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race from Khainba Youg, reriti/i from Burma and Yunnan, rhiiu'iii^is 

 from China, liippocraUx, a race remarkable for its large size and 

 dark colour from Japan, kamtsc/iadaliis from Kamschatka, an 

 unnamed race from Arctic Sibt-ria, and aliaska from Alaska 

 Territory. It was stated that the last three races were extremely 

 rare. From Corsica and Sardinia the allied species P. Jiosjiihni was 

 shown, with its larva which is so similar to the larva of the saharae 

 race of P. machaon. The]other allied species shown were P. zeUcaon 

 from California, P. hairdi from Colorado with its racial forms /^r/((v/ 

 from Colorado, orei/onia from Oregon and 7iitia from Alberta. It 

 was stated that the forms of P. bairdi were connecting links 

 between P. mochaon and P. pobjxenes; typical hairdi resenjbling the 

 asterius form of P. pohixenes while the form hntcei resembles a large 

 iiiachaon ; and the hollandi form of hairdi from Arizona is a 

 complete mixture of the characters of P. machaon and P. jiohjxcnes 

 race asterius. P. indra from N, California and its rsicepergivinis from 

 S. California. /'. pobjxenes from Cuba with its races, asterius from 

 the United States, Mexico and Guatemala, hrericanda from 

 Newfoundland, stahilis from Costa Rica (yellow bands broad), and 

 americiis, from the Andes of Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela, 

 with its two dimorphic forms, narrow and broad banded. Attention 

 was drawn to a unique aberration of the race aster i its, in which the 

 underside of one hindwing resembled the famous ab. calverlyi. The 

 two forms of /'. iiitra which occur alongside P. bairdi and 

 P. zelicaon must be considered as a distinct species for the present. 



Mr. H. A Leeds exhibited a large number of aberrations of 

 British Lepidoptera, taken during the past season, including 

 Agriades coridoii ab. /lallida, ab. ohsoleta, etc. ; Polyommatus 

 icariis, ab. (jlouierata-suhobsoleta (each wing with 3 spots only and 

 close together, basal, discoidal and submedian), a pale pearly blue 

 form, etc. ; Epinephele jiirtina two xanthia aberrations, one having 

 quite two thirds of the wing area strongly whitish; Melauart/ia 

 tjalathea ab. procida forms, etc. ; Hesperia iiialrae ab. with extended 

 white markings; Pararqe iiiei/era with an extra spot on the fore- 

 wings; ^r/c/a /;(rt/rj7i with additional spots between the submedian 

 and discoidal; liitinicia phlaeas ab. n/nifa, ab. parvipnncta, ab. 

 ohliterata, an aberration with hindwings very strongly suffused with 

 brassy colour, the dark pattern (usually obliterated by the ordinary 

 black scaling) shewing distinctly, and many combinations of named 

 aberrations of the species. 



Mr. C. Nicholson exhibited Sirex (jirjas from Aberdeen, two of 



