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small warblers which frequent the oak woods, and in such situations the 

 Willow Wren appears to feed its young almost exclusively on this insect. — 

 G. H. Caton Haigh (Grainsby Hall, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire). 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, 



Entomological Society of London. 



August 6, 1890. — Capt. Henry J. Elwes, F.L.S., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. 



Major-General George Carden, of Surbiton, Surrey, and the Army and 

 Navy Club, Pall Mall, S.W. ; and Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, Bart., of 

 Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, were elected Fellows. 



Prof. Meldola exhibited a male specimen of Polyommatus (Chrysophanus) 

 dorilis, Hufn., a common European and Asiatic species, which had been 

 taken at Lee, near Ilfracombe, in August, 1887, by Mr. Latter. At the 

 time of its capture Mr. Latter supposed the specimen to be a hybrid 

 between Polyommatus phi oeas and one of the M Blues," and had only recently 

 identified it as belonging to a well-known species. Mr. Stainton, Mr. Jenner 

 Weir, and Colonel Swinhoe made some remarks on the specimen, and 

 commented on the additions to the list of butterflies captured in the United 

 Kingdom which had been made of late years. 



Mr. W. F. H. Blandford exhibited, and made remarks on, four specimens 

 of Athous rhombeus, 01., bred from pupae, recently collected by himself in 

 the New Forest. 



The Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited a large collection of Coleoptera which 

 he had recently made in Iceland. The following genera, amongst others, 

 were represented, viz. : — Patrobus, Nebria, Byrrhus, Aphodius, Philonthus, 

 Barynotus, Chrysomela, Agabus, Creophilus, and Carabus. Mr. Champion, 

 Dr. Sharp, and the Chairman made some remarks on the collection. 



Capt. Elwes exhibited three species of the genus Atossa, Moore, three 

 of the genus Elcysma, Butl., and three of the genus Campylotes, West., — 

 all from the Himalayas and North eastern Asia. The object of the exhibi- 

 tion was to illustrate the remarkable differences of venation in these closely - 

 allied forms of the same family. Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Warren, Mr. Moore, 

 and others took part in the discussion which ensued. 



Mr. P. Crowley read a paper entitled " Descriptions of two new species 

 of Butterflies from the West Coast of Africa," and exhibited the species, 

 which he proposed to name respectively Charaxes gabonica and Cymothoe 

 marginata. He also exhibited several other new species from Sierra Leone, 

 which had been recently described in the 'Annals & Mag. of Nat. Hist.' — 

 H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



