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as it came, without prejudice, and gives a fair idea of the 
relative abundance of the various forms. 
The second paper was written with the idea of pointing out 
the great interest of the forms of Pseudacraea boisduvali on 
the island. This involved a careful study of all the specimens 
in the Hope Department, and, through the kindness of Mr. 
Roland Trimen, I was able to see his fine series. The Island 
forms are of the very greatest interest. 
The third paper is to be considered somewhat as a reply to 
a recent statement by Prof. Punnett that in no case has it 
been clearly shown that small and unimportant variations are 
inherited. It is based on the hippocoon form of female of 
P. dardanus, and it is shown, by measurement of a particular 
spot (not one of the most important details in the mimetic 
likeness) that the pattern of a parent can influence a particular 
part of a different pattern in the offspring. A very large 
number of specimens was examined—all that exist in the 
Hope Department, together with a few of Mr. Roland Trimen’s 
from a locality poorly represented at Oxford. 
Wednesday, November 19th, 1913. 
Mr. G. T. Betuune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.8., President, in the 
chair. 
Wicken Fen. 
Arising out of the Minutes, it was announced that the 
Council had decided to make an annual grant of two guineas 
towards the maintenance of Wicken Fen. 
Election of Fellows. 
The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the 
Society :—Messrs. B. G. Apams, 15 Fernshaw Road, Chelsea ; 
BaRNARD Ormiston Dickinson, B.A., 57 Castelnau, Barnes, 
S.W.; ALFRED OLIVER RowpeEn, 3 Archibald Road, Exeter ; 
Oscar WuHITTakER, Ormidale, Ashlands, Ashton-upon-Mersey, 
Cheshire. 
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