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Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 

 to the respective donors. 



Election of a FeUow. 

 Mr. W. M. Christy, of Watergate, Emsworth, was elected 

 a Fellow of the Society. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Acrolepia assectella, 

 Zeller, included in a lot of Tineidce purchased by him at the 

 sale of the late Mr. A. F. Sheppard's collection, and deter- 

 mined by Mr. Stainton. He also exhibited, for comparison, 

 a specimen of A. betiiletella. 



Mr. J. J. Walker, E.N., exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera 

 made in 1887 and 1888 in the immediate vicinity of the 

 Straits of Gibraltar. The collection comprised about 100 

 species of butterflies, of which thirty-six were obtained on the 

 Eock of Gibraltar, and fifty-eight on the European side of the 

 Straits. Five species {Euchlo'e eupheno, L., Lycmia theoj)hrastus, 

 F., Thestor mauritanicvs, Luc, CKnonympha arcanioides, Pierr., 

 and an unnamed species of Pamphila allied to P. nostradamus, 

 F.) were observed only in Marocco ; while Papilio podalirius, 

 L., Euchlo'e togis, var. bellezina, Bdv., and Pararge mcsra, 

 L., were found at Malaga. The dark form of Thais 

 runmia, L., was observed only on Peregil Island, under Apes 

 Hill, on the African side, and the var. latteri of Papilio 

 podalirius at Tangier and Benzus Bay, Marocco. About 160 

 species of moths were exhibited, the most remarkable being 

 Paranthreue tinnfonnis, Esp., Sesia ramburi, Stgr., Orgyia 

 trigotephras, L., JSIegasoma repandum, Hub. (bred from the 

 ova), Raphia hybris, Hub., Plusia chalcites, Esp., Polia canescens, 

 Dup., Catocala dilecta, Hub. (bred), Anthometra jAumularia, 

 Bdv., and Sterrha consecraria, Ebr. 



Dr. P. B. Mason exhibited a number of specimens of a 

 South -European species of Ant — Crtviatogasterscutcllaris, Oliv. 

 He said that the specimens were all taken in the fernery of 

 Mr. Baxter, of Burton-on-Trent, and had probabl}' been 

 imported with cork. 



Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited a pair of Xeptimides Stanley i, a 



