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mimetic species of CEdemeridae belonging to the genus Pseudolycus, Guer., 

 and the corresponding Lj'cidae, which were found with them ; also speci- 

 mens of both sexes of Lamjprima rutilans, Er. Mr. N, M. Richardson 

 exhibited a specimen of Zygana filipendula with five wings ; a second 

 specimen of the same species with the middle legs on the right side much 

 dwarfed ; four specimens of Gelechia ocellatella, including a pink variety, 

 bred from Beta maritima ; four specimens of Tinea subtilella, a species new 

 to Britain, taken last August in the Isle of Portland ; also specimens of 

 Nepticula auromarginella, a species new to Britain, bred from larvae taken 

 near Weymouth on bramble. Dr. Sharp and Mr. M'Lachlan commented 

 on the structural peculiarities of the two specimens oiZygcena. Mr. C. Fenn 

 exhibited a long series of Taniocampa incerta ; they were all bred from 

 ova laid by the same female, and many of them were of an abnormally pale 

 colour. Mr. Fenn said that, according to Mr. Merrifield's theory, these 

 pale specimens, in consequence of the temperature to which they had been 

 subjected in the pupal state, ought to have been very dark. Mr. Jenner 

 Weir, referring to the pale specimens, said he had never before seen any of 

 so light a colour. Mr. W. Dannatt exhibited a butterfly belonging to the 

 genus Crenis, recently received from the Lower Congo. He said he 

 believed the species was Crenis benguelcB. Mr. G. A. J. Rothney sent for 

 exhibition several specimens of an ant [Sima rufo-nigra), from Bengal, 

 together with specimens of a small sand-wasp {Rhinopsis rujicornis) and a 

 spider (Salticus), both of which closely mimicked the ant. It was stated 

 that all the specimens exhibited had lately been received from Mr. R. C. 

 Wroughton, Conservator of Forests, Poona. Mr. Rothney also communi- 

 cated a short paper on the subject of these ants and the mimicking sand- 

 wasps and spiders, entitled " Further notes on Indian Ants." Mr. G. C. 

 Champion read a paper entitled " A list of the Heteromerous Coleoptera 

 collected by Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar, 

 with descriptions of four new species." At the conclusion of the meeting a 

 discussion ensued, in which Mr. Kirby, Capt. Elwes, Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. 

 Jenner Weir, Dr. Sharp, and Mr. Crowley took part. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 —March 2Qth, 1891. Mr. W. H. Tugwell, President, in the chair. Mr. 

 Skinner, of Putney, was elected a member. Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a long 

 series of Taniocampa incerta, Hufn., bred from ova obtained from a female 

 captured at Lee, Kent, and remarked that the forms were mostly of very 

 pale gray or brownish tints, banded with dark grey and purple, and showed 

 a strong tendency towards the form of the female. Out of nearly 100 that 

 were bred, two-thirds followed the type. The pupae had been exposed to 

 the intense frost of the winter, and the moths emerged within a fortnight 

 of the frost breaking up ; and in his opinion the preponderance of the pale 

 forms did not corroborate Mr. Merrifield's idea that cold darkened the 

 colour; the black form of the species occurred at Lee. Mr. Tugwell, 

 referring to Mr. Fenn's exhibit, expressed an opinion that the brood did not 

 always follow the form of the parent moth, and instanced Acidalia aversata, 

 of which he had bred forms entirely distinct from the female, but, in reply to 

 Mr. South, said he did not see the male parent. Mr. South remarked 

 that in breeding Lepidoptera he invariably found the brood followed either 

 the male or female parent, or resembled both. Mr. Mansbridge showed a 

 melanic specimen of Fhigalia pedaria, Fb. Mr. South then referred 

 to the supposed variety of Pygara curtula, L., exhibited at a previous 



