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(i) A series of Hesperia alveolus ab. taras from the Rhone Valley, 

 (c) A corresponding aberration of H. malcoides from the 

 Laquinthal. 



{(I) A gynandromorph of P. argyrot/nonion, right side female, 

 left male, from the Val Maggia, July, 1914 ; the body also halved, 

 the male portion protruding beyond the female. 



(e) A specimen of Pobjowmatus icarns with only the discoidals 

 on the forewing and the discoidals and faint marginal spots on the 

 hindwing, taken at Altmatt, July, 1914. 



(/') A male Pararge maera with the costa of the forewings strongly 

 concave and quite symmetrical, taken on the Via Mala, July, 1914. 

 Mr. R. M. Prideaux exhibited : — 

 Melitcca aurelia and \ both from Wiesbaden, 1888, melanistie 



M. athalia j specimens. 



M. didyma, from Switzerland, 1905, spotting obsolescent. 

 Trkhinra cratrnji, gynandromorphous specimen, bred, New 

 Forest, 1895. 



Strenia clathrata, albinistic specimen, Switzerland, 1907. 

 Two Melanargia r/alathea, melanistie specimens, Rhone Valley, 

 1905. 



A(/n'ades coridon, female, pale discoidal, and silver-tipped peacock- 

 eyes on hindwings, upperside, Oxted, Surrey, 1914. 



Xanthorhoe sociata, banded specimen. Isle of Wight, 1895. 

 Mr. G. Talbot exhibited on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, two 

 drawers containing rare Exotic Lepidoptera : — 



Ornithoptera alexandra, Roths., a pair, and also a pupa case. 

 O. rothschildi, Kenr., a male. Papilio weiskei, Roths., a male from 

 New Guinea, and its ally P. macleayanus, Leach, from Queensland. 

 A similar species has just been discovered on Ceram, and described 

 by Mr. Rothschild as P. strescmanni. P. wciskei probably represents 

 a later development of the older green form. Agrias phalcidon, 

 Hew., from the Amazon. Agrias awydon, Hew., from Colombia. 

 Callithea sapphira, Hiibn., a pair from the Amazon. Perisama 

 eminem, Ob., a very rare species of this genus from Peru. 



Hepialid.e from Australia. — Charagia rantsayi, Scott, a pair, 

 including a tineid moth which feeds on the larva of ramsayi. 

 Charagia cyanochlora, Low., a pair. Charagia mirabilis, Roths., a 

 pair. C. lewinii, Wlk., a small species of the genus, a pair. 

 Xylotypia stacyi, Scott, the largest hepialid, a pair; the female 

 measures over 9 inches across the wings. 



CossiDJE from Australia. — Xyleutes affinis, Roths., a pair, also 



