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during the enforced delay at Darjeeling of Mr. Macaulay's Mis- 

 sion to Thibet, of which he was a member. He stated the 

 number of species occurring in this small district to be about 

 530, which is greater than the number hitherto found in any 

 localit}' in the Old World. Of these the greater part only occur 

 in the hot valleys at an elevation of 1000 to 3000 feet, and these 

 are for the most part of a purely Malayan character, whilst those 

 found in the middle zone are in many cases peculiar to the Hima- 

 layas ; and the few species from the alpine parts of the country 

 at 12,000 to 10,000 feet are of a Euroj^ean or North Asiatic 

 type. An important feature in this paper was the numerous 

 observations taken on the habits, variation, seasons of appear- 

 ance, and range of altitude of the various species, for which 

 Captain Elwes said he was largely indebted to Herr Otto 

 Moller, of Darjeeling. The paper concluded with an analysis of 

 the species and genera as compared with those found in the 

 North-West Himalayas and in the Malay Peninsula. Mr. J. H. 

 Leech, Dr. Sharp, Captain Elwes, and others took part in the 

 discussion which ensued. — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — January 2Qth, 1888. T. R. Billups, Esq., President, 

 in the chair. Mr. Tugwell exhibited, for comparison, German 

 and Welsh specimens of Xylina furclfera. Mr. J. Stringer, a 

 varied series of Hybernia defoliai'ia. Mr. Cooper remarked that 

 while searching for H. leucojihearia during the previous week, he 

 had seen numbers of II. defoliaria at rest on the trees, and it now 

 seemed to be usual to meet with this species in the spring. Mr. 

 Adkin, bred specimens of Ptiloiiliora plumigera, which had 

 recently emerged, and he thought that the cold weather experi- 

 enced at the time the species usually appeared had kept them 

 back. Mr. Carrington, referring to Mr. Cooper's and Mr. Adkin's 

 observations, contributed notes as to the effects of temperature 

 on the emergence of Lepidoptera. Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Mr. 

 Alderson, varieties of Aplecta tincta, Scopelosoma satellitia, 

 Anaitis plagiata, a melanic specimen of Phigalia pcdaria, and a 

 curious form of TcEniocampa viunda, which he stated were till 

 taken in the neighbourhood of Bromley. Mr. Carrington said 

 he had frequently taken this form of T. inunda, and recom- 

 mended sugaring in the earlier part of the year for the genus 

 Tmniocampa, stating that on one occasion he Ciiplured numbers 



