(2a) 
from British Columbia; 4 males from California; also 4 
examples of the Californian form of Adelpha bredowi, together 
with 5 specimens of the same species from Mexico and 1 from 
Guatemala. He also exhibited 2 males of the species which 
probably represents the ancestor of Jlorquint, viz. Limenitis 
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(Basilarchia) wiedemeyeri, from Colorado, This much larger 
series supported the conclusions suggested by the smaller 
exhibit shown by Professor Poulton at the previous meeting :— 
viz. that the superficial appearance of A. bredowi and of L. (B.) 
lorquint undergoes reciprocal convergence in the areas where 
these two species fly together, but that where each of them 
exists alone, lorquini to the W. and bredowi to the S., the 
resemblance to the other is much reduced. 
New Species or Bevenois.—Dr. F. A. Dixry exhibited male 
and female specimens of a new Belenois allied to B. zochalia, 
Boisd., but quite distinct from the zochalia group. These 
were captured by Mr. Wiggins in the Tiriki Hills, north-east 
of the Victoria Nyanza. 
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Papers, etc. 
Professor E. B. Poutron, F.R.S., communicated the follow- 
ing observations on the 
Insect AND oTmER Foops or BLackGAME 
contained in a letter received from Dr. F. Menteith Ogilvie. 
His correspondent stated that the larvee of Bombyx rubs had 
been unusually abundant on the Argyllshire moors during 
October (Dr. Ogilvie’s visit had been from the 16th to the 28th 
of the month). The following extract from the letter indicates 
both the excessive abundance and the special protection of these 
larvee :—‘‘ Had I set about seriously collecting them, I dare 
say I could have gathered over 1,000 of these caterpillars in a 
day. We shot a number of blackgame, grouse, and ptarmigan, 
and I examined the crops of a good many of these, more 
especially of the blackgame. The latter species we found out 
on the open moor—very few were in the woods and _ birch 
patches at this season—they therefore had ample opportunities 
of feeding on these hairy caterpillars had they been so minded. 
