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A LETTER WRITTEN BY THE LATE COLONEL"^. MANDERS 

 ON THE DISCUSSION FOLLOWING HIS PAPER ON MARCH 3, 1915. — 



Prof. Poulton said that he had received the following letter 

 written by Col. Manders just before he started for the Dar- 

 danelles, where he gave his life for his country. He felt sure 

 that Fellows would wish to preserve in the Proceedings these 

 words of a distinguished naturalist, not only because of their 

 pathetic interest, but also because they were a contribution 

 to the discussion initiated by the writer himself (Proceedings, 

 1915, pp. xxiii — xliv) : — 



" 1 Shareh Borsa-El-Gedida, 

 " Kasr-El-Nil, Cairo. 

 "3. iv. 15. 

 " My dear Poulton, 



" I am off with the Australians and New Zealanders 

 for an unknown destination on Wednesday next, to-day 

 being Good Friday. I am just writing you a line to say that 

 Wheeler has sent me a draft of the Proceedings in which my 

 paper and debate are described. If I had been present I 

 should have said in reply to your criticism that I had unfor- 

 tunately not seen Swynnerton's paper in the ' Ibis.' I am 

 out of the way of libraries, and cannot afford an extensive 

 subscription to scientific literature. I am glad Wheeler drew 

 attention to the object of my paper — that it was in opposition 

 to a ' test case.' 



" Will you please congratulate Swynnerton for me on what 

 I consider to be his monumental paper ? I hope his observa- 

 tions will put mimicry on a firm footing and put me out of 

 what you rightly call a ' dreary ' position. I would gladly 

 jom your ranks if I could, and S's paper is a light in the 

 darkness ! It may put the coping-stone, or shall I say the 

 foundation-stone, on your labours. I am in a great hurry. 

 I shall always remember your friendship more than your 

 opposition ! Good-bye. 



" Yours sincerely, 



" N. Manders." 



HaASE's HYPOTHESIS THAT DISTASTEFUL QUALITIES OF 

 LEPIDOPTERA ARE DERIVED DIRECT FROM THE FOOD-PLANT. — 



Prof. Poulton said that he had long thought that Haase's 



