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M.R.C.S. Of these specimens, captured by A. Vincent, Esq., 
10I were catalogued, and include some accessions of great 
interest-and value to the Department, such as the three 
mimetic female forms, Aippocoon, trophonius and cenea of 
Papilio dardanus (merope), the two last now received for 
the first time from this locality. Two males and a female 
of a Papilionid, transitional from P. rex to P. mimeticus, are 
also of special interest. 
Thirty-five Lepidoptera, chiefly butterflies, and one fine 
Mutillid (19 catalogued) from various localities in the neigh- 
bourhood of Lagos (1906) were presented by the captor, 
J. A. Cremer, Esq. All the specimens were much wanted 
by the Department. The butterflies include a perfect speci- 
men of Pseudacraca hostilia, a very fine Euryphene, and 
some species of Exvphaedra new to the collection. Excellent 
data accompany the specimens. 
A valuable series of Lepidoptera, almost entirely butterflies, 
from the following localities in the neighbourhood of Berbera, 
Somaliland, were presented by the captor, H. A. Byatt, Esq., 
B.A., F.E.S., Lincoln College. 
From Upper Sheikh, Golis Mountains, 5,000 ft. (Dec., 1905- 
Jan., 1906), 94 butterflies and 1 moth (36 catalogued and 
many others incorporated). The butterflies include two 
specimens of a Satyrine, identified by Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., 
as the Palaearctic Pararge macra. It was surprising to find 
this Palaearctic species forming a member of a typically 
Ethiopian community, and the fact is a deeply interesting 
example of geographical distribution. Among the Ethiopian 
species, the most interesting is a series of 8 Precis octavia— 
5 dry-season, 1 intermediate, and 2 wet-season. These 
specimens are also most remarkable examples of distribu- 
tion, inasmuch as they approach the tropical West Coast 
form rather than the Eastern P. sesamus. 
From Lower Sheikh, Golis foot-hills, 2.800 ft. (Feb., March, 
1906), 79 butterflies and 2 moths (21 catalogued and many 
others incorporated). The specimens include a very fine 
series of dcraca chilo, originally described from Somaliland. 
