192 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
seen large numbers of a Terias from Japan, which are, for the 
most part, indistinguishable from T. Brende, Doubl., Hew., 
originally described from West Africa, but which graduate 
insensibly in typical Hecabe, so that I am strongly inclined 
to believe that this form (Brende) replaces in Japan the 
AKsiope of Queensland. The evidence is not so strong with 
regard to T. Sari, Horsf, typical specimens of which seem 
exceedingly different from T. Hecabe, Z. I possess, however, 
three specimens from Malacca, two of which are well-marked 
T. Sari, while the third, which is much smaller, presents 
certain peculiarities in the interior outline of the black hind 
margin of the anterior wings. Below, however, the quadran- 
gular blotch, distinctive of T. Sari, is well-marked. A fourth 
specimen from the same locality, which must be referred to 
T. Hecabe, while presenting no trace of the blotch on the 
under side, exactly agrees in size, and in the markings of the 
upper side, with the third specimen just described. So that 
I think it is at least possible that T. Sari will ultimately be 
found to be but a form of the inconstant T. Hecabe.” Prof. 
Westwood suggested that the case might be analogous to 
that of certain English species of Pieris, where certain forms, 
—e.g., P. Napee, Hsp., and P. Sabellice, Steph.,—now 
universally recognised as varieties of P. Napi, Z., had long 
been considered as specifically distinct. Prof. Westwood 
also suggested that attention should be paid to the times of 
appearance of the various forms, and the period noted during 
which they remained in the pupa stage. Mr. A. G. Butler 
remarked that the latter circumstance had an important 
bearing on the case of Papilio Ajax, Linn. He expressed a 
doubt as to the correctness of the supposition that T. Sari 
was only a form of T. Hecabe, though he thought that the 
breeding of the latter and T. Msiope from the same food-plant 
was a strong point in favour of their identity. 
Death of Mr. Doubleday.—My inestimable friend Henry 
Doubleday, of Epping, died at his residence on Tuesday, the 
29th of June, 1875, sincerely regretted by all who knew him. 
I intend publishing a short memoir in the September number 
of the ‘Entomologist,’ when some account may possibly be 
given of his vast collections and their future destination.— 
Edward Newman. 
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