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from East Africa, phanara and ekinhei from "West Africa, 

 kahlcUni and homeyeri from West Africa. This exhibit con- 

 firmed the result of Mr. G. F. Leigh's breeding experiment 

 mentioned by Professor E. B. Poulton at the last meeting. 



Melit^as of the AthA' V GROUP. — The Rev. G. Wheeler 

 exhibited a pair o Melitxa a 'ynna, var. dictynno'ides, Horm., 

 received from Herr Hormuzaki the previous day, and exactly 

 corresponding with his description in "Iris," xi, p. 2 (1898). 

 These are therefore absolutely authentic. They are the con- 

 verse of 31, britomartis, having the upper side of J/, dictynna 

 but the under much nearer to M. parthenie. The form is 

 usually described as a var. of 31. cmrelia, Nick., but this 

 seems unKkely, as almost typical aurelia — a specimen of 

 which was exhibited — are found at the same place, Mt. 

 Cecina, near Czernowitz, Bukowina. It may probably be a 

 good species. A pair of 31. athalia from the same locality 

 was also shown, somewhat small and light in ground colour, 

 but rather heavily marked. 



Experiments m crossing British Pieris napi with Swiss 

 PiERis NAPI, VAR. BRYONIA. — Mr. A. Harrison and Mr. H. 

 Main exhibited a number of examples to illustrate the result 

 of breeding experiments with British Pieris ncqn and Swiss 

 P. napi, var. bryonise. Ova were obtained from bryonies taken 

 in July 1906, on the Kleine Scheidegg Pass, and from these 

 a series of imagines was bred in the spring of 1907. All the 

 females were the var. bryonise. Although of course the form 

 known as bryoniee is confined to the female, it will be con- 

 venient to refer to the males also as bryonias. Some of these 

 males were paired with English na2n from Cornwall, and 195 

 insects were bred as a result of these pairings, emergiug as 

 follows : — 



In summer of 1907 . 

 In spring of 1908 . 

 In summer of 1908 . 



Most of these insects were quite typical napi, only one 



