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us that the ants were said to be in no way perturbed by the violence of 
the firing of the big guns on board. 
SOCIETIES. 
Tue EnromoLocicaL Society or Lonpon. 
April 5th, 1916.—Sexncia Merstinc.—The Chairman having read 
‘the notice summoning the meeting, the proposed alterations in the 
Bye-laws were submitted to the pen ows present, and adopted with 
slight verbal emendations. 
Orpinary Meetinc.—HLection oF eton .—Mr. Charles Hanslope 
Bocock, The Elms, Ashley, Newmarket, was elected a Fellow of the 
Society. 
New Memeper or Councit.—The Secretary announced that the 
Council had, in accordance with the Bye-laws, co-opted Mr. H. 
Willoughby Ellis as a member of Council, in the place of the late 
Mr. G. Meade- Waldo. 
A new Osservation Cace.—Mr. H. Main exhibited a new observa- 
tion cage for the study of earth-boring insects, especially Geotrupes 
species. 
FurTHER RECORDS oF Hypotmnas sBotina, L., 1n Mapacascar.— 
Prof. Poulton exhibited further examples of this species from the same 
locality as the fifty-one shown by him last year. 
OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS INSECTS IN N. QuEENsSLAND By Mr. F. P. 
Dopp.—Prof. Poulton said that in the spring of last year Mr. Dodd 
had sent him a number of interesting observations together with 
examples of the species on which they had been made. He now 
brought forward some of these observations and showed the insects 
concerned. 
Nest-Burtpine instincts oF Brees oF THE GENERA OSMIA AND 
Anraipium.—Prof. Poulton read a letter on this subject that he had 
received from Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, dated Nov. 15th, 1915, together 
with the specimens referred to, and now exhibited to the meeting. 
Mimetic Grovupine or Insecrs.—Dr. C. J. Gahan read a letter on 
this subject which had been addressed to him as Keeper of the Kntomo- 
logical Department of the British Museum, by Mr. F. G. Stokes, and 
said it was very interesting not only in itself, but as a quite independent 
account of a phenomenon which had been discussed more than once at 
meetings of the Society, 
Two Seecres or Butrerrres From Waziristan.—Mr. G. Talbot 
exhibited on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, the butterflies Synchloé Lucilla, 
Butl., and Yphthima bolanica, Marshall. 
RenationsHies in THE GeENUsS Hexriconius.—Dr. H. Eltringham 
gave a short abstract of his paper on “‘ Specific and Mimetic Relation- 
ships in the Genus Heliconius,” illustrated by several coloured lantern | 
slides. In connection with this exhibit Mr. W. J. Kaye showed four 
large cabinet drawers of Heliconius species, three of which contained 
what might ultimately be proved to be forms of the extraordinarily 
variable species melpomene. 
ScENT-SCALES AND GENITALIA IN FORMS OF Pieris Napr.—Dr. F. A. 
Dixey showed upon the screen outline drawings of scent-scales and 
genitalia from yarious forms of P, napi, L., and remarked on them. 
