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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON. 



November 3, 1886. — Robert M'Lachlan, Esq., E.R.S., President in the 

 chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Eellows, viz., Mr. Peter Cameron, of 

 Sale, Cheshire ; Mr. E. Archer, of Crosby, Liverpool ; Mr. H. J. S. Pryer, 

 of Yokohama, Japan ; Mr. H. Norris, of St. Ives, Hunts ; Mr. N. P. Eenwick, 

 of Surbiton Hill ; Mr. John Brown, of Cambridge ; Mr. J. P. Tutt, of 

 Westcombe Park. Blackheath ; and Mr. A, P. Green, of Colombo, Ceylon. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton exhibited a mass of minute crystals of formate of lead, 

 caused by the action of the secretion of the larva of Dicranura vinula upon 

 suboxide of lead. He stated that a single drop of the secretion had produced 

 the crystals which were exhibited ; and he called attention to the excessively 

 high percentage of formic acid which must be present in the secretion, and 

 to the pain, and probable danger, which would result from being struck in 

 the eye by the fluid which the larva had the power of ejecting to a considerable 

 distance. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. White, Kirby, Slater and 

 others took part. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Laphygma exigua, recently captured 

 by Mr. Rogers in the Isle of Wight. 



Mr. W. E. Kirby exhibited, and read notes on, a specimen of Perilampus 

 maurus, Walk., recently bred by Mr. Walter de Rothschild from Anthercea 

 tirrhea, Cram., one of the rarer South African Saturnidse. 



Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited a number of specimens of Xanthia fulvago 

 (ceragoj, somewhat remarkable in their variation, and showing a nicely gradu- 

 ated series, extending from the pale variety flavescem of Esper, to an almost 

 melanic form. 



Mr. Boyd exhibited, and made remarks on, the larva of a species of 

 Ornithoptera from New Guinea. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited a series of Banhia argentula collected by him in 

 Cambridgeshire, in J une last ; and also, for comparison, a series of specimens 

 of the same species taken at Killarney in June, 1877. It appeared that the 

 Irish form of the species was larger and more brightly coloured than the 

 English form. 



Mr. Eland Shaw exhibited a female specimen of JDectitus verrucivorus 

 (Linn.), taken in July last, at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. 



Mr. Waterhouse recorded the recent capture of Deiopeia pulcliella at 

 Ramsgate, by Mr. Buekmaster ; and the capture of Anosia plexippus at 

 Gibraltar was also announced. 



