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Mr. J. C. Moulton on Plate XXXIY of the 1908 Transactions 

 were precisely parallel to those of the commoner British 

 species of Pierinae. The specimens exhibited, to which many- 

 others might have been added, proved that the argument was 

 unsound. The patterns of Pierinae did not exhibit anything 

 like the same local peculiarities and local resemblances as those 

 of the Eujuloeinae. Col. Manders had also implied that the 

 Mullerian interpretation of the resemblances between Euploeas 

 was a recent innovation, whereas it had been suggested by 

 Prof. Meldola, F.E.S., in 1882 (" Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.," 5th 

 Ser., Yol. X, 1882, p. 417), and set forth in detail by the 

 late Frederick Moore in the following year ("Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 Lond.," 1883, p. 201). There was evidence that Euploeas 

 were distasteful, and resemblances independent of affinity be- 

 tween distasteful species had been reasonably interpreted by 

 the Mullerian hypothesis. The interpretation in this case, 

 although offered nearly thirty years ago, had not, so far as 

 the speaker was aware, been called in question before. In the 

 absence of Mr. Moulton in Borneo, Professor Poulton wished 

 to say these few words in defence of his communication 

 published in the Transactions of last year (p. 585). 



As bearing on the same subject, Professor Poulton showed 

 a male example of the Euploeine bvitterfly, Tronga cranieri, 

 Lucas, sent to him by Mr. J. C. Moulton, F.E.S., together with 

 a large Lycosid spider which was said to have captured it. 

 The specimens had been brought to Mr. Moulton by one of 

 his collectors who stated that he saw the butterfly in the 

 grasp of the spider. They were found (April 21st, 1909) on a 

 post near Kuching, Sarawak. The observation threw light 

 on the enemies of specially defended groups of insects. 



Small Moths captured at sea probably 190 miles prom 

 THE LAND THEY HAD LEFT. — Professor PoULTON exhibited moths 

 observed at sea and sent to him by Mr. F. Muir, F.E.S., and 

 Mr. J. C. Kershaw, F.E.S. Mr. Muir in a letter written on 

 his way from Hongkong to Ceram, and dated December 24th, 

 1908, gave the following account of the observation : — • 



" I enclose some small moths taken at sea on November 29th, 

 1908, about 107°20 E. and 6° N., that is, about 190 miles 

 S.S.E. of the Lower Cochin China coast, and about 120 miles 



