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same lot of Aphides at the time, the ants did not interfere 
with the butterflies. He noticed, however, that an ant 
occasionally reared itself up against the long legs of the butter- 
fly, as if to investigate what strange monster had sat down 
among them, but in no way was there any attempt made to 
drive off or molest the intruder. 
Papers. 
“Notes on the Indo-Australian Papilionide,” by Percy I. 
Larny, F.Z.S. 
‘On the Hymenopterous Parasites of Coleoptera,” by 
Ernest A, Exxiotr, F.Z.8., and Chaupe Mortey. 
Wednesday, March 6th, 1907. 
Mr. C. O. Wartrrnouss, President, in the Chair. 
Election of Fellows. 
Mr. Joun C. Mourron, of the Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, 
Wilts.; Mr. W. Scumassman, of 2, Kinnoul Villas, Freezy- 
water, Waltham Cross, and Mr. R. J. Tiutyarp, B.A., The 
Grammar School, Sydney, New South Wales, were elected 
Fellows of the Society. 
Resolution. 
After a discussion, in which the destructive and fatal results 
to our national Fauna, of indiscriminate collecting by inex- 
perienced persons, was commented upon, the PresipEntr 
proposed the following resolution which was seconded by 
Professor E. B. Poutton, D.Sc., F.R.S., ete., and carried 
unanimously :— 
‘That this Society, being informed that a proposal has been 
made that children in our schools be instructed to collect ob- 
jects of Natural History for the purpose of exchanging them 
for similar objects collected by school-children in our Colonies, 
deprecates the adoption of any such system,” 
