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Chrysides, among Avhich were 60 chripostifpxa, an insect, which before 

 M, Jullien found it, was not supposed to exist in Switzerland. 



Judging from the attendance on Saturday afternoon and the whole 

 of Sunday, I may safely assume that the Geneva butterfly week was 

 a decided success. Besides the members of the Geneva Lep. Soc. and 

 the exhibitors, who Avith the exception of Messrs. Oberthiir and 

 Harrison, were in full force, I had the pleasure of noting many well- 

 known entomologists, including Messrs. P. J. Barraud (England), 

 Horatio Querci and Madame Querci (Italy), Guedat (Tramelan), Von 

 Buren von Salis and Major Vorbrodt. 



On the evening of the opening day a crowded room at the Athenee 

 heartily applauded Mr. Merton's entertaining and instructive lecture 

 on " An Entomological Voyage in Sumatra and Ceylon." The lecture 

 was illustrated by a large number of lantern slides. In the 

 course of the week lectures were given by Monsieur Oberthiir 

 on the " History of Entomology and the Discoveries of Great 

 Entomologists," by Dr. Pictet, on the "Instinct, Intelligence and 

 Habits of Insects" according to J. H. Fabre, and lastly, a lecture 

 by Dr. Eeverdin on the " Anatomy of Lepidopterous Insects." 



I should like to add by way of conclusion that such a meeting as 

 this is bound to be a success, bound to be of the greatest interest to 

 all who were able to be present at it. Almost all entomological societies 

 cover so large a ground that it is practically impossible for any one 

 man to take a keen interest in every subject under discussion. 

 A meeting of zoologists must be a very tower of Babel, whereas 

 a meeting of students of one special branch of natural history is not 

 unlike an Esperanto congress, in which everybody is enthusiastic, for 

 all speak the same tongue and have the same ends in view. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological, and Natural History Society. — 

 March 9t/i. — Jamaican Butterflies. — Mr. A. E. Gibbs exhibited a 

 collection of Lepidoptera from the Cuna-Cuna Pass, Blue Mountains, 

 Jamaica, including the rare Fapilin homerua, and fine local forms of 

 Aganisthos odiu/i, Gynaecia dirce, Hynienitis diaphanus, CaliKto znnyis, 

 Adelpha abylo, etc. A New Larva Cage. — Mr. Newman, a new kind 

 of larva cage, introduced by him after many months' experience. 

 It was of waxed cardboard, and he stated that foodplant kept 

 well in it. Nola albulalis, var. — Mr. Adkin, a form of N(da 

 albulaUs, in which the dark brown band was reduced to a dark 

 narrow stripe only, giving a much more delicate appearance to the 

 insect. Syntomid mimics. — -Mr. W. J. Kaye, several Syntomid species 

 of the genus Psendosphe.v and the wasp models which they so closely 

 mimicked, in build, shape of antenntne, legs, colour, etc. Graphiphora 

 augur, var. — Mr. Sheldon, the two specimens of a Noctuid about 

 which much discussion as to their identity arose many j-ears ago, 

 and which were named Ayrutu hehctina. They are now regarded 

 as pale, putty-coloured examples of Graphiphora auyur. Varieties 

 OF Epinephele tithonus and Camptogramma bilineata. — Mr. Blenkarn, 

 a pale xanthic form of Epinephele tithonus from the Isle of Wight, 

 and a fine dark clouded example of Camptoyrainnia bilineata from 

 the same place. March 23r^. — Mr. Stanley A. Blenkarn, of Becken- 



