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Wednesday, October 7th, 1908. 

 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, President, in the chair. 



Election of Fellous. 



Mr. James J, Joicey, of G2 Finchley Road, London, N.W., 

 and Mr, Egbert M. Prideaux, of Woodlands, Brasted Chart, 

 Sevenoaks, wei-e elected Fellows of the Society. 



Obitvury. 

 The decease was announced of Mr, T, Maddison, 



Oxford University Museum Jubilee 



It was announced that the Society would be represented by 

 Commander J. J. Walker, R.N., M.A , F.L.S., at the Cele- 

 bration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Oxford University 

 Museum, on October 8th, 



Exhibitions. 



Mimicry of the melpomene-hiK^ Heliconii by other 

 GROUPS OP South American Butterflies. — Dr. F, A. Dixey 

 exhibited specimens of Neotropical butterflies belonging to the 

 Erycinidse, Acrajinse, Heliconinse, JSTymphalinse, Pierina3 and 

 Papilioninse, and remarked upon them as follows : — 



" On March 1 8 last, Mr. W. J, Kaye, in exhibiting three 

 species of the Pierine genus PereiUe, together with specimens 

 of the Nymphaline Adelpha lara, Hew., called attention to the 

 fact that these species, which all bear a general resemblance 

 to each other, are found together in the Chancamayo district 

 of Peru at an elevation of from 2500 to 3000 feet. He added 

 that it was wrong to suppose that any Heliconius of the 

 melpomene-like group entered the combination, inasmuch as 

 Heliconii of this pattern did not ascend to such an elevation, 

 or if they did, it was only as a rare exception. For the like 

 reason Mr, Kaye thought that my suggestion, made in 1896 

 (and previously in 1894), of an association between P. letico- 

 drosime and H. melpomene was ' an impossible conclusion.' 



" I am of course perfectly ready to accept the testimony 



PROC. ENT, SOC. LOND., Ill, IV. 1908. D 



