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Exliibitions, dc. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited two specimens of Chcerocampa celerio, L., 

 captured at Brighton last October, one at rest on a window in the Hampden 

 Road, and one on a doorstep in the Tubury Road, West Brighton. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited a singular variety of CoUas hyale, L., 

 which he had talten last September near Lewes ; the specimen, in the 

 extent of the apical black markings on the fore wings, more nearly 

 resembled Colias edusa helice, Hiibn.; the hind wings were even more 

 marked with black than is usual in the latter species ; there was a marginal 

 series of six large black spots, four well-defined, and within a submarginal 

 row of five black spots, four of which were well-defined. As Mr. A. G. 

 Butler had told him that he had once seen Colias hyale (male) in cop. with 

 Colias edusa helice (female), he thought this specimen might probably be a 

 hybrid. 



Mr. Gervase F. Mathew exhibited a number of specimens oi Hypolimnas 

 Bolina, Linn., from Fiji and other islands of the Western Pacific. 

 They were interesting from the fact that many of them were bred from a 

 single brood of larvae found near Levuka. The males varied in no way 

 whatever, but of the females, of which forty-eight were exhibited, scarcely 

 two were alike, and the difference between the two extremes was very great. 

 Mr. Mathew remarked that he only arrived in London the previous evening, 

 and had but little time to work up the species ; but, from a short examina- 

 tion of the types at the British Museum, he felt sure that several which 

 had been described as new within the last few years were referable to this 

 single species, for from this brood were bred individuals agreeing with 

 varieties from the Gilbert, Ellice, and Marshall islands, the New Hebrides, 

 New Guinea, Tonga, Samoa, &c. The larvae were identical, fed upon the 

 same food-plant, and were altogether similar in their habits. None of the 

 females were found mimicking Danais Erippus. Mr. Mathew proposed that 

 it might be advisable to collect these varieties together, and unite this 

 oceanic race under one specific name. He further observed that, from his 

 experience among the Pacific Islands, he had come to the conclusion that 

 other species which appeared to be merely local varieties had been de- 

 scribed as distinct, and quoted Pleris teiitonia, Fabr., as an instance, and 

 remarked that this butterfly varies slightly among the islands, and in 

 consequence has been desci'ibed as distinct from various places, whereas the 

 difference between them is not nearly as great as between the spring and 

 autumn broods of the same species to be met with at Sydney. Mr. Mathew 

 hoped at some future occasion to be able to contribute further remarks upon 

 the butterflies exhibited. 



Mr. Arthur Bliss exhibited a collection of Lcpiduptera from the 

 Formosa River, W. Africa, collected by Mr. Frank Willcocks, his brother- 

 in-law, who was present as a visitor. 



