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;a female at Jablanica, in the Herzegovina, on June 18th. The 

 latter was flying over some flowers of the dwarf elder, by the side 

 of the road in the Narenta valley. These blossoms seemed 

 particularly attractive to B. daphne, of which I took a good series, 

 as well as of Chrysophanus alciphron (type), in good condition. 

 When I returned to Jablanica, on July 8th, both species were 

 worn to rags. B. dia I occasionally saw, but seldom troubled 

 to take. B. ainathusia I discovered in one spot only, and that 

 was at Cajnica, where it was flying in some numbers in a hillside 

 graveyard, where the grass was uncut and wild flowers abounded, 

 and where T found growing the largest and most luscious wild 

 strawberries it was ever my lot to come upon. Of the melitieids 

 Melittea pJuvbe was a fairly abundant and wide-spread species. M. 

 trivia I only found twice — one at Cajnica and one at Jajce. 

 ilZ. didyma occurred in all the countries visited, but I find that I 

 only brought home males. I suppose we should call some of them 

 var. DieridionaUs. But the most abundant argynnid species, in 

 point of numbers of individual specimens seen, was M. athaiia 

 var. niehadiensis. I did not find it in Montenegro, but probably it 

 had not emerged when I was in that country, my first capture 

 being at Gorazda, on the eastern frontier of Bosnia, on June 23rd, 

 and after that date it appeared in sw^arms, especially in the 

 more northern localities in which I collected. A fine melanic 

 form (ab. navarina) was captured near Jajce. M. dictynna 

 ■occurred at Illije and Travnik. Of M. aurelia I exhibit a short 

 series, remarkable chiefly, I think, for the small size of some of 

 the specimens, one individual measuring only 29mm. I came 

 upon this dwarf race on the borders of the Jesera lakes. There are 

 two melitaeids in the case which the Rev. George Wheeler, who 

 has very kindly examined them for me, pronounces to be M. 

 ■veroniccc, Dorf., appending the note : " but whether a var. of 

 athaiia, anreiia, or possibly dictynnoides, or a species, I cannot 

 say." One comes from Illije and the other from Jesero. 



" To fill up the case I have brought specimens of a few other 

 Balkan nymphalids. They are Libythea celtis, Polygonia eyea, 

 Linienitis Camilla, Apatura iris, and Neptis lucilla." 



Mr. J. Piatt Barrett exhibited a number of species and series of 

 Sicilian butterflies, and communicated the following notes : — 



"Marbled Whites. — Our friend, Mr. Gibbs, showed us a fortnight 

 ago a series of Mdanargia larissa var. herta, from the Balkans, 

 and I wish to ask him whether he met with the closely allied 

 species 21. japyijia, as I am much interested in that species, and have 



