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THE ENTOMOIiOGISX S KECORD. 



members was announced, Mr. A. J. Scollick and Mr. F. H, Stallman, 

 the latter from wounds in France. 



R. puRDEYi IN Lewisham. — Mr. R. Adkin exhibited specimens of 

 Rhyacionia {Retinia) purdeyi taken in Lewisham, and read notes on the 

 history of the species as British. 



Bird attacks on larv^ in stems. — Mr. Blair, a stem of aspen 

 burrowed by the larva of the beetle Saperda populnea, a Longicorn, in 

 which the burrows were slit open, no doubt by birds. 



Life-history of Meloe. — Mr. Hugh Main, specimens of the oil- 

 beetle Melo'e from near Woodford, with photographs of phases in its 

 life-history. 



Eemarks on the Season. — Mr. Newman, stems of nut from Otford 

 with large gall masses on them ; and living larvae of Agriades thetis, 

 and remarked on its great scarcity this year, where last year it was in 

 great abundance. He also made remarks on the lateness of Celastrma 

 argiolus, the late flowering of the blackthorn, and the scarcity of the 

 larvae of Arctia villica and A. caja. 



Resting habits in P. rap^ and P. BRAssiCiE.- — ^Mr. Priske, noted 

 the fact that Pieris rapae went to rest under the heads of daffodils thus 

 gaining protection. Mr. Frohawk said that both P. rapae and P. 

 hrassicae selected pale leaves as roosting perches. 



Aberrations of P. atalanta. — Mr. Frohawk, a series of aberrations 

 of Pyramsis atalanta, a species rarely liable to vary naturally, (1) with 

 divided red band forewing, (2) white clouds in red band forewings, (3) 

 increase of size of white spots in apex and in bands, (4) reduction of 

 white apical markings, (6) extremely large and small specimens, (6) 

 marginal bands clouded on hindwings, (7) black spots of hind-margin 

 of hindwings absent, etc. 



® BIT U AR Y. 



F. H. Stallman. 



Mr. F. H. Stallman was one of the promising younger members 

 of the South London Entomological Society and had been for a short 

 time on its Council. He acquired his likmg for entomology and nature 

 study in general from his first schoolmaster, Mr. F. A. Oldaker, M.A., 

 at Dorking, and with him spent many holidays in roaming about the 

 classic grounds of Ranmore, Box • Hill, Holm wood and Leith Hill. 

 Change of environment only seemed to make his study grow upon him. 

 At Dulwich College practically the whole of his spare time was given 

 to natural history, each year he carried off the first prize at the College 

 Society Exhibitions, and since leaving has kept up his connection with 

 the College. Joining the S. London Socy. in 19 12, he became a regular 

 attendant and often exhibited at its meetings and joined in the 

 numerous field-meetings with a keenness which boded useful future 

 work. He had been in his father's business in Mincing Lane for seven 

 or eight years until 1916, when he joined the London Rifle Brigade and 

 went to France in July of that year. Subsequently he took part in 

 several actions on the Somme gaining a distinction and was promoted 

 to be corporal. On March 21st he was very severely wounded and 

 died in hospital on April 8th after an operation. He was one of those 

 attractive natures that we can ill afford to lose. — H.J.T. 



