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variation than any other species of the group; the white markings 
being often completely absent, and often as strongly developed as in 
andromedae; while any number of intermediate formsexist. The heaviest 
development of the white markings is the rarest, and is principally, if 
not entirely, confined to the 9s. The other extreme, which is much 
commoner, is found in both sexes. On the underside the costal basal 
spot of the hindwing is the most variable feature; sometimes being 
rounded as in serratulae, and sometimes square as in alveus. 
Many interesting aberrations of the reducta form occur, to the 
extreme form with the inner edge of the band absolutely rectilinear, 
which is rare. Transitional forms, in which the formation of the 
central spot is considerably altered, are fairly common. 
(To be continued.) 
GYURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 
The volume of the Ray Society for 1919, British Orthoptera by 
W. J. Lucas has now been issued. 
In the Rev. Mens. Namur. for February is an interesting obituary 
of M. l’abbé Léon de Joannis, the brother of l’abbé Joseph de Joannis, 
an ex-president of the Entomological Society of France. For more 
than thirty years M. L. de Joannnis had devoted himself to the 
rearing of larve. 
In the Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. for renee M. J. Bondroit gives a series 
of notes on the “Ants of France and Belgium,” which our colleague, 
Mr. Donisthorpe, and others have noticed so adversely, and attempts to 
answer some of the strong criticisms advanced in several letters written 
to him by the eminent Belgian myrmecologist, M. Emery. The number 
also contains the Annual Address read by the President, M. Lameere, 
who took for his subject the life and work of their last President, 
M. Charles Kerremans, who-died in 1915 during the occupation. 
Ss oOociETIEsS. 
Tue Soutn Lonpon EntomontoeicaL anp Naturat History Sociery. 
February 26th, 1920.—New Mempers.—Mr. F. Lindeman, of Sao 
Paulo, Brazil, and Mr. S. Abbott, of Catford, were elected members. 
Exarertion oF Lanrsrn Suipres.—Mr. W. T. Lucas, Oxshott before 
and after ‘‘ devastation ”’ caused by the cutting of the trees. 
Mr. Main, illustrating details of the Life-histories of the beetles 
Lytta vesicatoria, Cetonia aurata, Dorcas parallelopipidus, Lucanus 
cervus, Necrophorus humator, Nebria brevicollis, Pterostichus madidus, 
and Rhayitum inquisitor. 
Mr. Bunnett, ova of Chrysopa sps., resting attitudes, a record of 
changes of form in the Ameeba during six minutes, the ege-breaker of 
the larva of Stenopsocus cruciatus, etc. 
Mr. Dennis, the plants noted during a holiday on and around 
Snowdon. 
Mr. Roberts, various birds, views of Selborne and Folkestone 
Warren. 
