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weeks, by Mr. W. Doberty, in the South-west of Celebes, and 

 contributed the following preliminary notes on the subject : — 



" I have sent for exhibition to-night a series of Lepi- 

 doptera picked from a very fine collection sent by Mr. 

 William Doherty from S.W. Celebes. The collection num- 

 bers about 5000 specimens, and is the result of five weeks' 

 collecting. The collection is a very representative one, and 

 has a fair proportion of new species, although the season of 

 1891 in Celebes was extraordinarily dry, and very unfavour- 

 able for collecting. 



" I have used this series as a base for working out Doherty's 

 collection, the result of which I hope to communicate to the 

 Society in a paper which will be ready to be read at the 

 first May meeting. As I have not yet been able to finish 

 putting all my notes on the collection in order, I am i;nable 

 to give an exact list of species of the genus Terias, and of 

 the species of the families LycmnidtE and Hespcridm at this 

 meeting, although I send them for exhibition. I, however, 

 hope to put everything before the Society in May. The 

 following is a list of the species of all families of Rhopalocera 

 except those above-mentioned : — 



" Danaid.e. — Xectaria Blanchardii, Ideopsis vitrea,!. Dohertyi 

 (new species), Salatura conspicua, Li>nuas chnjsippus, Rava- 

 debra luciplena, Butl., Radena ishma, Tirumala choaspesf ?. 



" EuPLCEiNiE. — I here put all under the genus Euplaa ; in 

 the final paper I shall put them under their proper sub- 

 divisions. Eiipkea camina, E. viola, E. Mniszechii, E. hi/a- 

 clnthiis, E. eiipator, E. Horsjieldii, E. gloriosa, E. eucteinon 

 ^ , E. conjigurata $ (this was not recognised hitherto as the 

 female of euctemon), Naswna celebensis (new species). 



" Satyrin^. — Lethe aveto, Melanitis leda (var. ?? or new 

 species), M. hylecoetes, Holland, ilf. velutina, Myculesis Yopas, 

 M. janardana, M. Perseus/ /, M. Mcdiis, M. Dinon, Yphtkhna 

 lorima, Y. asterope, Y. philomcia, Y. celebensis (new species near 

 Panducus), Bletugoyia satynis, Ebjmnias Hewitsuni, K. hicetas. 



"Morphine. — Amathusia phidippus var. virgatus, Psend- 

 amathusia Ribbei, Honrath, Zeaxamathusia Platenl (the female 

 is new to science), Discophoni buinbus(B = celebensis of Holland, 

 Chrome chitone. 



