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  fauna 
  and 
  flora. 
  Upwards 
  of 
  two-thirds 
  at 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  

   the 
  book 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  flora, 
  arranged 
  in 
  alphabetical 
  order 
  

   under 
  the 
  generic 
  (?) 
  names, 
  then 
  follow, 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  named, 
  the 
  

   " 
  Quadrupeda," 
  " 
  Aves 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  Pisces," 
  which 
  last 
  mentioned 
  order 
  

   he 
  divides 
  into 
  several 
  sub-divisions 
  or 
  families, 
  one 
  of 
  which, 
  

   " 
  Cetacei 
  Generis 
  " 
  includes 
  the 
  whales 
  and 
  porpoises 
  ; 
  another, 
  

   " 
  Crustacei," 
  the 
  crabs, 
  sea-urchins, 
  etc. 
  ; 
  while 
  yet 
  another, 
  

   " 
  Testaceii 
  " 
  takes 
  in 
  the 
  oyster, 
  periwinkle 
  and 
  so 
  forth. 
  Then 
  

   follow 
  the 
  " 
  Insecta 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  Serpentes," 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  pages 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   minerals, 
  and 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  some 
  dozen 
  authorities, 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  refers 
  

   in 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  bring 
  the 
  book 
  to 
  a 
  close. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  West 
  exhibited 
  a 
  large 
  locust, 
  Schistoceica 
  pereijrina, 
  found 
  

   on 
  a 
  ship 
  coming 
  from 
  W. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hy. 
  J. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Epinephele 
  lycaon 
  from 
  

   the 
  French 
  Alps 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  coloration, 
  the 
  males 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  

   dark 
  yellow-brown 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  darker 
  apical 
  spot, 
  the 
  females 
  with 
  

   a 
  conspicuous 
  orange-brown 
  disc 
  and 
  lighter 
  antemarginal 
  band 
  on 
  

   the 
  forewings, 
  with 
  two 
  (or 
  more) 
  large 
  unpupilled 
  black 
  spots, 
  and 
  

   a 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  known 
  as 
  hij>inus, 
  from 
  Cyprus, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   ground 
  colour 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  blackish-brown, 
  the 
  scaling 
  

   being 
  much 
  denser 
  and 
  rougher, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  hindwings. 
  In 
  

   the 
  female 
  the 
  orange-brown 
  colour 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  ring 
  around 
  the 
  

   large 
  black 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  forewings. 
  The 
  Cyprus 
  specimens 
  are 
  on 
  

   the 
  whole 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  squarely 
  shaped. 
  The 
  stripe 
  or 
  patch 
  of 
  

   androconial 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  in 
  the 
  litpinus 
  is 
  

   larger 
  and 
  more 
  prominently 
  furry. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  Adkin 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  Agriades 
  tJietis 
  

   (bellaruiis) 
  showing 
  the 
  gradation 
  in 
  colour, 
  and 
  contributed 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  note 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  A 
  month 
  ago 
  I 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Aijriades 
  

   coridon 
  with 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  proving 
  that 
  blue-sc&led 
  forms 
  could 
  be 
  

   found 
  graduating 
  through 
  se))ii-si/)ujrapha 
  to 
  ah. 
  syngrapha 
  in 
  almost 
  

   continuous 
  succession. 
  To-night 
  I 
  have 
  brought 
  some 
  Agriades 
  

   thetis 
  with 
  ab. 
  nigra 
  and 
  intermediate 
  forms, 
  which 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  

   indicate 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  sequence. 
  The 
  left-hand 
  row 
  

   shows 
  the 
  paler 
  form 
  graduating 
  to 
  ab. 
  nigra, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  speci- 
  

   men, 
  though 
  grey, 
  has 
  many 
  blue 
  scales. 
  The 
  right 
  hand 
  row 
  

   shows 
  the 
  darker 
  form. 
  In 
  a 
  good 
  light 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  show 
  some 
  dark 
  scales, 
  while 
  the 
  last 
  specimen 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  

   black 
  and 
  half 
  blue, 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  several 
  similar 
  specimens 
  taken 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Newman 
  in 
  East 
  Kent 
  during 
  1916. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  dark 
  scaling 
  of 
  Agriades 
  thetis 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  