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" Synaposematic resemblance between Acraeine larvae," by 

 G. D. H. Carpenter, B.A., M.B., !\E.S. 



Prof. Poulton, in giving an account of Dr. Carpenter's 

 paper, exhibited the specimens referred to by the author, and 

 drew attention to the fact that there were considerable differ- 

 ences between the females in the different families of Acraea 

 alcioj>e, Hew., bred on Damba Island. A large proportion of 

 the females in some of the families exhibited a strong develop- 

 ment of fulvous pigment along the outer border of the white 

 bar crossing the hindwing, rendering them conspicuously 

 different from the females in which this feature was absent 

 civ] 



or nearly absent. There could be no doubt that the develop- 

 ment of this colour in the hindwing was due to the appear- 

 ance, by persistence or reversion, of t he more ancestral pattern 

 [Ti served in the females of the West Coast. 



cvij Wednesday, November 6th, 1912. 



A HYRMB0OPHILOUB Ari:n\\\ I.i. \i:\n>. M p, \V. A. LiAMBORN 



exhibited two larvae and two bred imagines with corresponding 

 pupa-cases of the Lycaenid butterfly Euliphyra mirifica, Roll. 



The larvae were found in a nest of the ant OecojilnjHa miarag- 

 dina, var. longinoda, no less than \'J being obtained from three 

 nests close together. Numerous other nests were examined 

 but no more larvae came to light. The pupae were similar 

 to those exhibited by Professor Poulton at the meeting of the 

 Society held on March 20th this year. 



Tin: Vai.i i; OF PHOTOGRAPHS, RVES WHEN QRBATLY HEDUCED, 



.\s a Record ok Habits, Attitudes, etc. — Prof. Poilton ex- 

 hibited a photograph of Vanesta kcucJvmirensis, Coll., taken in 



1911 by Dr. 0. William Beel E New York at 12,0<»0 feet 



on the Nepal Sikkim boundary line in the Eastern Himalayas. 

 Although the butterfly was reduced to an expanse of wing 

 measuring one-tenth of an inch, it was <piite possible, with 

 the aid of a lens, to make out the pattern and to determine 

 the species. The result showed that useful work, especially 

 for bionomic purposes, might lie done with a good camera 

 even when reduction was carried to an extreme degree. 

 The production of the Spherical Structures on the 



