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the "Gloire de Provence." Laeosopis roboris, common, flying around 

 ash treng at Yernet like Bitlu^s ijuercus. Very brilliant 2 form of 

 Chri/sd/ikanits hijipothoe from the Aude Vallej'. [.aniinden boetinis. 

 Everes argiade.i. Apatiira ilia var. chjtie, taken near Vernet at a 

 height of over 3,000 feet. Very interesting series of Ar;/yuiiis 

 cydippe, with fine forms of var. dendoxa, and a form of var. chlnro- 

 dip/ie, which has not been recorded previously from the French side 

 of the Pyrenees. Mditaea dicti/inia var. verneteiisix, a constant race, 

 less darkly marked than the Alpine form. Brenthis selene and B. 

 eHphr<isi/)ie, dark forms from the Aude Valley. Melananjia larhesis 

 and M. (jnlathea. Lachesis entirely replaces r/aZat/iea in the Pyrenees 

 Orientales, and the two only overlap in the Valley of the Aude. 



II. Insects from Gavarnie, in the High Pyrenees, altitudes of 

 4,000 to 7,000 feet. I'ania.-^Hins apollo with very dark scaled 2 s 

 var. brittinfieri. Colias phicoiiione. Polyoiiiinatiis orbitnlns var. 

 obert/tiiri, a rare Pyrenean form. P. pyrenaica, a very rare species 

 confined to the High Pyrenees. Jhenthis pales, large and darkly 

 marked. Very interesting series of 2 s of Melitaea didyma, showing 

 variation from bright orange to steel grey, var. alpina. Hexperidae, 

 several species of this puzzling family. Erebia epiphron race pyre- 

 naica, the Pyrenean form. Krebia iiia}ito var. cnnstans; this all black 

 variety occurred this year in numbers, although for years it has only 

 been taken singly. /'-'. styyne with interesting $ undersides. E. 

 fforyiiie, another Pyrenean species. A'. )iielas race Icfebvrei, replacing 

 the L'j. nielas of the Austrian Alps. Epinephele paaipha'e, from Vernet. 

 Coenonyiiipha ip/tis showing great variation, from the Aude Valley. 



Lord Rothschild exhibited a series of over 500 British Arctia caja, 

 including many aberrations, together with larvae, pupae, and para- 

 sites. He also exhibited for comparison a series of Continental 

 European typical specimens and aberrations, and the various Asiatic 

 and American geographical races of A. caja. He drew special 

 attention the Armenian and South Caucasian A. caja race 

 iviskotti, Stdgr., as being dimorphic, the J having white and the 2 

 rose-coloured hindwings. The Japanese race is distinguished by its 

 large size and heavy marking, while most of the American races 

 have red tegulae (patagia auct. plur.). 



Mr. W. G. Sheldon exhibited a series of about 700 Sannt/iripiis 

 revayana, containing all the named forms except ab. xayittata. 



Mr. E. E. Green exhibited a small collection of miscellaneous 

 Arthropods from Ceylon, including a large hunting spider {I'oecilo- 

 theria fasciata). This is one of the reputed bird-eating spiders. It 



