120 [May, 1894. 



Mr. Louis Peringuey communicated a paperj entitled, "Descriptions of new 

 CicindelidcB from Mashunaland." 



Prof. Poulton gave an account of his recent tour in the United States, and 

 commented on the Entomological and other collections contained in the American 

 museums. Lord Walsingham, Mr. Hampson, and the President also made some 

 remarks on the subject. 



April lltk, 1894.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. F. "W. Jones, of 63, Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood, N.W., and Dr. William 

 Steer Riding, B.A., M.D., of Buckerell, Honiton, Devon, were elected Fellows of 

 the Society. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited male and female specimens of Orni- 

 thopfera paradisea, Stdgr., from Finisterre Mountains, New Guinea; 0. trojana, 

 Stdgr., from Palawan ; O. Andromache, Stdgr., from Kina Balu, Borneo ; CEnetus 

 mirabilis, Rothsch., from Cedar Bay, Queensland ; and a few other splendid species 

 from the Upper Amazons. The President, Mr. J. J. Walker, Mr. Osbert Salvin, 

 Lord Walsingham, Colonel Lang, Mr. Champion, and Mr. Hampson made remarks 

 on the geographical distribution of some of the species and the elevation at which 

 they were taken. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited, for Mr. G. A. J. Rothney, several specimens of a species 

 of Hemiptera {Serinetha augur, Fab.), and a species of Lepidoptera {Phauda flam- 

 mans, Walk.), the latter of which closely resembled and mimicked the former. He 

 said that Mr. Rothney had found both species abundantly on the roots and trunks 

 of trees in Mysore, in November last, in company with ants (several species of 

 Camponotus and Cremastog aster). The Hemiptera appeared to be distasteful to 

 the ants, as they were never molested by them, and he thought that the species of 

 Lepidoptera was undoubtedly protected from attack by its close imitation of the 

 Hemipteron. Mr. Goss said he was indebted to Mr. C. J. Gahan for determining 

 the species. A discussion followed on the mimicking species, in which the President, 

 Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. J. J. Walker, Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Hampson, and others 

 took part. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt exhibited (1) a typical specimen of Lyccena Corydon, captured 

 in July, 1893 ; (2) a hybrid male {L. Corydon and L. Adonis), taken in copuld 

 with a typical female L. Adonis, May 20th, 1893 ; (3) a typical male L. Adonis, 

 May 20th, 1893 ; (4) a female L. Adonis, the pigment failing in one hind-wing ; 

 (5) a pale var. of Jj. Corydon, probably to be referred to var. apennina of Zeller, 

 usually taken in Italian mountains, or var. albicans, H.-S., taken in Andalusia. Mr. 

 Tutt remarked that the hybrid retains the external features of Corydon, but has 

 taken on to a great extent the coloration of L. Adonis. It was captured in, copuld 

 with a female L. Adonis, at a time when L. Adonis was very abundant, and some 

 weeks before L. Corydon occurred {vide Ent. Record, iv, p. 230). 



The question having been raised by the President as to the number of meetings 

 of the Society which it was desirable to hold during the year, and the most con- 

 venient dates for such meetings, a long discussion on the subject ensued, in which 

 Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Salvin, the Hon. Walter Rothschild, the Rev. T. Wood, 

 Mr. S. Stevens, the Rev. J. S. St. John, and others took part. — H. Goss, Hon. 

 Secretary. 



