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to the abdominal extremity: it has the characteristic markings, i.e. elytra 

 hght sepia, faintly mottled. I have never heard before of this exotic insect 

 lidvicg been found singly in this country, but believe this is the first 

 instance of its having been taken in London. — F. W. Bell-Marley 

 liavenscourt Park, Jan. I6th. 



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Entomological Society of London. — December ith, 1895. — Protessor 

 Kaphael Meldola, F.R.S., President, in the chair. Mr. S. H. Scudder, 

 of Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., was elected an Honorary Fellow to fill 

 the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. C. V. Riley. Lieut. -Col. C. T. 

 Bingham, of 4, Waverley Place, St. John's Wood, N.W. ; Captain C. Gr. 

 Nurse, of 5, St. Mary's Square, Bury St. Edmunds ; and Mr. E. F. Studd, 

 M.A., B.C.L., of Oxton, Exeter, were elected Fellows of the Society. 

 The Secretary read a copy of a letter of condolence which he had 

 written, by the direction of the Council, to the Entomological Society 

 of France on the death of their President, Mons. E. L. Ragonot ; and 

 he also read a letter in reply from the Secretary of the Entomological 

 Society of France. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a specimen of Mesogona 

 acetosellcB, taken at Arlington, Sussex, in October, 1895. It was stated 

 that this was the first recorded capture of this species in Britain. Mr. 

 G. T. Porritt exhibited an example of Halesus guttatipennis, taken at 

 Lye, Worcestershire, in November, 1889. It was believed to be the 

 third British example. Mr. Porritt also exhibited a series of Mania 

 typica, showing a curious malformation in all t^^e jpscimens. He 

 stated that about one-third of a large brood had emerged in exactly the 

 same form, having the wings only half developed, but with the mark- 

 ings clearly defined. Mr. Tutt and Mr. McLachlan referred respectively 

 to similar malformations in Agrotis tritici and Hadena chenopodii. Mr. 

 Goss read a communication from Mr. Sidney Crompton, of Salamanca, 

 Tenerife, announcing the capture there by Mr. Hammerton of two 

 specimens of Diadema misippus^ a species of butterfly not previously 

 recorded from Tenerife. Mr. Crompton said the specimens were in 

 such fine condition that they must have been introduced into Tenerife 

 in the larval or pupal state and emerged there. Mr. Hampson, Prof. 

 Meldola, and Mr. Osbert Salvin made some remarks on the distribution 

 of the species. Mr. Champion read a paper entitled ** On the Hetero- 

 merous Coleoptera of St. Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines." Mr. 

 Kenneth J. Morton communicated a paper entitled "New or Little 

 known Palaearctic Perlidse." — H. Goss & W. W. Fowler, Hon. Sees. 



January 15<A, 1896. — 63rd Annual Meeting, the President in the 

 chair. The following gentlemen were elected as Officers and Council 

 for 1896 :— President, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert 

 McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss and the Rev. 

 Canon Fowler, M.A. ; Librarian, Mr. Geo. C. Champion ; and as 

 other Members of the Council, Mr. W. F. H. Blandford, M.A., Mr. G. 

 F. Hampson, B.A., Prof. Edward B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., Mr. Osbert 

 Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., Dr. D. Sharp, M.A., F.R.S., Mr. Roland Trimen, 

 F.R.S., The Rt.Hon. Lord Walsingham, LL.D., F.R.S., and Col. J. W. 



