90 [April, 



Prof. A. EadclifPe Grrote, A.M., entitled, " The wing and larval characters of the 

 Emperor Moths," and exhibited the following species in illustration : — Saturnia 

 pavonia, Aglia tau, Automeris lo, Heniileuca Maia, atheroma imperialis, and 

 Attacus speciilifer, kindly lent by Mr. C. G. Barrett. 



January 2'7th — Annual Meeting. — The President in the Chair. 



Reports of the satisfactory condition of the Society were read from the Council 

 and Treasurer. The balance was somewhat smaller than usual, owing to the first 

 part of the 1897 Proceedings being printed in the current year. The following 

 Officers and Council wei'e then elected: — President, J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. ; Vice- 

 Presidents, E. Adkin, F.E.S., W. Mansbridge, E.E.S. ; Treasurer, T. W. Hall, 

 F.E.S. ; Librarian, H. A. Sauze ; Curator, W. West ; Hon. Secretaries, Stanley 

 Edwards, F.L.S., H. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Council, T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.E.S., 

 F. Clark, A. W. Dennis, A. Harrison, F.E.S., F.C.S., W. J. Lucas, B.A., E. 

 South, F.E.S., H. Tunaley, F.E.S. The retiring President then read his Address: 

 he dealt at length with matters concerning the well-being of the Society, summarized 

 the entomological work of the past year, referred in detail to the more important 

 works which had recently been published, and then passed on to a general con- 

 sideration of the bearing of the theory of evolution on our views of nature. Mr. 

 Lucas exhibited a specimen of the earwig, Forficula Lesnei, taken at Eeigate in 

 October, 1897, by Mr. West (G-reenwich) , of which only two specimens had 

 previously been recorded in Britain, and contributed notes on its structure, habits, 

 and occurrence. 



February lOth.—Mv. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. J. Crow, of Brixton, and Mr. E. E. Hillsworth, of Stratford, were 

 elected Members. 



It was announced that Mr. Mansbridge had resigned, owing to his leaving 

 England, and that Mr. Tunaley, F.E.S., had been chosen to fill the vacancy as Vice- 

 President, and that Mr. H. Moore had been elected on the Council. Mr. McArthur 

 exhibited under-side varieties of Folyommatiis bellargus and P. Corydon, the latter 

 being almost devoid of ocelli. Mr. Dennis, three parts grown larvse of Callimorpha 

 Hera, from ova sent by Mr. Tutt while collecting in the Alps in 1897. They 

 had fed all the winter. Mr. Tunaley, long bred series of Retinia resinella 

 from Aviemore. Mr. Routledge, a variety of Fnodia hyperanthus from Carlisle, 

 having a broad whitish submarginal band on the under-sides of the hind-wing, 

 embracing the ocelli, and also two females of Acosmetia caliginosa taken in the same 

 locality by Mr. Day. Mr. Lucas, imagines and living nymphs of Calopteryx 

 splendens from Fleet, and contributed notes on the specific characters and habits of 

 the nymphs. Mr. Adkin, specimens of Dianthoecia luteago, v. Barrettii, from 

 Howth. Major Ficklin, the same species taken in Cornwall, and which form Mr. 

 Tutt had named v. Ficklini. Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Eev. F. E. Lowe, of Guernsey, 

 a third form, bred from pupa, taken under Silene maritima, and which he had 

 named v. Lowei. A considerable discussion ensued on the singular variation shown 

 in this species, practically invariable in the same locality, but each locality possessing 

 a distinct race. Mr. Tutt also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Lowe, a fine aberration 

 of Melanippe sociata, in which the central band of the wings was almost completely 

 obliterated ; and, on behalf of Mr. Pearce, of Hackney, all the melanic specimens 



