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Mr. Rothschild also exhibited a species of Papilio [Troides) 

 recently described by himself as Troides allottei (Novit. Zool. 

 vol. xxi. p. 275, July 1914) from Bougainville. This insect 

 is remarkable as combining the characters of the victoriae and 

 priamus sections of Troides. 



Paper. 



The following paper was read : — 



" New Butterflies and a Moth from Biak," by J. J. Joicey, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., and A. Noakes, F.E.S. 



Wednesday, March 3rd, 1915. 



Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Election of Fellow. 



Prof. Wm. Blaxland Benham, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, was elected a 

 Fellow of the Society. 



Exhibition. 



Brenthis pales and arsilache from Norway. — Mr. 

 P. A. Buxton exhibited a short series of B. pales and B. 

 arsilache from Lesjevaerk and Surendal, Central Norway, 

 the former having been taken at an altitude of 3000 to 4000 ft., 

 the latter from 1000 to 3000 ft., where the two forms certainly 

 overlapped. He said that without expressing any view on 

 the specific identity or otherwise of the two insects it was 

 interesting to note that Mr. Wheeler, to whom he had sub- 

 mitted them, had separated them without reference to the 

 locality labels, which had confirmed his opinion. B. pales had 

 not occurred above 4000 ft., whether in consequence of the 

 climate, or of the absence of the food-plants at a higher 

 elevation, he was unable to say. Two of the pales were very 

 small, and while one was, as is often the case with very small 



