CS) 
Durban, Natal: May 12, 1902: F. Muir. “ This salamis 
was settled on the underside of a leaf when a bird made 
a dart at it and took the piece out of the wings.” The anal 
portion of both hind-wings was symmetrically shorn off, only 
just missing the posterior extremity of the body. 
Charazes ethalion, Boisd., male: Durban: March 28, 1907: 
G. F. Leigh. Captured at light. Injury just like that last 
described. 
Papilio demodocus, Esp., male: Beaconsfield Road, East 
London, Cape Colony: Aug. 12, 1905: F. A. Dixey. Injury 
as in last two examples. 
THE SLUGGISHNESS OF THE AFRICAN LYCAENID BUTTERFLY 
MEGALOPALPUS zZYMNA, D. anp H.—Prof. PouLton ex- 
hibited a female example of Megalopalpus zymna, observed by 
Mr. W. A. Lamborn on a stem in the forest, half a mile East 
of Oni, May 28, 1912. The butterfly was in the same position 
on May 29, when the right hind-wing was clipped as a means 
of certainly identifying the specimen. It was seen in the 
same place on May 30, 31, and on June 1, when it was captured, 
Mr. P. A. Buxton asked whether, apart from Acraea, 
there was evidence of the distastefulness of the other genera, 
and Prof. Poulton replied that there was experimental evi- 
dence of the distastefulness of Aletis, and that Pitthea was so 
conspicuous and so evidently mimicked by other moths that 
its distastefulness was highly probable. With regard to 
Neaveia lamborni only two specimens were known. Mr. 
Hamitton Druce observed that a second species of this 
genus had lately come to hand. 
Wednesday, March 19th, 1913. 
Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., Vice-President, and afterwards 
Mr. J. H. Durrant, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Election of Fellows. 
Messrs. THomas AtrrepD Cowarpb, F.Z.S., Brentwood, 
Bowdon, Cheshire; Wm. H. Epwarps, Natural History Dept., 
Birmingham Museum; Lewis Gouacu, Ph.D., Entomologist 
