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a new race of the Ithomiine butterfly Dircenna lenea, from Trinidad, 

 with a series of the typical forms from the Potaro district of British 

 Guiana. — Mr. A. W. Bacot, enlarged microphotographs of the eggs 

 of bed bugs. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon, Lepidoptera from Sutherlandshire. — 

 Dr. A. E. Cockayne, an example of Pyrameis atalanta with larval 

 h ea (L — Prof. B. B. Poulton, F.B.S., discussed the question of 

 fluorescence as evidence for the evolution of the pigments of mimetic 

 females from those of their non-mimetic males, and said that with 

 the help of Dr. Cockayne, he had been able to examine for 

 fluorescence the Nairobi forms of Papilio dardanus that had been 

 shown by Canon StA. Bogers at the last meeting. — Mr. H. 

 Donisthorpe, specimens of the Chalcid, Spalangia erythromera, 

 together with its Dipterous host, and the ant Acanthomyops 

 fuliginosus in the nest of which these insects live.- — Dr. Neave read 

 a translation from the German of an amusing skit on modern 

 systems of zoological nomenclature. 



December 1th, 1921.— The Bt. Hon. Lord Bothschild, M.A., 

 F.B.S., etc., President, in the Chair. — The Secretary again read the 

 list of nominations of officers and council for the ensuing year, and 

 said that he had not received any alternative names. — The following 

 were elected Fellows of the Society : Messrs. W. Bevan Whitney, 

 B.Sc, A.M. Inst. C.B., "Glen Doone," Gerrards Cross, Bucks; 

 Edward Nevill Wilmer, Trafford Hall, near Chester, and Corpus 

 Christi College, Oxford ; and John Glover Hugo Frew, M.Sc, 262, 

 Church Boad, Yardley, Birmingham, and Bothamsted Experimental 

 Station, Harpenden. — The Secretary expressed the hope that the 

 informal meeting to be held on January 4th, 1922, between 5.30- 

 7.30 p.m., would be well attended, and said that Dr. Cockayne had 

 kindly offered to show the effect of fluorescence on butterflies — an 

 exhibit which would be of great interest to Fellows. — Prof. H. 

 Maxwell-Lefroy, on behalf of Dr. A. Moore, a new method 

 of preserving insects. — Mr. G. Talbot discussed the existence in 

 Africa of a remarkable Papilio of the antimachus group, and also 

 exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, a gynandromorphous 

 example of Argynnis hyperbius castesti. — Mr. B. Adkin brought for 

 exhibition a series of Aglais urtica ; this exhibit gave rise to some 

 discussion on the comparative rarity of A. urticce in 1921, and on the 

 relative abundance and apparent spread in the South of England of 

 Vanessa c-album. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, Heliconius from Trinidad, and a 

 remarkable Erycinid, Nymphidium maravalica, with its supposed 

 model, Adelpha iphicla. — Prof. Poulton, black varieties of the Longi- 

 corn beetle, Gramoptera analis, on behalf of Mr. Joseph Collins ; he 

 also gave an account of some observations of Mr. A. H. Hamm on 

 the third brood of Heodes phlceas from the Newbury district in 1921, 

 and exhibited the specimens referred to. — Mr. B. Stenton, some 

 living Mantids bred from an egg-case taken by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer on an 

 imported Japanese maple. — The following papers were read: "Descrip- 

 tions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera," by Mr. E. Meyrick, 

 B.A., F.B.S., F.Z.S. " Notes on Orthoptera in the British Museum ; 

 Group II, Calliptamini," by Mr. B. Uvarov. — Mr. C. Nicholson read 

 some notes on Vespida, and on a remarkable nest of Vespa vulgaris, 

 illustrated with lantern-slides. 



