Coleoptera," and illustrated it with a large number of particularly 

 mimetic species. 



January 23rd. — Annual Meeting. — Mr. A. E. Tonge, E.E.S., 

 President, in the chair. — The Beports of the Council and Officers for 

 the past year were read and adopted, and the President read the 

 Annual Address in which, after discussing the affairs of the Society 

 and reviewing the entomological happenings for the year, he sum- 



