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Epwarp Puatt, 403, Essenwood Road, Durban, Natal, were 
elected Fellows of the Society. 
A Correction. 
The Rev. G. WHEELER explained that he had been mistaken 
in some of his observations on Argynnis auresiana, which he 
exhibited on Oct. 16th (see “ Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond.,” 1912, 
p- ci), as he had lately heard from Mr. Powell. The name 
auresiana was given by Fruhstorfer not by Oberthiir, and a 
few specimens were already known before Mr. Powell dis- 
covered it in numbers at Lambessa as previously stated. It 
had also been figured by Turati. 
Exhibitions. 
TRANSFERS OF Butrerriies.—Mr. E. ERNEsT GREEN 
exhibited cards showing the transferred wing-scales of butter- 
flies and read the following notes :— 
The larger cards show transfers executed by Mr. C. C. Gilbert, 
of Ceylon. The smaller cards bear transfers by the exhibitor 
and are designed to show how a useful representative collection 
may be preserved in an astonishingly small space. Mounted 
in this manner, a complete collection of the butterflies of 
Great Britain could be contained in a case measuring only 43 
inches by 33 inches, by 14 inches deep. The transfers are 
firmly set, and will bear handling or transport by post without 
damage. They also lend themselves to close examination 
with a lens. The process is equally applicable to both butter- 
flies and moths. It should be mentioned that the transfers 
consist of the scale pattern only. The membrane of the wing 
has been entirely removed. To produce the transfers, the 
dissected wings of the butterflies are placed between two pieces 
of freshly gummed paper and subjected to strong pressure until 
dry. If the outline of the wing is then neatly cut out witha 
pair of scissors, the two layers of paper can be readily separated. 
One of these pieces carries away the scales of one surface of 
the wing; the other piece bears the scales of the other surface, 
together with the wing membrane. The membrane is subse- 
quently peeled off, when the scales—in their natural pattern— 
remain adherent to the gummed paper. These imprints are 
