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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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Reports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



April yd, 1889.— Mr. F - Du-Cane-Godman, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. 



Mr. A. Cant, of 93, Robert Street, Regent's Park, N.W. ; Mr. C. Cave, of 13, 

 Lowndes Square, S.W. ; Mr. N. F. Dobree, of The New Walk, Beverley ; Mr. J. 

 Harrison, of Gawber Road, Barnsley ; Mr. S. L. Mosley, of Beaumont Park, 

 Huddersfield ; and Mr. B. G. Nevinson, M.A., F.Z.S., of 6, Tite Street, Chelsea, 

 S.W., were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Osbert Salvin exhibited specimens of Omithoptera trojana, Staud., and 0. 

 plateni, Staud., received from Dr. Staudinger, and obtained in Palawan, an island 

 between Borneo and the Philippines. He remarked that Omithoptera trojana was 

 allied to 0. brookiana, Wall. 



Mr. R. M'Lachlan exhibited, and made remarks on, seven examples of JEschna 

 borealis, Zett., a little-known species of European Dragonfly. He said that some of 

 the specimens were captured by himself at Rannoch, Scotland, in June, 1865, when 

 he was accompanied by Dr. Sharp and the late Mr. E. C. Rye. The other speci- 

 mens were taken in Lulea, North Sweden, and the Upper Engadine (5000 — 6000 ft.), 

 in Switzerland. 



Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher exhibited specimens of Agrotis pyrophila from various 

 localities, Including two from Portland, three from Forres of a smaller and darker 

 form taken by Mr. Salvage last year, and a melanic specimen from Stornaway, at 

 first supposed to belong to A. lucernea, but which, on closer examination was seen to 

 be referable to this species. He also exhibited series of Triphana orbona from Stor- 

 noway and Forres, and T. subsequa from Forres and the New Forest. The speci- 

 mens of T. subsequa from Forres were more distinctly and richly marked than those 

 from the New Forest, and were also rather more variable in colour. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of Proculus goryi, Kaup, found by Mr. Champion 

 in Guatemala, prepared to show the rudimentary wings under the soldered elytra. 

 Dr. Sharp called attention to the existence of a peculiar articulated papilla at the 

 base of one of the mandibles; and he also showed sections of the head of Neleus 

 interruptus displaying this papilla, as well as the articulated teeth on the mandibles. 



The Rev. Canon Fowler exhibited specimens of Agapanthia lineatocollis, Don, and 

 remarked that they were able to produce a distinct stridulation by the movement of 

 the head against the prothorax, and of the hinder part of the prothorax against the 

 mesothorax ; they were also able to produce an unpleasant scent. He further 

 remarked that Dr. Chapman had lately informed him that Erirrhinus maculatus, F., 

 had the power of stridulating strongly developed. He also exhibited a specimen 

 of Barynotus, taken in Norfolk, which was apparently an abnormal example of 

 B. obscurus. 



Mr. Edward Saunders exhibited, on behalf of Mr. G. A. J. Rothney, in illustra- 

 tion of his paper on Indian Ants, specimens of the following : — Camponotus compressu s 



