106 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



P. Gundlacfiianus, from Cuba; P. Zalmoxis, from West 

 Africa; and two singular butterflies, from the Himalayas, 

 P. Payani, in colour closely resembling a withered leaf. 

 There were also a fine series of P. Parsodes and P. Sesostris, 

 and other South American species, in which the green 

 markings of the male are replaced by white in the female ; 

 P. Brutus and P. Merope, which possess the peculiarity of 

 having the lemale sometimes cream-coloured and tailed like 

 the male, and in other instances black and while, or black 

 and tawnv and tailless; and some curious varieties of 

 P. Me)nnon. In one drawer were examples of the closely- 

 allied P. Deiiioleus and P. Erithoniiis, the former of which 

 occurs in Africa and Madagascar, while the latter is confined 

 to Asia and Australia. 



Mr. Swanzy exhibited some drawers containing illustrations 

 of prolecl-iou afll'orded to some species of butterflies which 

 are eagerly devoured by birds and other insectivorous crea- 

 tures,' by resembling other species, which from their power of 

 emitting an extreniely unpleasant odour are never, or very 

 rarely, attacked by them. Amongst ll)em were examples of 

 Diadeiua Boliiui, which mimics Dana Is Archippus ; Acnea 

 Gen, mimicked by Panopea Hirce ; and DanaiK Damocles, by 

 Diadema Duniociina. The female of Papilio Merope seems 

 to be protected by two species : on the Gold Coast by Daiiais 

 Niavius, which closely resembles the variety of the female 

 that is found there ; and by Danais Echeria, which is rare in 

 that locality, but abundant in Natal, where the female 

 P. Merope closely resembles it. 



Some drawers, lent by Mr. Jenner Weir, also contained 

 instances of the imitative resemblance existing between the 

 DariaitKB and Heliconi(B. 



Mrs. Skeen exhibited a collection of insects from Ceylon; 

 but as none of them were nan)ed tiiey lacked some of the 

 interest they would otherwise have attracted. 



Examples of South American butterflies, including the 

 splendid Morpho Cppris, were shown by Mr. Meek ; some 

 Mexican Lepidoplera, by Mr. J. A. Clark; some cases of 

 Himalayan butterflies, collected by himself in Nepaul, by 

 General Ramsay (these were remarkable fur beauty of 

 condition and preservation, besides containing al least one 

 new species). Some Brazilian Lepidopiera were shown by 

 Mr. Oldham ; a selection of the insects of Jamaica, by 

 Mr. Bowrey ; and several cases of miscellaneous foreign 

 species, by other gentlemen. 



