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CffiNONYMPHA TIPHON AND C. PAMPHILUS ON SAME GROUND. — I 



only know C. tiphon in one locality — near Achnasheen, in Koss-shire, 

 where it is very plentiful. There it is found on the same ground as 

 G.pamphilus, and I have netted large pamphilus in mistake for tiphon. 

 I have noticed there that tiphon only flies in bright sunshine ; directly 

 a cloud partially obscured the sun this butterfly settled amongst the 

 grass-stems close to the ground, though pamphilus would still con- 

 tinue on the wing. — J. Hamilton Leigh ; Culloden House, Inverness- 

 shire. 



Toetrix pronubana. — A little incident has happened to me which 

 may be worth recording. Early in April I discovered a Tortrix larva 

 feeding in a geranium leaf in the greenhouse. I took care of it, and 

 to-day (May 16th) the imago has appeared as T. pronubana, and a 

 remarkable specimen of var. ambus tana at that. I cannot account 

 for it being where it was, as I have never found a trace of the species 

 here. Anyway, it seems a new food-plant. — (Rev.) W. Claxton ; 

 Navestock, Romford. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — Wednesday, March 19th, 

 1913. — Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A.; Vice-President, and afterwards 

 Mr. J. H. Durrant, Vice-President, in the chair. — Messrs. Thomas 

 Alfred Coward, F.Z.S.," Brentwood, Bowdon, Cheshire; William 

 H. Edwards, Natural History Department, Birmingham Museum ; 

 Lewis Gough, Ph.D., Entomologist to the Government of Egypt, 

 Department of Agriculture, Cairo ; John Hewitt, B.A., Director of 

 the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa ; Carlos E. Porter, 

 C.M.Z.S., Professor of Zoology, Agricultural Institute, Santiago, 

 Chile ; and Gilbert Storey, Entomological Research Commission, 

 Natural History Museum, South Kensington, S.W., were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. — Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited two larvae of 

 Coniopteryx tineiformis, eight of which were beaten from pines at 

 Oxshott, on the 16th inst. — Mr. Donisthorpe, various species of ants 

 of the genus Eciton, the " Wander Ants," and gave some account of 

 their interesting habits. — Mr. W. C. Crawley, a few ants collected 

 during September, 1909, in Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio, in- 

 cluding Poly erg us lucidus and Formica rubicunda, two of the slave- 

 makers, with their slaves ; and some species collected with Dr. Forel 

 in Switzerland, August, 1912. Among the latter were Camponotus 

 lateralis and C. athiops, two species of special interest, as they 

 belong to the xerothermic fauna, relics of a post-glacial period. — 

 The Rev. F. D. Morice made the following exhibits by means of the 

 epidiascope : — 1. Lantern-slides showing the pectinated antennae of 

 the male in the sawflies Lophyrus pini, L., and Monoctenus juniper i , L., 

 the latter new to Britain and not yet recorded. It w r as taken pretty 

 freely on juniper, at Nethy Bridge, in June, 1907, by Messrs H. 

 Scott and C. G. Lamb. 2. Lantern-slides showing paradoxical 

 (secondary sexual) characters in the legs of numerous male Aculeates 

 (bees, wasps, and fossors). 3. Microphotos of the apex of the female 

 " terebra " in Cimbex lutea, L., and C. femorata, L. (magnified ninety 



