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tion of modern aviation. He said it was one of the oldest works 

 dealing with the subject. 



Capt. B. S. Curwen exhibited short series or examples of Coscinia 

 striata and ab. inelanoptera in which the hindwing has the cilia only 

 orange; Coficinia cribnini and ab. Candida, in which theforewings have 

 only a few spots, both forms from Switzerland; Utetheixa pnlchella, 

 from Gibraltar; Pat asetnia jilantaginis with ab. hospita, with ground 

 colour of hindwings white, and ab. niatronalis, with hindwings 

 black, and orange markings confined to the terminal area ; and 

 Orodeinnias (Apantesis) quemelii, from Zermatt. 



Mr. Sperring exhibited an example of Pieris napi, in which the 

 underside of the hindwings had unusually pale markings for a 

 British specimen. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a series of Melanatt/ia pheiKsa from 

 near Palermo, Sicily, including several specimens of the rare ab, 

 plesaura, in which eye-spots on both upper and undersides of the 

 hindwings were either completely wanting, or only represented by 

 very slight traces, together with a short series of the closely-allied 

 M. syllins from Hyeres, of which some authors considered M. 

 pherusa to be only a local race. Although the two are very similar, 

 the distinctions seem to be definite. In 3/. pherasa the discoidal 

 cell of the forewings is divided by a black tongue-shaped 

 blotch, which in M. syllins was nearer the discoidal spot. 

 The eye-spots (upperside) were always less expressed in the hind- 

 wings of J/, pherusa, and in the male unpupilled. The outer 

 margin of the hindwings was always distinctly less marked with 

 black. On the underside of the forewing the discoidal spot is a 

 circle with a tail like a capital Q in J\L pherusa. The buff colour 

 of the veining is much paler, and much narrower, and not divided 

 by a narrow thread line of light ground, which is almost invariably 

 present in M. syllins. The female of 2f. pherusa has larger eye- 

 spots, often pupilled. It will be remembered that the late Mr. J. 

 Piatt Barrett on several occasions sought M. pherusa, but with scant 

 success. He agreed with M. Oberthiir's opinion that there was only 

 one species. As to their genitalia he knew nothing. 



Mr. Turner also exhibited a few species of butterflies sent to him 

 in a letter from Palestme by our member Mr. H. W. Andrews. It 

 included Colias editsa and Anthocharis helemia from near Jaft'a, and 

 from the Jordan valley ; Teracolus fausta, with its ab. imuiaculata, a 

 non-European Pierid of a genus whose dominance is in Africa ; 

 Zizera yalba, a very small Lycaenid abundant in many parts of the 

 near east; Polyommatus icarus (?), Chrysophanus thersatiion, a 



