( Iv ) 



" Dr. Carpenter's series is in other respects interesting. 

 It is to be observed that all the specimens are of the ' dry ' 

 phase, some very dry. The Terias brigitta are less dry than 

 the other species. 



" The pairs that I have listed as Teracolus casta may repre- 

 sent a new subspecies. On the upper side they strongly 

 resemble T. xantholeuca, described by Miss E. M. Sharpe 

 from Kavirondo; but the under side is different. The dis- 

 tinction, however, may be seasonal ; the types of xantholeuca 

 were taken in January, and Dr. Carpenter's specimens in 

 June and August." 



Mr. Kaye, Prof. Poulton and Mr. Bethune-Baker com- 

 mented on Dr. Dixey's exhibit. 



Bred Lycaena arion. — Capt. E. B. Purefoy exhibited a 

 short series of L. arion which had been bred up from the egg. 

 After the 3rd moult they had been carried into the nests of 

 Myrmica laevinodis. 



Dr. Chapman congratulated Capt. Purefoy on his success 

 in breeding L. arion, and said that he had larvae of L. alcon, 

 sent by M. Oberthiir, feeding in his ants' nests. 



Mr. DoNiSTHORPE corroborated an observation of Dr. 

 Chapman's, that the ants, on being disturbed, carried off the 

 larvae of Lycaenids, beetles, etc., before removing their own. 



Parasites and hyperparasites of Aphid ae. — Prof. 

 Poulton exhibited on the screen enlarged photographs taken 

 by Mr. Alfred Robinson, of the Oxford University Museum, 

 of the parasites and hyperparasites bred from three species 

 of Aphidae in the Oxford district by Mr. H. Britten of the 

 Hope Department. The species were as follows : — 



