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Epinephele jiirtiim : (1) $ with pale forewings and fringes, (2) 

 (^ and ? bleached forms. 



Mr. D. H. Pearson exhibited species and forms of Rhopalocera, 

 mostly continental, taken by himself daring the present year. 

 MelanaKiia (jalathea. — Dark var. procida from Digne, and var. leiico- 

 inelas from Digne and Clelles. Erehia lappona. — Banded and pale 

 forms from Pontresina, a striated form from Mont Cenis. E. alecto. 

 — Var. plutn from Col de Gallibier. E. t/orge. — Large var. trinpes 

 from Trafoi and Alp Grion. L. escheri. — Bine and purple 3 s and 

 2 without orange spots. E. icariis. — Notts, 1922. Various blue 

 2 s, some with well marked red lunules, and a fine gynandromorph, 

 left side ^ , right 5 . Melitaea dictijnna. — Light forms from the 

 Pyrenees, and a very light form from Brian9on. Poli/oiiniiatiis hylas. 

 — 2 without orange spots and underside with strong orange mark- 

 ings. Plebeiiis aei/an.— Row of British with forms of var. inasseyi, 

 and continental forms with $ striated form, and a very large form 

 from Vernet-les-Bains. KliKjia spini. — Var. from Clelles, with 

 orange patches on upper wings. Zi/i/nena faiinta. — From Digne. Z. 

 purpuralis and Z. transalpina taken in copula at Clelles. A drawer 

 of M. (liih/iiia with a series of the very remarkable dark J s from 

 Gavarnie, light forms from Clelles and Digne, and several well 

 blotched ^ s. 



Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg exhibited rare South American Lepi- 

 doptera, including Papilio euterpinns from Ecuador, one of the 

 scarcest species of the genus, with a specimen of Pereute henjlUna, 

 a Pierine butterfly, from the same country, which it closely 

 resembles in coloration and pattern. Also rare moths from Brazil 

 of the family Satnrniidae, including Copioptenjx sotthounaxi, C. 

 aemiranns, C. derceto, Loxoloiiiia !<erpentiiui, Ftescj/ntJiia inortii, and R. 

 hippfldaiiiia. Mr, Rosenberg called special attention to the extremely 

 scarce female of C. sfl)ithoiinaxi, pointing out the shortened and 

 broadened tails of the hindwings, as compared with those of the 

 male. 



DECEMBER l&h, 1922. 



Messrs. W. H. T. Tarns, 19, Sulivan Road, Hurlingham, S.W.6 ; 

 F. G. Mann, B.Sc, Chemical Laboratories, Pembroke Street, Cam- 

 bridge ; and John Robertson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.2.S., 69, 

 Bedford Road, S.W. 4, were elected members. 



