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xx., 402), and the varieties of M. polydecta, as identified by Mr. Moore (see 

 Butt, of India, p. 119), are but local varieties of M. mineus, Linn., as 

 pointed out by Mr. Distant in ' Rhopalocera Malayana,' p. 51. 



Papers read. 



Mr. W. H. Miskin communicated " Descriptions of new Australian 

 Rhopalocera," comprising a Delias, an Atella, a Hypochrysojis, a Pseudo- 

 dipsas, and a Deudorix. Also a " Note on Tachyris melania of Fabricius," 

 holding that T. Clementina, Felder, is the male of Fabricius' species, whose 

 type is a female. Mr. Miskin possessed specimens of the sexes, captured 

 together at Cape York. 



Mr. E. Meyrick read a memoir " On the classification of Australian 

 Pyralidina." The families Epipaschiada and Pyralidida were divided into 

 fifteen genera, including twenty-four species; two of the genera (Aylossa 

 and Asopia) were supposed to be introduced from Europe, and nine others 

 to be endemic. Mr. Meyrick supposed that A. cuprealis, Hub., had been 

 introduced from Europe with wheat, in the same way that Sitotroga 

 cerealella, Oliv., had been introduced from America with maize. In reply 

 to the Chairman, who stated that he had only taken A. cuprealis at sugar 

 on oak-trunks, Mr. Meyrick said that he had not bred A. cuprealis. 



Mr. Gr. T. Porritt remarked that he had larvse of this species now 

 feeding on stable refuse, straw, &c, and that they had continued feeding 

 for the last eighteen months, as had some in Mr. Buckler's possession. 



Mr. E. A. Fitch said he had taken A. cuprealis in numbers on the 

 inside walls of a thatched stable in Suffolk. 



New Part of ' Transactions.' 1 

 Part IV. of the 'Transactions' for 1883 was on the table. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



January 16, 1884. 



J. W. Dunning, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., &c, President, in the chair. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts for 1883 was read by Mr. J. 

 Jenner Weir, one of the Auditors. 



The Secretary read the following: — 



Report of the Council for 1883. 



In accordance with the Bye-Laws, the Council begs to present the 

 following Report : — 



During the year 1883 the Society has elected seveuteen new Members 



