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September 27, 1910. 1 ,S, on mud, forest, h mile E. of 

 Oni. 



October 10, 1910. 1 c^, in clearing, Oni. 



October 10, 1910. 1 ?, forest, 1 mile E. of Oni. 



September 20, 1911. 1 ?, on top leaf, forest, |- mile E. of 

 Oni. 



October 1, 1911. 1 3, forest, | mile E. of Oni. 



Mr. Lamborn's most interesting notes, copied from speci- 

 mens in the Hope Department, made it clear that drinking 

 at damp places was a marked habit of the male P. stactalla, 

 thus supporting Dr. Carpenter's suggestion as to the meaning 

 of the under-surface pattern. _ 



A Family of Acraea johnstoni. — Dr. Eltringham ex- 

 hibited a family of five examples of Acraea johnstoni, Godm., 

 bred by the Kev. K. St. A. Eogers at Sagalla, British E. Africa, 

 together with the female parent. The latter and four of the 

 offspring were of the form confusa, Rogenh. In the parent the 

 hind-wing patch was yellow, in one of the offspring it was of 

 a slightly paler shade, and in three others it was nearly white. 

 The fifth specimen was an aberration perhaps due to starving. 

 It was a small male in which the fore- wing spots were almost 

 transparent, and the pale hind-wing patch much reduced, 

 giving the example somewhat the appearance of A. lycoa f. 

 kenia, Eltr. 



It was interesting to note that the offspring were all of 

 the confusa form, whereas in another recorded family bred 

 at Nguelo, Usambara, there were three of the seimfulvescens 

 or typical form, four fulvescens, one confusa of the black and 

 white variety, and one confusa with yellow patch on hind- 

 wing. Another point of interest in the family exhibited was 

 that though the actual date of pupation varied in the different 

 examples emergence had taken place in every case in nine 

 days after pupation. 



In view of a recent discussion he also exhibited a pair of 

 Acraea braesia, Godm., taken in coitu, in which case the male 

 was carrying the female. The captor, Mr. Rogers, had written 

 to say that this was apparently always the case in this species. 



Living Elater sanguinolentus. — Comm. Walker ex- 

 hibited living specimens of E. sanguinolentus, Schr., beaten 



