﻿be 
  that 
  the 
  Goccinella 
  was 
  a 
  mimic 
  of 
  the 
  Clythra 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  

   place, 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  always 
  lives 
  in 
  rvfa 
  nests 
  in 
  its 
  early- 
  

   stages. 
  G. 
  distincta 
  has 
  larger 
  spots 
  than 
  C. 
  1-punctata, 
  and 
  

   this 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  mimicry 
  as 
  the 
  spots 
  on 
  

   the 
  Clythra 
  are 
  still 
  larger. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  PouLTON 
  suggested 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  possibly 
  the 
  be- 
  

   ginning 
  of 
  an 
  association 
  which 
  might 
  gradually 
  develop. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  observed 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   Coccinellids 
  emerging 
  from 
  ants' 
  nests 
  in 
  Blean 
  Woods 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  April 
  1914, 
  all 
  immature. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Champion 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  instinct 
  of 
  the 
  Coccinellid 
  

   to 
  lay 
  its 
  eggs 
  might 
  be 
  stimulated 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  

   Aphids, 
  and 
  have 
  no 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  ants, 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  

   which 
  Prof. 
  Poulton 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  understood 
  from 
  Mr. 
  

   Donisthorpe 
  that 
  the 
  Coccinellid 
  larvae 
  were 
  not 
  found 
  indis- 
  

   criminately 
  on 
  colonies 
  of 
  the 
  Aphis, 
  but 
  only 
  on 
  those 
  in 
  

   the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  ants' 
  nests. 
  

  

  Female 
  forms 
  of 
  Papilio 
  polytes, 
  L., 
  bred 
  at 
  Hong- 
  

   Kong. 
  — 
  Prof. 
  Poulton 
  exhibited 
  4 
  females 
  bred 
  in 
  1914 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  K. 
  W. 
  Barney 
  of 
  St. 
  Stephen's 
  College, 
  Hong-Kong. 
  

   Accompanying 
  these 
  was 
  a 
  stichius, 
  Hiibn., 
  form 
  of 
  female 
  

   (without 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  hind-wing 
  cell), 
  captured 
  Aug. 
  1, 
  1914, 
  

   and 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Barney 
  as 
  closely 
  resembling 
  the 
  female 
  

   parent. 
  Of 
  the 
  4 
  bred 
  specimens 
  one 
  (bred 
  Nov. 
  27) 
  was 
  a 
  

   stichius 
  form 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  vestige 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  

   hind-wing 
  cell, 
  one 
  (Nov. 
  23) 
  a 
  polytes 
  form 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  

   small 
  white 
  patch 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  position, 
  two 
  (Nov. 
  24 
  and 
  26), 
  

   the 
  ,^-like 
  form 
  mandane, 
  Rothsch., 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  

   cyrus, 
  Hiibn., 
  ? 
  f. 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  western 
  subspecies, 
  j)olytes 
  

   romulus, 
  Cram. 
  The 
  three 
  first-named 
  specimens 
  afiorded 
  

   some 
  slight 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  hind- 
  

   wing 
  cell 
  was 
  a 
  hereditary 
  feature, 
  but 
  further 
  investigations 
  

   on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  were 
  greatly 
  needed. 
  

  

  The 
  Ethiopian 
  Hesperid 
  Rhopalocampta 
  anchises, 
  

   Gerst., 
  attracted 
  by 
  light. 
  — 
  Prof. 
  Poulton 
  exhibited 
  a 
  

   male 
  and 
  female 
  of 
  R. 
  anchises 
  captured 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  

   under 
  the 
  circumstances 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  from 
  

   his 
  diary 
  of 
  June 
  18» 
  1893 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  evening 
  I 
  caught 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  large 
  

  

  