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  blotches, 
  the 
  others 
  with 
  blackish 
  ground 
  have 
  obsolescent 
  markings 
  

   and 
  differ 
  in 
  depth 
  of 
  coloration 
  ; 
  (5) 
  specimens 
  ochreous 
  in 
  general 
  

   colour, 
  two 
  being 
  only 
  grey 
  with 
  ochreous 
  tinge, 
  they 
  differ 
  in 
  the 
  

   presence 
  and 
  definition 
  of 
  the 
  markings 
  ; 
  (6) 
  two 
  rich 
  ochreous 
  

   specimens 
  with 
  obsolescent 
  and 
  ill-defined 
  markings 
  respectively 
  ; 
  

   (7) 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  rich 
  uniform 
  brown-black 
  devoid 
  of 
  

   markings. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stanley 
  Edwards 
  exhibited 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  and 
  forms 
  

   of 
  Papilio 
  from 
  the 
  Malayan 
  Region, 
  and 
  contributed 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  

   exhibit. 
  

  

  I'ajnlio 
  nox, 
  a 
  purely 
  Malayan 
  butterfly, 
  with 
  strongly 
  developed 
  

   scent-organ 
  (fold) 
  on 
  the 
  hindwing 
  of 
  the 
  ^ 
  , 
  and 
  without 
  tail 
  to 
  

   that 
  wing, 
  with 
  its 
  form 
  var. 
  noctis 
  from 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  var. 
  noctnla, 
  

   having 
  yellowish-grey 
  vein-stripes, 
  from 
  Java. 
  

  

  Papilio 
  paradoxa 
  var. 
  cainiua, 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  extraordinarily 
  variable 
  

   butterfly, 
  which 
  mimics 
  a 
  Enjdoea, 
  from 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  Var. 
  awynthor, 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  Papilio 
  ilinneus, 
  with 
  markings 
  

   narrower, 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia. 
  

  

  Papilio 
  encelades 
  from 
  the 
  Celebes. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Chapman, 
  Mr. 
  Hy. 
  J. 
  Turner 
  and 
  others 
  stated 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  

   seen 
  numbers 
  of 
  Gonejiteryx 
  rhamni, 
  Voiwssa 
  io, 
  Ai/lais 
  itrticw, 
  Pieris 
  

   rapa-, 
  and 
  I)iurnea 
  fayella, 
  during 
  the 
  spell 
  of 
  very 
  warm 
  and 
  fine 
  

   weather 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  week. 
  Mr. 
  Newman 
  reported 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  

   G-. 
  rhanini 
  depositing 
  its 
  ova, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  blackthorns, 
  although 
  not 
  

   yet 
  out 
  in 
  leaf, 
  were 
  showing 
  green 
  buds. 
  He 
  also 
  reported 
  that 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  Arctia 
  caja 
  were 
  abnormally 
  abundant, 
  over 
  800 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  ; 
  larvae 
  of 
  Arctia 
  villica 
  were 
  very 
  scarce 
  indeed, 
  but 
  

   larvffi 
  of 
  Eutricha 
  qneicifolia 
  were 
  very 
  common. 
  For 
  some 
  

   years 
  he 
  had 
  turned 
  out 
  ova 
  and 
  young 
  larvfe 
  of 
  numerous 
  species 
  

   in 
  various 
  places, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  subsequently 
  rarely 
  found 
  any 
  number 
  

   of 
  resulting 
  imagines 
  in 
  those 
  localities. 
  In 
  West 
  Kent 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  

   Breplios 
  parthenias 
  flying 
  in 
  profusion 
  during 
  the 
  recent 
  warm 
  spell. 
  

  

  APRIL 
  Wth, 
  1918. 
  

  

  The 
  evening 
  was 
  arranged 
  for 
  a 
  Special 
  Exhibition 
  and 
  discus- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Spilnsoma. 
  

  

  The 
  President, 
  in 
  introducing 
  the 
  discussion 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  Spiloso)iia 
  [sens, 
  kit.) 
  were 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  Palae- 
  

   arctic 
  Region, 
  and 
  even 
  running 
  into 
  the 
  Nearctic 
  Region, 
  where 
  

   one 
  species, 
  Spilowma 
  isabella, 
  was 
  of 
  economic 
  importance, 
  becom- 
  

  

  