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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



August 6th, 1S90.— Capt. Henry J. Elwes, F.L.S., Vice-President in the chair. 

 Major-General George Garden, of Surbiton, Surrey, and the Army and Navy Club, 

 Pall Mall, S.W., and Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, Bart., of Calke Abbey, Derby- 

 shire, were elected Fellows. 



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

 Hufn., a common European and Asiatic species, which had beeu 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 phlaas and one of the 

 " 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, five specimens of 

 Athous rhombeus, Ol., bred from pupa;, recently collected by himself in the New 

 Forest. 



The Rev. Dr. Walker exhibited a large collection of Coleontera which he had 

 recently made in Iceland. The following genera, amongst others, were represented, 

 viz.: — Patrobits, Nebria, Byrrhus, Aphodius, Philonthus, Barvnotns, Chry-sjmela, 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 Campylotcs, West., — ail from the Hima- 

 layas and North-eastern Asia. The object of the exhibition 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 Butter- 

 flies from the West Coast of Africa," and exhibited the species, which he proposed 

 to name respectively Charaxss gabonica and Cyinothoe marginata. He also exhibited 

 several other new species from Sierra Leone, which had been recently described in 

 he "Annals & Mag. of Nat. Hist."— H.. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



CITY OF LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 



HISTORY SOCIETY. 



August yth, 1890. — Mr. J. A. Clark, President, in the chair. Mr. Heasler ex- 

 hibited aquatic coleoptera from Deal, comprising Philhydrus testaceus, P. sutiiralis, 

 Hydrochus elongatus, Cyclo:wtum orbiculare, Hydroporus depressus, H. purallelogrammus, 



