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insect which was driven out. This Merops, a beautiful copper- 

 red bird with peacock-blue head and rump, was locally called 

 the " fire-bird." The picture postcards exhibited showed four 

 kites (Milvus aegyiAius) hawking in the smoke. 



Commander Walker observed that he had seen the same 

 thing occur in Australia, birds waiting for insects at the edge 

 of a bush-fire and seizing them as they came out. 



Dr. F. A. DiXEY congratulated Dr. Longstaff on his series 

 of P. doxo, and observed that there was no doubt of the 

 specific value of this insect, its scent-scales being quite 

 distinctive. 



Scarce CoLEoniouiDs. — Mr. Alfred Sicii exhibited two 

 specimens, with their cases, of Coleophora triyeminella, Fuchs., 

 and one specimen of G. hadiipenuella, Dup., with its case for 

 comparison. He said that C. trigeminella, first described in 

 1881, had lately been described as British by Mi*. Bankes. 

 Though it had been an inhabitant of Britain for many years 

 it was not brought to light till 1906. This species resembles 

 C . hadiijyennella, but is paler, and the case differs in having 

 three valves and in Ijeing almost entirely formed of silk, spun 

 by the larva ; while that of G. badiipennella has only two 

 valves and is composed of leaf cuticles joined by silk. 



Brazilian Ithomiines. — Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited tliree 

 small grou[)S of Ithomiine buttei'flies that had been taken by 

 himself in S. Brazil. One group consisted of Heterosais nephele 

 edessa, Ithomia drymo, and Leiccothyris aquata, all of which 

 had been taken at Guaruja, near Santos, at the end of February 

 and beginning of March 1910. On February 27 all three of 

 the above species were caught in quick succession, but the 

 total catch of all the species was very limited, and neither 

 species was common nor could be said to be more dominant 

 than another. The Heterosais nephele edessa was, however, 

 usually looked upon as considerably rarer than the other two. 

 Tlie actual numbers of each secured (and every specimen was 

 caught where possible) were //. edessa 3, I. drymo 4, and 

 L. aquata 2. Another similar group but consisting of different 

 species, and all belonging to different genera, was one made 

 up of Pseudoscada adasa, Pteronymia sylvo, and Hymemtis 

 andromica andania, all of which had been secured at Castro, 



