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the egg-shell being pale. The micropylar area was small, and 

 the ribs reached nearly to the apex. A number of species 

 of the Pyrrhopyginae illustrative of the different genera of 

 the sub-family, including Sarbia lateizona, Yanguna cometes, 

 Mimoniades perijyhena, Oxynetra felderi, Mysoria acastus, 

 Myscelus foronis, Microceris variicolor, Sarbia Xanthippe, 

 Pyrrhopyge pelota, and Jemadia hospita were also shown. 

 Also Pseudosarbia phoenicicola, a mimic of S. Xanthippe, and 

 Pyrrhopygopsis socrates, a mimic of P. pelota ; in both cases 

 the mimics belonging to the sub-family Pamphilinae. And, 

 lastly, Phocides pigmalion of the sub-family Hesperiinae 

 mimicking J. hospita. 



Melanic Cymatophora or. — Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited 

 a form of Cymatophora or, entirely black with the exception of 

 the pale stigmata, taken at Sunderland this year, several of 

 the form having been taken there during each of the past four 

 or five years. 



New Butterflies from Biak. — Mr. G. Talbot exhibited 

 on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey a number of new butterflies from 

 the Schouton Islands, viz. : — 



Papilio priamus f. teucrus subsp. n. Six males showing 

 variation, (a) The typical form with golden costal spot on 

 hind-wing and discal spots reduced, and in $ with two spots 

 in cellule 6 of hind-wing. (6) Form transitional to cronius, 

 Feld., with only one small discal spot on hind-wing, (c) Aber- 

 ration crowiws, Feld., a specimen with green suffusion in cell of 

 fore-wing, {d) Aberration without gold costal spot on hind- 

 wing and two larger discal spots, (e) Aberration approaching 

 poseidon, Doubl., with gold costal sjDot and four well-marked 

 discal spots on hind-wing. (/) Aberration triton, Feld., hind- 

 wing with three black discal spots and three golden sub- 

 marginal ones. 



Danaida marcia sp. n. ?, with Euploea pyres f. mangolinella, 

 Strand, $, from N. Georgia, Solomons. The Biak Danaine 

 presents a curious resemblance to the Solomon Island 

 Euploeine. 



Idcopsis inuncta, Butl., from Waigeu Island, and its race 

 hewitsoni, Kirsch, from Biak. 



TeUervo zoilus i.mysoriensis, Stgr., and T. assaricai. biakensis 



