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feet. He remarked on the number of Alpine butterflies, some of them 

 in fresh condition, Avhich he had seen whilst ehauiois-hunting in the 

 T^'rol during the last week, and he suggested that in such a fine autumn 

 as the present one, collectors might find more novelties among the 

 larvae of Alpine species than in the summer. Colonel Swinlioe read a 

 paper entitled ''A list of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills" (Pt. 2). 

 Mr. Elwes said he thought all entomologists would be grateful to 

 Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Hampson, Mr. Meyrick and others, for the work 

 they had recently been doing in describing the moths of India ; but as 

 the district of the Khasia Hills was probably richer in species than any 

 other part of India, except Sikkim, and new species were being received 

 almost daily, it was impossible to make any list complete. Mr. Jacoby, 

 Mr. McLachlan, Mr. Jenner Weir, and Colonel Swinhoe continued the 

 discussion. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



The South Loxdox Entomological and Xatural History Society. 

 October ]2th, 1893. — Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited long series of 

 the pale spotted forms of Anjynnis papliia, L. and a small form of the 

 same species, all from the New Forest ; Mr. Tutt remarked that this 

 pale-spotted form Avas frequently tinted with green as in var. valezina, 

 more esj^ecially the females. Mr. Erohawk exhibited examples of 

 Vanessa cardtii, L., V. atalanta, L., V. polychloros, L., &c. being the 

 largest and the smallest he had bred or captured, the difference being 

 very considerable. Mr. Barrett exhibited a gynandrous specimen of 

 Argynnis papliia, L., taken in the New Forest, the left fore- wing and 

 about one-third of the left hind wing, male, the remainder, female ; 

 also, amongst others, the two broods of Vanessa levana, L. and 

 V. c-album, L., lent I)}' Mr. Merrifield of Brighton, showing the 

 seasonal dimorphism produced from the same batch of ova by means 

 of artificial warmth and cold. Mr. South exhibited a specimen of 

 Orthotcenki antiquana, Hb., taken on 28th June, 1893, on a shop 

 window in St. John's Wood, also long series of Pyrausta pmyuralis, L, 

 and P. ostrinalis, Hb., both of which lie considered to be forms of one 

 species, many that he showed being intermediate* and referaltle to 

 either, a long discussion following. Mr. B. W. Adkin, Lencania 

 rltellma, Hb. and L. unipuncta from the Scilly Isles, Mr, Auld, a 

 specimen of Vanessa atalanta, L., having an orange band on one hind 

 wing, and red on the other. Mr. Briggs, a bright blue female Lyccena 

 hellargus, Eott. Mr. Dennis exhibited examples of a partial third brood 

 of Pararge megcera, L. Mr, Turner showed three specimens of the 

 Scotch form of Airtia mentliasiri, Esp. Mr. Adye, a specimen of 

 Deilephila Uvornica, Esp., captured at Christchurch 25th Maj', 1893. 

 Mr. McArthur, a second Ijrood of Boarmia reptandata, L. from the south 

 of Ireland. Mr. Jenner Weir exhiliited specimens of tlie Tsetse Fly 

 {Glossina ««oj-s/^a?is), received from Dr. Percy Eendoll, in the Transvaal;, 

 also a specimen of a Dcpressaria, taken by him more than thirty years 

 ago near Lewes, probably D. aiirantieUa, Tutt, which differed from 

 D. badieUa, Hb., in possessing bright orange-coloured palpi, these in 

 the latter species being dark Ijrown. Mr. Eobert Adkin exhibited a 

 series of Cymatophora or, Fb., bred from larvaj found feeding between 



*I pointed out in this discussion that the supposed intermediate forms were 

 apparently small female forms of P. purpuralis, identical with specimens taken 

 by me with normal-sized individuals at Cuxton. The specimens were wanting 

 altogether in the i)eculiar shape of the costa found in ostrinaVls. — J. W. T. 



