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below what exists, as there must be many additional species and forms 

 existing in other great collections of the world. 



At a recent meeting of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, Prof. E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., gave an 

 address, with lantern slides, on "Mimicry in the Njaiiphalines of North 

 America." The Professor was at his best, and probable no more lucid 

 account has ever been given of the probable interrelations between the 

 Liiiienitis group of the Nymphalincs and the Danaines inhabiting the 

 same area. His remarks were illustrated at each point with specimens 

 and lantern slides, and the evidence chosen seemed so strongly to the 

 point that even those opposed to the hypothesis of mimicry must have 

 been compelled to admit more than the usual " There Avas something 

 in it." 



The Annual Exhibition of Varieties of the South London Society 

 will be held at their rooms, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, on 

 November 27th. The meeting opens at 7.30, and visitors and friends 

 are cordially invited to be present and if possible to bring exhibits. 

 There are two things we wish to urge on all those who exhibit, first, to 

 label adequately and clearly, secondl}' to hand full details of their 

 exhibits, and a note of any remarks they may make to the Hon. Secre- 

 taries at the meeting, for embodiment in the Report. 



Five further parts of the Lepidopteronim Catalni/iis have come to 

 hand, (ireoiiteti-idae : sub-fam. fleiiiitlwiuae, by L. B. Prout, is another 

 masterly volume of 192 pages, and what we have said of his work before 

 in this magazine, we can again say with emphasis, the compiler omits 

 nothing which is likely to be of use to an earnest and thorough student. 

 Cast)iiulae : sub-fams. Castniinae, Neocastniinae and I'e))ip/ii{/ctst(iliiuu', 

 by K, W. von Dalla Torre, and Brahinaeidae, by E. Strand, with 

 M('(ialnpyflidae, Dalceridae and Epipyropidae, by H. G. D}'ar and E. 

 Strand, deal with groups not so generally known, but they appear to 

 be moulded on the lines of the first mentioned part by Mr. Prout. 

 Numbers of references, at least all the important ones, are given to the 

 Families, Sub-families and the Genera, and in the species the forms 

 and aberrations are, as of course they should be, included. With 

 regard to the two other parts, Carposinidae, Heliodinidae and Gb/phip- 

 teri/i/idae, and FteropJioridae (we find the author means what is now 

 known as Alncitidae) and Orneodidae, by E. Meyrick, we can only 

 deplore the issue of them, and repeat with emphasis Avhat we said in a 

 previous review, reserving for a future date a more detailed summary 

 of the more glaring instances of " ignore "-ance of recent work, which 

 in the interest of science should be generally known. 



Part IL of the Transactions of the KntowoUxjical Societi/ of London 

 has recently been issued. There are sixteen pages of the Proceedings, 

 containing a full and adequate account of the matters which are 

 brought up at the ordinary meetings, and of which our own report is 

 only a mere outline, and more than two hundred pages of the various 

 papers read. Amongst these H. Eltringham contributes " On the 

 Scent Apparatus in the male of Amaiiris niacins, L. ; " J. C Moulton, 

 '• On some new and little-known Bornean Lycaenidae ; together with a 

 revision of the Thecline genus Thaimda, Moore;" J. C. T. Fryer, 

 "Pupal coloration in Pajiilio polytcs, L.," and "The larval habits of 

 the Tineid moth Melassina enerya, Meyr. ; " H. Eltringham and Prof. 

 Poulton, " On new or little known forms of Acraca :" K. C. L. Perkins, 

 " On the Classification of British (Jrubrunidae (Hymenoptera) ; " the 



