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Entomo.LoeicaL Society or Lonpon. 
May 5, 1886. — Prof. J. O. Wrsrwoop, M.A., F.L.S., Hon. Life- 
President, in the chair. 
Mr. William Saunders, the President of the Entomological Society of 
Ontario, was present as a visitor. 
The following were elected Fellows of the Society, viz.:—The Rev. E. N. 
Bloomfield, M.A., Mr. Frederick Fitch, Mr. A. J. Rose, and Mr. William E. 
Nicholson. 
Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited a large and spiny lepidopterous larva which 
he had received some years ago from the late Andrew Swanzy, who obtained 
it in Western Africa. 
Mr. Stevens exhibited a number of Coleoptera recently obtained in the 
Isle of Wight, including Apion Sorbi. 
Mr. Crowley exhibited four specimens of Leto Venus, a large moth 
belonging to the family Hepialida, from Natal. 
Mr. Howard Vaughan exhibited a long series of Cidaria immanata 
from Kent, Surrey, and other southern counties, Perthshire, Isle of Man, 
Isle of Arran, the Orkneys, and Shetlands. He also exhibited C. russata 
from various localities in the South of England, and from Perthshire, 
Argyllshire, and the Islands of Arran, Lewis, and Hoy. Mr. Vaughan 
further exhibited varieties of C. suffwmata from Dover and Darlington. 
Prof. Westwood commented on the interesting nature of the exhibition 
of C. immanata, and stated that he had never before seen such a wonderful 
collection of varieties of a single species. 
Mr. M‘Lachlan exhibited, for Mr. G. Lewis, living specimens of 
Paussus Fuvieri (Fairm.), lately collected in Portugal by Mr. Lewis. 
The Rev. W. W. Fowler exhibited Staphylinus latebricola and Quedius 
truncicola, both from the New Forest. 
The Secretary exhibited, for Mons. H. de la Cuisine, of Dijon, coloured 
drawings, life-size, of a variety of Urania Cresus, and a variety of Papilio 
Memnon ; and Prof. Westwood made some observations on them. 
Mr. G. Elisha exhibited specimens of Antispila Pfeifferella, together 
with the cases, and the leaves mined by the larve. 
Mr. J. W. Slater read a paper “ On the Origin of Colours in Insects,” 
in which he showed that the assertions of Mr. Grant Allen, that all brightly 
coloured insects were flower-haunting species, were incorrect; and that 
many brilliantly coloured insects were carnivorous. Mr. M‘Lachlan said 
that the physiological question in connection with colour had not been paid 
attention to; he thought that colour in insects was to a great extent 
dependent upon the circulation of fluids in their wings. The discussion 
was continued by Prof. Westwood, Mr. Goss, the Rev. W. W. Fowler, 
Mr. Jacoby, and Mr. Weir.—HeErserr Goss, Secretary. 
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