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Entomological Society of London : October 17th, 1894. — Henby John 

 Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., E.Z.S., President, in the Chaii-. 



Dr. H. Gr. Breyer, of Prsetoria, Transvaal, South Africa, was elected a Fellow 

 of the Society. 



Mr. Gr. C. Champion read a letter, dated 15th August last, from Mr. J. Y. 

 Johnson, of Funchal, Madeira, on the subject of a recent visitation of Locusts to the 

 Island, and exhibited specimens. Mr. Johnson mentioned that Darwin, in his 

 " Origin of Species," recorded that in November, 1844, dense swarms of locusts 

 visited Madeira. He said that since then, until August last, these insects had not 

 visited the Island. Mr. Champion remarked that the species sent by Mr. Johnson 

 was Decticus albifrons, Fabr., not a true migratory locust. Mr. Champion also 

 exhibited specimens of Anthaxia nitidula, Velleius dilatatus and Athous rhombeus, 

 taken in the New Forest during the past suiTimer. 



Mr. H. Gross read a letter he had received from Captain Montgomery, J.P., of 

 Mid-Ilovo, Natal, reporting vast flights of locusts there, extending over three miles 

 in length, on the Slst August last, and exhibited a specimen of the locust, a species 

 of Acridium. Captain Montgomery stated that, as a rule, his district and most of 

 Natal was free from the pest, but that an exceptional invasion had occurred in 1850. 

 Mr. J. W. Tutt exhibited four typical specimens of Emydia cribrum from the 

 New Forest, and, for comparison, four specimens of the variety, Candida, of the same 

 species, taken at an elevation of 4,000 feet, near Courmayeur, on the Italian side of 

 Mont Blanc. He stated that he had also met with this form in the Cogne Valley, at 

 an elevation of from 6,000 to 8,000 feet. 



Mr. B. Adkin exhibited for Mr. H. Murray a specimen of Erebia csthiops, in 

 which the left fore-wing was much bleached, taken in August last, near Carnforth. 

 Mr. Adkin also exhibited a series of Acronycta rumicis from Co. Cork, Ireland, 

 including light and black forms, with examples from the Scilly Isles, Isle of Man, 

 and North of Scotland for comparison. 



Mr. Elwes exhibited a series of Chionobas Alberta, S ? > Chionobas Uhleri, var 

 varuna, and Erebia discoidalin, from Calgary, Alberta, N.W. Canada, collected in 

 May last, by Mr. Woolley-Dod. He said that the validity of C. Alberta, which had 

 been questioned by Mr. W. H. Edwards,- was fully established by these specimens. 

 Professor Poulton gave an account of the changes he had recently made at 

 Oxford in the arrangement of the Hope Collections in the Department of Zoology, 

 and as to the rooms now available for students working at these collections. 



Mr. Gr. T. Bethuiie-Baker communicated a paper, entitled, " Descriptions of the 

 Pyralidse, Crambidse, and Phycidae, collected by the late T. Vernon Wollaston in 

 Madeira." — H. Gross, Hon. Secretary. 



November Ith, 1894.— Colonel Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. W. P. Blackburne-Maze, of Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire, and Mr. 

 Bertram George Rye, of ^12, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, S.W., were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



Colonel Swinhoe exhibited a female of Papilio Telearchus, Hewitson, which he 

 had received by the last mail from Cherra Punji. He said that this was the only 



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