OBITUARY. 43 



types in the Boisduval collection kindly lent to him by Monsieur 

 Charles Oberthiir. 



SOCIETIES. 



The Entomologicax, Society of London. 



November 1st, 1916. — Election of Fellows. — Messrs. Hassan 

 Efflatoun, Choubrah Avenue, Cairo, Egypt, and S.E. Agricultural 

 College, Wye; Frank Hannyngton, Mercara, Coorg, S. India; Harry 

 Haden May, Blackfriars House, Plymouth; and Akio Norhira, Tchijoji, 

 Otagigun, Kyoto, Japan, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



An observation by Me. C. 0. Farquharson on the Hesperid 

 Butterfly, Rhopalocampta forestan, Cram. — Prof. Poulton gave ah 

 account of the observations described in a letter by Mr. Farquharson 

 who had observed on the arm of a verandah chair, in his house at 

 Ibadan, a specimen of the Hesperid butterfly Rhopalocampta forestan, 

 Cram., eagerly sucking up a drop of liquid from the surface of the 

 chair arm, and was astonished to see it push forward the slightly 

 incurved abdomen to within a few millimetres of the end of its proboscis, 

 and eject a drop of clear fluid, which was absorbed in a few seconds, 

 this proceeding being repeated several times. 



Man attacked by a Tabanid Fly of the genus Pangonia on the 

 wing. — Prof. Poulton exhibited a specimen of a Tabanid fly, probably 

 a form of Pawjonia oldii, Aust., referred to in a note by Dr. G. J), H. 

 Carpenter, which had attacked his arm while on the wing. 



Mallota cimbiciformis, Fln., bred from rotten wood. — He also 

 exhibited examples of Mallota cimbiciformis bred by Mr. H. Britten of 

 the Hope Department. 



Pteronus sertifer, Geoff., bred from Pine. — The Rev. F. D. 

 Morice exhibited specimens of Pteronus sertifer ^ $ and J 2 , and 

 read notes. 



A VERY RARE Neuropteron. — Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited specimens 

 of Si/nipherobius striatelliis, Klap., and of S. elegans, Steph., for com- 

 parison. 



Gynandromorphous Lepidoptera, etc. — Mr. G. Talbot exhibited on 

 behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey: — (1) A gynandromorph of Papilio lijcoph-on, 

 race fihanias, R. and J., from North Peru. (2) Polygrapha cyanea, G. 

 and S., the unique and hitherto undescribed female, apparently a mimic 

 of Opsiplianes, (8) A hybrid gynandromorph of Am,orpha populi x 

 8m,erinthiis ocellatus. 



Papers. — ^The following papers were read :— 



" Further notes relating to the origines of the Jurinean Genera of 

 Hymenoptera," by the Rev. F. D. Morice, M. A., P.E.S., and J. Hartley 

 Durrant, F.E.S. 



" On a collection of Heliconine forms from French Guiana," by J. 

 J. Joicey, F.E.S., and W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. 



The latter was illustrated by alarge collection of Heliconius melpomene, 

 which was exhibited. 



® BIT U AR Y. 



The late J. Platt=Barrett, F.E.S. 



We regret to have to record the passing of another of the rapidly 

 decreasing numbers of the older entomologists. J. Platt-Barrett died 



