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Entomological Society, July 4.—Mr. Alfred R. Wallace, president, in the chair. The Rev. F. A. Walker and Mr. Edward Mackenzie Seaton were elected members. Numerous objects of interest were exhibited by or on behalf of Mr. Meek, the Hon. T. De Grey, Mr. F. Moore, Mr. Blackmoor, Mr. Albert Müller, Mr. Jenner Weir, Sir J. C. Jervoise, Bart., Mr. Tegetmeier, and others.—Prof. Westwood made some observations on a group of very minute four-legged Acari, and the President mentioned instances of protective mimicry in insects, recently observed by Mr. Everitt in Borneo.—The following papers were read:— “Further observations on the Relation between the Colour and the Edibility of Lepidoptera and their Larvæ,” by Mr. J. Jenner Weir; “On a Collection of butterflies, sent by Mr. Ansell from South-Western Africa,” by Mr. A. G. Butler; “Contributions to the Insect Fauna of the Amazons” (continuation, Coleoptera longicornia, Fam. Cerambycidæ, by Mr. H. W. Bates; “List of the Hymenoptera captured by Mr. J. K. Lord in Egypt and Arabia, with Descriptions of New Species,” by Mr. Francis Walker.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 2, 306–308 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002306a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/002306a0