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this was seconded by Mr. Stanley Edwards, and being put 

 to the Meeting was carried with three dissentients. 



Exhibitions. 



Aberration of Arctia caja, and a British Laverna 

 nodicolella.— Mr. J. H. Durrant exhibited a fine variety 

 of Arctia caja, L., <J, with dark fuscous hind-wings, similar 

 to the specimen figured in Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the 

 British Islands," vol. ii, PI. 72"le. This specimen was taken 

 at Brighton, in August 1915, by Miss Kathleen G. Sherrin, 

 and will be presented to the national collection. 



Mr. Durrant also exhibited a specimen of Laverna nodi- 

 colella, Fuchs, " Stett. Ent, Ztg.," 63, 328-9 (1902), taken 

 at Westerham, Kent, June 24, 1915, by Mr. P. A. Buxton. 

 This species has not been recorded as a British species. There 

 is a British specimen in the Walsingham Collection, and a 

 third in the Bankes Collection — both without localities. 

 Laverna nodicolella was originally taken by Herr K. T. Schiitze. 

 at Rachlau, where he found the larvae feeding in swellings 

 on the roots of Epilobium. It is intermediate between sub- 

 bistrigella, Hw., and decorella, Stph. Mr. Buxton is kindly 

 presenting his specimen to the Museum. 



Butterflies from Waigeu. — Mr. G. Talbot exhibited, 

 on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey, several species of Rhopalocera 

 from Waigeu, and contributed the following notes : — 



Papilio (Troides) goliath, Ob., <J. The only authentic <$ 

 specimen of this species. P. goliath was described by Ober- 

 thiir in 1888 from a $ specimen. The locality of this speci- 

 men was for some time doubtful, until it was discovered that 

 the collection in which the specimen came contained an 

 example of the Waigeu form of P. tithonus. Oberthur con- 

 sidered that this $ was either a large form of paradisea or 

 else a distinct species, and Rothschild formerly referred it to 

 priamus var. poseidon. In Seitz' " Macrolepidoptera " Dr. 

 Jordan gives it specific rank, and associates atlas, supremus, 

 and titan with it. He places provisionally as the c? of 

 goliath a specimen of doubtful locality, which differs from 

 others of the group. This specimen does not agree with 

 the one here exhibited, and may be a new race. 



