40 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
Ss OCIETIES. 
Taz Sours Lonpon Entomonocican AND NaturaL History Society. 
October 11th—lLanrern Sutipes.—Mr. Dennis exhibited lantern 
slides of British Grasses. 
P. meerta In Devon.—Mr. Turner, on behalf of Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, 
a large number of Pararge aegeria, bred and captured this year in con- 
tinuation of his investigations of 1916, and summarised the conclusions 
so far arrived at by the late Mr. A. KE. Gibbs and Dr. Perkins. 
Dwarr race or A. contpon anp Seasonat Notss.—Mr. A. A. W. 
Buckstone, series of Agriades coridon, including (1) somewhat small 
specimens for the Surrey Hills; (2) dwarf specimens; (8) normal sized 
specimens from other Surrey localities and Royston for comparison, 
and read notes on the dwarf race. He also contributed ‘‘ Short Notes” 
(1) The abundance of Blatta yermanica at the Admiralty restaurant. 
(2) The abundance of Vanessa io near Dorking. (8) The occurrence of 
Hesperia malvae at Byfleet, July 7th, Guildford, July 12th. (4) Pupe 
of Lycia hirtaria passing three winters in that stage. (5) The perfec- 
tion of the imagines of Ligdia adustata in autumn in the pupa for 
emergence in the spring. (6) The large percentage of autumn larve 
which have been parasitised. (7) Reported the occurrence of both 
Colias hyale and C. edusa in Surrey, on October Ist. 
Tue THistiur Gaui, U. carpur.—Mr. Brooks the gall of the Cecido- 
myid, Urophora cardui, on thistle. 
Two pgesTRUCTIVE BEETLES.—Mr. West (Greenwich), the beetle Necro- 
bia rufipes which had devastated stores of copra and spread in numbers 
to neighbouring dwelling-houses, and Rhizophagus parallelocollis which 
had attacked decayed seed potatoes at Brockenhurst. 
LiycHnip aBERRaTIONS.—Mr. Leeds, many aberrations of Ayriades 
coridon and Polyommatus icarus from the Chilterns, Herts, and Hunts. 
Vanrssips in CuEesuire.—The Rev. F. M. B. Carr reported V. io and 
Pyrameis atalanta as very common in Cheshire this season. 
October 25th.—Dxcrase or a Memper.—The decease of a member 
Mr. Archer (1914) was announced. He was with the army in Egypt. 
Parer.—The President read a paper on “ The Pieridae,” dealing 
chiefly with the ‘lines of variation’? in each of the species which 
usually breed in Britain, and illustrated his remarks with diagrams and 
the specimens contained in the various collections of the Society. 
Aserrations oF British Prerips.—Mr. Leeds, aberrations of Pieris 
rapae, g without spots, g large, 3s third brood small, 2 deep yellow 
below; P. brassicae, 2 blotched with bright green, ? pale blue below, 
@ very large; P. napi, g third brood small. 
Exorrc Pisrips Not WHITE IN coLoRaTion.—Mr. Moore, exotic 
“‘whites” to show that many species were not white, Tachyris nero, red : 
Archonias critias, nearly all black; Appias celestina, blue; Nepheronia 
thalassina, pale green; Teracolus sp., irridescent at apex ; and Lepto- 
phobia sp., silvery lustre below. He also showed Leueidia brephos, the 
smallest Pierid known and the much debated Pseudopontia paradoxa. 
Cronus LoneicotLtis.—Mr. West (Greenwich), the local Coleopteron 
Cionus longicollis, a series. 
A CAYENNE PEPPER FEEDER.—Mr. Bunnett, the Coleopteron, Ptinus 
tectus, which had attacked some cayenne pepper, and also the curious 
concentrically formed fungus Daldinia concentrica. 
