18 THE ENTOMOLOGISI’S RieCORD. 
“ Guests of Yorkshire Ants,” by T. Stainforth, B.A., B.Se., in which he 
gives many records and classifies the ‘‘ guests ’’ into three groups, (1) 
true guests, (2) indifferent tolerated tenants, and (3) actively pursued 
tenants. Several diagrams illustrate the distribution in the British 
Isles of some of these myrmecophiles. 
SOCIETIES. 
Tue Souta Lonpon EnromoLogicaL anp Natura History Soctety. 
October 14th.—Lire-nistory oF SteRcorarius.—Mr. Sano exhibited 
a large number of lantern-slides illustrative of the life-history of Geo- 
trupes stercorarius, and contributed a series of notes. GEroTRUPES 
sproims.—Mr. Priske, the seven British species of the genus Geotrupes, 
including a coppery-coloured aberration of G. stercorarius. Cages FoR 
BREEDING COLEOPTEROUS LARV#.—Mr. Main, cages arranged by himself 
to watch the method of cell-making by these beetles. Manpenian 
RESULTS IN BREEDING A. NEBULOSA ; CURIOUS RESULTS WITH B. REPANDATA 
AND VAR. CONVERSARIA.—Mr. Newman, a long bred series of Aplecta 
nebulosa from a pairing of var. robsoni; of 350 reared 50% were robsoni, 
24% thompsont, and 269° typical; also a long series of boarmia repan- 
data, the result of crossing a ¢ conversaria with ? type, most of the 
brood were reared, every specimen was conversaria, and every one a 
@. AB. VARLEYATA STRAIN DORMANT FOR FIVE yEaRS.—Mr. Newman 
recorded the fact of the ab. varleyata of Abraxas yrossulariata disap- 
pearing from a strain which contained it and reappearing after five 
years. Birp arracking A Hawxmoru.—Mr. P. A. Buxton communi- 
cated from his brother in the Dardanelles an instance of a bird, a 
young butcher-bird, attacking and capturing a large bawkmoth. 
EXHIBIT OF THE GENUS SeTINA.—Mr. Morford, a number of specimens 
of Setina irrorella, with S. aurita and its aberration ramosa, sent to 
him by Prof. Morel, N. Italy. A rare Buprestip.—Mr. Ashby, a long 
series of the rare Buprestid beetle, Agrilus viridis, from the New Forest. 
A FIVE-SPOTTED FILIPENDUL®.—Mr. R. Adkin, specimens of Anthrocera 
filipendulae reared from Otford pupe, including an aberration with 
only five spots on the forewings, upper-side. Mr. Newman recorded a 
number of similar specimens from near Brighton. 
October 25th—Paprr on British Cockroacuns.—Mr. W. J. Lucas 
read a paper on “ British Cockroaches,” and exhibited a large number 
of lantern slides illustrative of all the indigenous species and those of 
occasional occurrence. Instances were subsequently given of one 
species gradually supplanting another. Hixarpir or ALGERIAN BUTTER- 
ruies.—Mr. P, A. Buxton, a box of Algerian butterflies, and pointed 
out that the general facies was almost completely European, Teracolus 
nouna being the sole representative of the really African fauna. Occur- 
RENCE OF A RARE Tine, N. ri1m.—Mr. Sich, mines of the rare Tineid, 
Nepticula tiliae, from Dolgelly, in leaves of lime, the trees growing in 
shady situations near water. A rarE stuGc.—Mr. Priske, the rare 
British slug, Lima cinereo-niger, from Epping Forest, the first record 
for Kssex. OccurRENCE OF A MALE stick-InsEct, LincnopEs.—Mr. H. 
Moore, a living male specimen of the stick-insect, Linchodes sp., which 
was very rarely met with. Asrrrarions or P. mGon anp C. GRAMINIS.— 
Mr. Brooks, specimens of the beautiful blue female of Plebeius aegon, 
