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OCTOBER 23rd, 1913. 



Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., President of the Linnean Societj', gave 

 an account of the Mimicry exhibited by the Nymphalines of North 

 America, illustrating his remarks by specimens and lantern slides. 

 (See page 35.) 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a collection of the Spldnijidd' found 

 in the island of Trinidad : — 

 AcHEEONTiiNJE. Her»e ci)ifji(lata, Cocytiiis antaiis sub-sp. 



Protoparce sexta sub-sp. paphiis, 



P. diffusa sub-sp. tropicalis, P. albifiu/a, 



')nedon, 



Ambulicin.e 

 Sesiin.e. 



P. corallina, 



P. ocIihk, 



P. hannibal. 



A iiiplyptenis palnieri, 



Isognatliiis scyroii, 

 E. icnotrus, 

 E. crameri, 

 Madoiyx oiclus, 

 Leucorhawpha triptoleinus, 



P. riistica, 



P. florestan, 



P. lefebvrei, 



Protanibidyx striyilis, 



A. (/annasceHs. 



Psei(dosphinx tetrio, 



Krinnyis laasa uxi, 



E. ello, 



Pachylia ficus, 



M. biibastiis, 



He)iieroplanes callionienae, Epistor ynryon, 



E. liiyiibris, Periyonia liisca, 



Senia tantalus, Sesia cecal iis. 



PJiolus ancheiiwlus, P. phnrbas, 



P. satelUtia sub-sp. licaon, P. fasciattis (^vitis), 



P. labnisccc. 



Xyhiphanes pliito, X. tyndarnn, 



X. tursa, X. neoptuleiints, 



X. thyelia. 



Mr. W. G. Sheldon exhibited a series of Plcbiiis zepliyrns of the 

 sky-blue form, var. hesperica, and, for comparison, specimens of the 

 ordinary violet-blue form, var. lycidas, from Switzerland ; the ab. 

 rufoUinulata of Ayriades thetis, in which red spots appear in the 

 margin of the hindwings ; specimens of Ayriades thermites and 

 examples of Glaiicopsyche cyllari(s,ei\l from Albarracin, Spain, 1913. 



Dr. Chapman remarked that he was of opinion that A. thersites 

 was attached to sainfoin in nature. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited a large number of lepidoptera 

 collected and bred from Co. Clare, Co. Cork, and Killarney. Among 

 the most interesting species were extreme light Aplecta nebulosa, 

 Neiiieopliila plantayinis from Co. Clare; extreme dark Luperina 



Philampelin^. 



CH/EROCAMPIN.E. 



