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" '^>/ni/aiiiia ahritptalia comes also from Nyassaland, Fiji, Formosa, 

 Ceylon, etc. 



" Bocchoris insj>e)-salis is met with in the Nilghiris, N. China, Java, 

 E. Africa, Nyassa, etc. 



" Xacoleia indicata comes from N. Guinea, Andamans, Shanghai, 

 E. Africa, Mexico, Paraguay, Brazil, Guatemala, etc. 



" Sijlt'pta balteata occurs in the Balkans, Brussa, Japan, China 

 (interior), Burmah, Cameroons, Calcutta, etc. 



" Sijle/ita (lenujata is also met with in the Cameroons, Transvaal, 

 Formosa, Calcutta, Vladivostock, Tenasserim, W. China, N. 

 Guinea, etc. 



" Ghjpltodea iiidica is one of the most widely distributed insects of 

 the world as it occurs in almost all tropical and subtropical areas. 



" Giyphodes sinitata is perhaps the least distributed species in the 

 box. It is mainly an African species. The British Museum has a 

 specimen said to have come from the Nilghiris in India. It is a 

 most beautiful species. 



" Sanu'odes cancellatus has been met with in Nyassa, India, China, 

 N. Guinea, etc. 



" Martica testnlalis is another species with a wide distribution. 

 Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Madeira, Calabar, Transvaal, W. China, 

 Ichang, Singapore, Fiji, Sarawak, N. Guinea, etc. 



" Pac/iijzanc/ia ])h(coj)tivalis is still one more well distributed species 

 coming from the Cameroons, E. Africa, Transvaal, Argentine, W. 

 Indies, Costa Rica, St. Helena, Singapore, N. Guinea, Pekin, India, 

 Pitcairn, etc. 



"Many other species of this group show extreme geographical 

 range and one would like to know what this indicates. Is it that 

 the Pyrales or the Pyraiisthuc section of them are more primitive 

 Lepidoptera ? or is it that the distribution is the result of 

 commercial intercommunication ? One is inclined to think that 

 the latter is a factor in the problem since so many of the 

 places mentioned are on or near the coast, islands, and areas in 

 direct communication with the sea. At the same time whore a 

 species occurs it is generally quite abundant and evidently has 

 considerable constitutional strength and probably has been estab- 

 lished for many years." 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited the specimens of the rare 

 Coleopteron Ancintnmyclia abdoiiiinolis presented to the Society's 

 Cabinet by Mr. G. B. Routledge. 



