^M XIV 



Heliconius Amaryllis, il. xVuiaryllis, Felder, Wicn. Ent. Man. vi. p. 80, 

 110. 68 (1862). 



Subfamily AcRi^iN.E, Bates. 

 Geuus AcTixoTE, Hubiier. 

 Actinote Auteas. A. Anteas, Douh., Hew., Gen. D. L., t. 18, f. 5 (1848). 



Family PAriLiONiD.E. — Subfamily Piehin-e, Bales. 

 Genus Euterpe, Sicaiiison. 

 Euterpe approximata? E. approximata, Butler. 



Geuus Meganostoma, Reakirs. 

 Meganostoma Cerbera? Col. Cerbera, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. v. p. 83, 

 uo. 38 (18G1). 



Genus Pieris, Boisduval. 

 Pieris Kicaha. P. Kicaba, Reak., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., il., p. 340, no. 9 

 (1863). 



Genus Dismorphia, Huhner. 



Dismorpbia Praxinoe. Lep. Praxinoe, Douh., Ann. Nat. Ilist., xiv., p. 410 

 (1844). 



Subfamily PAPiLTONiNiE, Bates. 

 Geuus Papilio, Limi. 

 Papilio Sesostris. P. Sesostris, Cram., Pap. Ex., iii., t. 211 fg (1782). 

 Papilio Lycidas. P. Lycidas, Cram., Pap. Ex., ii., t. 113 A (1779). 



Family Hesperid.e, Leach. 

 Genus Eudamus, Swains. 

 Eudamus Neis. Cecrops Neis, Huhner, Zutr. Ex. Schmett., f. 619, 620 

 (1832)." 



Mr. Douglas exhibited specimens of the Corozo nut {Phjtelephas macro- 

 carpa), the vegetable ivory of commerce, of which the interiors were entirely 

 eaten away by a species of Caryoborus (one of the Bruchides). A specimen 

 of the beetle was shown with nuts, from the London Docks, which had 

 been recently imported from Guyaquil. 



The Secretary read a letter he had received from the Foreign Office 

 Department, enclosing a despatch from Iler Majesty's Minister at Madrid 

 relative to the steps taken to check the ravages of the locust in Spain. It 

 appeared that considerable apprehension had been felt in many parts of 

 Spain that the crops of various kinds would suffer greatly this year from the 

 locust; and the Cortes had already voted a large sum to enable the Govern- 

 ment to take measures to prevent this calamity, and by a circular addressed 



