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McLeay., and Mecynodera coxulyica, Boisd., from Australia. 

 In appearance they presented many characteristics not usually 

 associated with phytophagous coleoptera. 



Mr, C. P. Pickett exhibited specimens of Dilina tillae 

 forced from Essex pupa? during February and March. In 

 two $ $ the usual rust-coloured markings on the fore-wings 

 were abnormally pale, and the hind-wings were black. In 

 another ? the rust-red hue pervaded the whole wing area, 

 the four normal green blotches being a deep reddish-brown, 

 corresponding with a form of Smerinthus ■popull frequently 

 bred. A third $ displayed light-brown hind-wings ; while one 

 5 was of the normal $ coloration. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited lantern slides of the specimen of 

 Hemianax ejyJiippiger, and of the OrtJietrum species attacked 

 by an Asilid fly, shown by Mr. R. McLachlan at the last 

 meeting. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a lantern slide to illustrate the 

 collecting grounds visited by him in British Guiana. 



Papers. 



Dr. T. A. Chapman read a paper entitled " Contributions 

 to the Life History of Orina {Chrysochloa) tristis, var. 

 smaragdina." 



Sir George Hampson read a paper on " Apoprogones hes- 

 peristis, a remarkable new lepidopterous insect from Zulu- 

 land." He said that the genus must be referred to the family 

 Euschemonidiv which is represented by the single species 

 Eusch&mon rajfflesia, AVestw., from Australia. In what quarter 

 of the globe the family originated it was impossible to say, 

 but the appearance of the species in question suggested that 

 it was a survival of the scattered remnant of the Antarctic 

 fauna. It was, however, most remarkable that the genus 

 should occur in Africa and Australia alone. The President 

 x-emarked that the wide spread of the Hesperiadte indicated a 

 group to which a local origin could only be assigned with 

 great doubt. Mr. M. Jacoby mentioned that there were 

 similarly divided coleopterous genera occurring simultaneously 

 in South America and South Africa only. 



