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(3) A second parent with its offspring, 18 males and 13 

 females. 



(4) A third parent with its offspring, 13 males and 10 

 females. 



Many pupal cases from which the offspring had emerged 

 are also included. All the female offspring in the three 

 families of dardanus were hippocoon, thus contrasting in a 

 very striking way with the families bred from the same 

 mimetic form in the Durban district. Small differences be- 

 tween the parents, such as the size of the large white patch 

 of the hind-wing, or the size and shape of the small spot in 

 the cell of the fore-wing, appeared in a large proportion of the 

 offspring in the respective families. 



Sixteen insects from the Lagos district were presented by 

 W. H. Hayman, Esq. The series includes Papilio zalmoxis 

 and 6 examples of the Tabanid Chrysops silacca, the worst 

 biting fly of the locality. 



The following valuable specimens were presented by S. A. 

 Neave, Esq., M.A., B.Sc, Magdalen College, having been 

 received from museums or naturalists to whom duplicates 

 from the Neave Collections had been sent : — 



(1) A fine set of 31 Acraeine butterflies from various 

 localities (1883-96) in Madagascar, chiefly collected by the 

 brothers Perrot. These specimens were received from 

 M. Charles Oberthur of Rennes. The particulars both of 

 time and place are as detailed and admirable as in all speci- 

 mens from the Oberthur collection, and the donation is a fine 

 addition to the large collection of Acraeinae, in which the 

 Hope Department, although rich in African material, is poor 

 in species from Madagascar. 



(2) Thirty-two Lepidoptera, including 8 butterflies collected 

 in the Kilimanjaro district by the Sjostedt Expedition, were 

 sent by Professor Chr. Aurivillius of Stockholm. The species, 

 which had been named by Professor Aurivillius, included 

 a male of Papilio sjbstedti, a very interesting form new to 

 the Hope Collections. Professor Aurivillius also presented 



