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exhibited on behalf of Mr, G. B. Oliver a picked series of 

 M. aurinia bred by the latter also from North Cornwall larvae, 

 one specimen having the forewings almost devoid of scales so 

 that the markings were obliterated, the hindwings melanic and 

 well scaled ; there was one albino specimen very lightly scaled> 

 and several specimens with an abnormal amount of white 

 markings on the forewings, producing a rayed appearance. 

 Both series were bred this year. 



A MYRMECOPHILOUS AFRICAN LyCAENID. Mr. W. A. LaMBORN 



exhibited two larvae and two bred imagines with corresponding 

 pupa-cases of the Lycaenid butterfly Etdipliyra mh'ifica, Hell. 

 The larvae were found in a nest of the ant Oecophylla smarag- 

 dina, var. longinoda, no less than 19 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. 



The Value of Photographs, even when greatly reduced, 

 AS A Record of Habits, Attitudes, etc. — Prof. Poulton ex- 

 hibited a photograph of Vanessa kaschniirensis, Koll., taken in 

 1911 by Dr. C. William Beebe of New York at 12,000 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 quite 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 be done with a good camera 

 even Avhen reduction was carried to an extreme degree. 



The production of the Spherical Structures on the 

 Cocoons of the Tineid Moth Epicephala chalybacma, 

 Meyr. — Prof, Poulton read the following letter, written 

 May 27th, 1912, from Peradeniya, Ceylon, by Mr. E. E. Green, 

 and exhibited the cocoons refeired to therein : — 



"Your note, on p. xcv of the Proc. Ent. Soc, 1911, has 

 prompted me to send you the enclosed small cocoons of 

 Ejncephala chalybacma, Meyr. The curious little bubble- 

 shaped structures along the dorsum of the cocoon may perhaps 

 be produced in the same way as the bodies on the cocoons of 

 Deilemera antinorii, viz. ah ano. 



