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series of Platycleis roeselii taken by himself at Trusthorpe, on 

 the Lincolnshire coast, this year. 



The forms of Leucbronia argia, F., in the Lagos 

 DISTRICT OF West Africa. — Mr. W. A. Lamborn supple- 

 mented his previous account of two families of bred L. argia 

 by referring to a short series of females taken at Oni between 

 April 1st, 1910, and January 25th, 1911, a period including 

 a whole wet season and a part of two dry seasons. 



Of the series, seven were captured in the wet season and 

 three in the dry ; but the orange flush, sometimes found at 

 the base of the hindwing, was not due to climatic influence, 

 as was demonstrated by the following 'table : — 



April 1, 1910. Dry season. 1 female, yellow, with orange 



flush. 

 May 31 ,, Wet season. 1 female, yellow, without orange 



flush. 

 June 5 „ „ 2 females, both white, without 



orange flush. 

 ,, 14 „ „ 1 female, white, with orange 



flush. 

 „ 26 „ ,, 1 female, white, without orange 



flush. 

 July 6 ,, „ 1 female, white, with orange 



flush. 

 Oct. 2 „ „ 1 female, yellow, without orange 



flush. 

 Dec. 28 „ Dry season. 1 female, white, without orange 



flush. 

 Jan. 25,1911 ,, 1 female, yellow, without orange 



flush. 



Three families of Papilio dardanus, Brown, bred from 



KNOWN female PARENTS IN THE LaGOS DISTRICT OF WeST 



Africa (1912). — Mr. Lamborn referred to an account re- 

 corded by Prof. Poulton, in Proc. Ent. Soc. 1912, pages 

 xiv-xvii, of three families of P. dardanus bred at Oni, and 

 stated that he had since bred three more such families at the 

 same place, each from a hippocoon female parent. 



The females in each family were again all hippocoon, and 



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