( Ivii ) 



streets of those towns. It haunts damp and shady localities, 

 flitting between the tree-trunks and undergrowth, and often 

 settling on the ground amongst dead leaves. It is to some 

 extent crepuscular, though it is on the wing throughout the 

 day in shady spots. There is no noticeable variation in the 

 insect between the wet and dry seasons. The butterfly appears 

 to be distasteful to birds and lizards ; though very common in 

 parts of South China and fairly conspicuous both flying and at 

 rest, when it closes its wings, I have never seen it attacked. 

 Its flight, though slow and rather flabby — the wings of this 

 butterfly are what may perhaps be termed 'limp ' — is erratic, 

 and it delights in threading its way through thick cover, 

 being a wandering insect, and seldom returning to the same 

 resting-place after once leaving it." 



Pajjers. 



Mr. W. J. Kate contributed " A Catalogue of the Lepi- 

 doptera-Rhopalocera of Trinidad, with an appendix by G. L. 

 Guppy." 



Mr. P. I. Lathv, F.Z.S., communicated a paper "On some 

 Aberrations of Lepidoptera." 



Wednesday, November 18th, 1903. 



Professor E. B. Poui-ton, M.A., D.Sc, F.Pv.S., President, in 

 the Chair. 



Election of Felloivs. 



Mr. John Rowland Cattle, of Nettleton Manor, Caistor, 

 and 59 Chancery Lane, E.C., and Mr. E. J. Hare, of 8 

 Hillsboro' Pv,oad, East Dulwich, S.E., were elected Fellows of 

 the Society. 



Ohituary. 



Mr. G. C. Champion announced the death of Mr. Philip 

 Brookes Mason, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., one of the oldest members 

 of the Society, and on the motion of Canon W. W. Fowler, 

 seconded by Mr. Champion, it was unanimously resolt-ed to 

 express on behalf of the Society sincere sympathy with Mrs. 

 Mason in her bereavement. 



