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Phryxus livornica at Merton, Surrey, on May 15th.— Various reports 

 were made of the occurrence of Golias croceus (cdusa) on the N. 

 Downs, etc. 



June 22nd.— Mr. E. J. Bunnett, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.— 

 Mr. Staniland exhibited Pterognathus gigas and Archon centaurus 

 (Col.) from the Gold Coast.— Mr. Withycombe, the Neuroptera ( 1) 

 Osmylus chrysops alive with its larva, (2) Sialis lutaria and a living 

 larva, (3) Ithone fusca from Australia and a preserved larva, (4) 

 Psychopsis leonina from Africa and a preserved larva from Australia-, 

 and (5) Stenosmylus excisus from New Zealand, and gave notes on 

 their life-histories. — Mr. Buckhurst, Hesperia malvae ab. taras from 

 Effingham. — Mr. Goodman, aberrations of Parnassius apollo much 

 approaching P. delius, from St. Martin Vesubie, P. delius with 

 sparser markings than usual, and a Parnassius with characters 

 intermediate between delius and apollo suggestive of a natural 

 hybrid. — Mr. Syms, a larva of Ruralis betulae and a larva of 

 Anthophagus vacca (Col.) in its cell for pupation. — H. ,J. Turner, 

 Hon, Sec. 



OBITUARY. 

 H. H. C. J. Druce. 



Son of Herbert Druce, whose writings were concerned chiefly 

 with Heterocera, Hamilton Druce, stimulated no doubt by his father's 

 collections, early evinced a keen interest in Lepidoptera, which 

 developed into a specialisation on the Lycaenidae and Hesperidae. 

 His papers, of which the earliest was published in February, 1887, in 

 the ' Ent. Mo. Mag.' (vol. xxiii, p. 203), at the age of nineteen, were 

 numerous, but confined almost entirely to his favourite families. 

 Included in them are : "A Monograph of the Genus Ilypochrfisops " 

 ('Trans. Ent. Soc.,' 1891); "A Eevision of the Genus Iolaus" 

 (' Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.' (6) vol. viii, 1891) ; "The Lycaenidae of the 

 Solomon Isles " (' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' 1891) ; " Lycaenidae of the S. 

 Pacific Isles (' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' 1892) ; " A Monograph of the Genus 

 Thysonotis " (' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' 1893, in collaboration with Bethune 

 Baker) ; " A Monograph of Bornean Lycaenidae " (' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' 

 1895), with additions in the same publication in 189G ; and a long 

 and valuable paper on " Neotropical Lycamidie " in ' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' 

 1907. A large number of shorter papers appeared from him, mainly 

 in the ' Annals," the ' Ent. Mo. Mag.,' the ' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' and the 

 'Trans. Ent. Soc.,' the last being in the 'Annals' for March, L913. 

 His only separately published work was a small but very valuable 

 volume containing photographic reproductions of many of the type- 

 specimens of Lycaenidas in the Berlin Museum, but he was, until 

 forced to give up on account of ill-health, actively engaged in 

 completing the volumes on Bhopalocera in the Fauna of British 

 India Series. His collections are now in the Hill Museum, Wit Icy. 

 having been purchased by Mr. J. J. Joicey some three or four 

 years ago. 



