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of Thysanoptera from the West Indies, with Descriptions of New 
Genera and Species,” with two plates. 
The date of the Annual Exhibition of Varieties of the South 
London Entomological and Natural History Society has been altered 
from November 23rd to December 14th. No doubt the evening will 
again be a most successful one and a hearty welcome will be given to 
all friends and visitors. The chair will be taken at seven o’clock. 
We understand that Mr. H. C. Doilman is in the Medical Depart- 
ment at Solwezi, Northern Rhodesia. 
SocikTiIgEs. 
THe EntomotoeicaL Society or Lonpon. 
June 7th, 1916.—Hxection.—Miss Alice Balfour of Whittinghame, 
Prestonkirk, Scotland, and 4, Carlton Gardens, S.W., was elected a 
Fellow of the Society. 
Deats or a Fettow.—The death of Mr. F. Enock was announced. 
Wickren Fen.—The President read a letter from Mr. H. Rowland- 
Brown, inviting a continuance of subscriptions to the upkeep of 
Wicken Fen. 
EXXHIBITIONS.— SPECIMENS COLLECTED DURING A VoyaGE To AUSTRALIA, 
with Virws or Scenery.—Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited specimens of 
insects collected by him during the visit of the British Association to 
Australia in 1914. 
A BRED FAMILY OF Papiti0 DARDANUS, Brown, AND RARE SouTH 
American Borrerrums.—Mr. G. Talbot exhibited on behalf of Mr. J. 
J. Joicey :— 
1. A family of Papilio dardanus, Brown.—This series was bred in 
1914 by Mr. G. F. Leigh of Durban, Natal, from the ova laid by a 
single ?. 
2. Rare butterflies from French Guiana :—Papilio coelus, Boisd. 
3 2, the 2 mimicked by P. ariarathes, Esp. 9. Agrias narcissus, 
Styr., perhaps the rarest of the genus. Morpho hecuba, L., this is the 
true hecuba, and differs from the form found on the Amazons. Morpho 
marcus, Schall. (=eugenia, Peyr.), one of the rarest of Morphos, 
possibly a wet-season form of adonis, Cram. Morpho adonis, Cram. 
A LETTER WRITTEN BY THE LATE CotoneL N. ManpeRs ON THE 
DISCUSSION FOLLOWING HIS PAPER ON Marca 38rd, 1915.—Prof. Poulton 
read a letter written by Col. Manders just before he started for the 
Dardanelles, where he gave his life for his country. 
Pouistes eaLuicus, L., takeN 1Nn Brirain.—The Rev. F. D. Morice 
exhibited a worker of the social wasp Polistes gallicus, L., taken by Mr. 
J. W. H. Harrison, August 1915, at Wolsingham, in the hilly west of 
Co. Durham, at about 1200 ft. 
Kee-pockETs MADE By SawFLies.—Dr. Chapman showed some dried 
leaves of birch and hawthorn, with the egg-pockets of Cimbex sylvarum 
and T'richiosoma tibiale vespectively, from which the larve had 
hatched. 
Osservation Nusts or Ants on Batriesuies.—Mr. Donisthorpe 
announced that cn some of our battleships the men were much 
interested in observation nests of ants; and it was found that the ants 
were entirely unaffected by the firing of the great guns. 
Papers.—“ On new and little-known Lagriidae and Pedilidae,”’ by 
G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. “On certain forms of the genus Acraea. A 
reply to M. Ch. Oberthis,” by H. Eltringham, D.Sc., M.A., F.Z.8. 
