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bred series, with 0. antiqua, 0. splendida, and 0. auro-limbata for 

 comparison. 



Mr. G. Fryer, Scodiona fa(jaria {belgiaria), a melanic example, and 

 Polyonuiiatus icctriis, a striated form. 



Captain B. S. Curwen, a number of species of British Possorial 

 Hymenoptera, including the rare Methoca ichneamonidae. 



Mr. W. West, for the Society, the collection of Canadian 

 Lepidoptera. 



Mr. L. Tatchell (1) Dnjas paphla, with heavy markings ; (2) 

 E. iMii/chloron with light underside ; (3) A. urticae, ab. polaris bred ; 

 (4) Agriopis aprilina, typical, melanic, and ab. virgata ; (4) the exotic 

 Pierid Hebemoia glaucippe, India, with races aiistralis, S. India, 

 snmatranus, celehends, asiad javanensis. 



Mr. A. A. Buckstone for Mr. Pugsley, Plutella crnciferarum, bred 

 from wild seakale. 



Mr. A. Butterfield, Teracolus evanthe, Madagascar, three forms of 

 the 2 , the $ , and a rare aberration of the $ with apical blotch clear 

 lemon yellow. 



Mr. Cuzner, microscopic slides of the life-history of the Hydrozoa. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye, a very fine graduated series of Beliconius 

 melpoiuene, to show the range of the lines of variation, local, aberra- 

 tional, and developmental, illustrated by the named forms. 



;g^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Proceedings op the South London Entomologhcal and Natural 

 History Society, 1917-18, 36+xvi. pp., 2 plates. — An apology is 

 certainly 'due to the forty-sixth issue of this very interesting publica- 

 tion for the delay in taking notice of it. The excuse is one which will 

 perhaps be called in history an early 20th century one, namely, that 

 everybody is suffering more or less from the strain of the last four years, 

 and now from the reaction resulting from the relief. 



As before, we congratulate the Editors upon their work. Of neces- 

 sity the pages are fewer — but the paper we are pleased to find is as 

 good as ever, in times when paper is more than anything else, almost 

 blotting paper. This paper will take heavy pen and ink notes without 

 running. 



The Eeport of the Council is again very satisfactory. The mem- 

 bership continues to remain steady — 158 against 163 of the previous 

 report. As eight members have been removed by death there appears 

 to be no leakage. Now that the terrible strain has been removed, and 

 people are retn rning more and more to civilian life and freedom, we hope 

 that the Hon. Librarian will be able to report in the future an increased 

 use of the books, and a larger sale of the Proceedings. 



Presidential Addresses are wont to be somewhat deep. Mr. Turner's 

 on " Some possible Steps in the Evolution of Man " is no exception. 

 Being purely speculative, it is difficult to criticise. Looking back upon 

 one's own somewhat extended life, it would appear that, at least in 

 some cases, the " Arboreal Habit " can be entirely lost, even when its 

 retention would have been useful for one's happiness — or even for one's 

 life, to be able to climb a tree. Moreover, its disappearance must take 

 much from the anxieties of mothers and nursemaids. 



