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trimenii, together with the males of two of its models, A. ane- 

 mosa arcticincta and A. natalica, all captured July 18-19, 1906, 

 at Mangea, near Mombasa. 



Eight very interesting British East African butterflies were 

 presented by ¥.. A. Elliott, Esq., F.E.S. They include a 

 remarkable form of the female of P. dardanus tibtcllus, cap- 

 tured at Nairobi (1893) by C. F. Elliott, Esq. This specimen, 

 which bears considerable resemblance to the dorippus form 

 of Danaida chrysippJis, has been described as the type of 

 dorippoides by Roland Trimen, Esq., Hon. M.A., F.R.S., &c. 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1908, p. 554). Other specimens are 

 a male and female of Acraea asboloplintJia j'tibescens (Nairobi, 

 C. F, Elliott, 1892-3), a fine Belenois, as yet undetermined 

 (Londiani district, 3904), 3 other Pierinae from Nairobi, and 

 one from Malindi, at the mouth of the Sabaki River. 



Eight insects, including British Neuroptera (Surrey, 1898- 

 1902 : New Forest, 1 900-1), and Aa'idiidae from Cape Colony, 

 were presented by W. J. Lucas, Esq., B.A., F.E.S. 



Additions to the Collections in 1907. 



In addition to the fine series of New World insects captured 

 in 1907 and presented by Dr. G. B. Longstafif and acknow- 

 ledged in the Report of last year, the following specimens of 

 the same collection have been catalogued in 1909 : — 



Ten butterflies from Jamaica and ten of the forms most 

 nearly allied to them from the mainland. The island forms 

 are as a rule the brighter. 



Ten butterflies in which the males possess an agreeable 

 scent, and ten in which both sexes possess an unpleasant 

 scent. 



Five Lycaenid butterflies set to show the appearance of 

 a head with antennae at the posterior end of the insect when 

 in the position of rest. 



A yellow Pierine butterfly {Callidryas) seen to fly across 

 the race-course at Montego Bay, Jamaica (Feb. 4, \ 907), and 

 settle on a single conspicuous yellow leaf of Ipomaea pes- 

 caprae. 



