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insects were loth to take flight, still they were by no means 

 easy to catch as they ran very fast, and even when covered 

 by a glass-bottomed box stuck to the ground rather than run 

 up the box to the glass ; they were therefore very difficult to 

 box. Col. YERBURYalso exhibited (3.) Pamjwtierus germanicus, 

 Linn., from Barmouth, taken on the 27th and 30th of June 

 (1 S and 499), and from Porthcawl $ , on the 3rd of the 

 same month. He said this rare species appeared to be .struggling 

 to keep its place in the British List. Mr. Verrall took it 

 some years ago in fair numbers at the flrst-named locality, 

 while Mr. Dale reported it as taken by Capt. Bloomer at 

 Bridgend fifty or sixty years ago. The second locality was 

 probably the same as Capt. Bloomer's. This insect appeared to 

 fi'equent the marram grass on the .«and hills, and a ? taken at 

 Barmouth 27th June was preying on a beetle. 



Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited specimens of Melitsea deione from 

 the Basses Alpes, M. athalia from the Cevennes, Upper 

 Engadine, Lago di Loppio near Riva, and M. var. navarina 

 from Lugano. 



Mr. H. Eowland-Brown exhibited M. cUdynia, M. athalia, 

 M. deione from Digne ; and M. aurelia, 31. parthenie and var. 

 va7'ia, with M. asteria, from various alpine localities. 



Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited specimens of the same genus 

 from Spain, and Mr. R. W. Lloyd specimens from the 

 Engadine, and eastern Switzerland. 



A discussion on the probable affinities of the several 

 named species took place. 



Dr. Chapman said that he was really very ignorant of these 

 species, but had come to the conclusion that M. athalia, M. 

 aurelia and M. 2)arthenie, and even j5erhaps M. asteria, were 

 local or seasonal forms of the same species quite distinct in 

 some localities, difficult to separate in others. The larvte as 

 described vary very little. The difference of the under-sides 

 in the specimens examined by him was quite within the 

 ordinary limits of variation. His own specimens of M. athalia 

 taken in Spain appeared to differ but very little from the 

 typical British form. 



Mr. J. W. TuTT said he was quite unable to distinguish 

 specifically between vai'ious specimens that had been sent to 



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