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from India," by Malcolm Cameron, M.B., E.N., F.E.S. " Pseudacraa 

 eunjtus hohlcyi, Neave, and its models on Bugalla Island, Lake 

 Victoria, with other members of the same combination," by G. D. H. 

 Carpenter, B.A., M.D., F.E.S. " Pseudacrcsa boisduvali, Doubl., and 

 its models with special reference to Bugalla Island," by the same. 

 " The inheritance of small variations in the pattern of Papilio dar- 

 danus, Brown," by the same. 



Wednesday, November 19th, 1913. — Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. — It was announced that the 

 Council had decided to make an annual grant of two guineas towards 

 the maintenance of Wicken Fen.— The following gentlemen were 

 elected Fellows of the Society : — Messrs. B. G. Adams, 15, Fernshaw 

 Eoad, Chelsea ; Barnard Ormiston Dickinson, B.A., 57, Castelnau, 

 Barnes, S.W. ; Alfred Oliver Eowden, 3, Archibald Eoad, Exeter ; 

 Oscar Whittaker, Ormidale, Ashlands, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire. 

 — The following Fellows were nominated by the Council as Officers 

 and Council for next year : — President, Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. A.H.Jones; Secretaries, Commander 

 J. J. Walker, M.A., E.N., F.L.S., and Eev. G. Wheeler, M.A., F.Z.S. ; 

 Librarian, Mr. G. C. Champion, A.L.S., F.Z.S. ; other Members of 

 the Council: Messrs. E. A. Butler, B.A., B.Sc. ; J. E. Collin; S. 

 Edwards; Dr. H. Eltringham, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S. ; C. J. Gahan, 

 M.A. ; A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; E. E. Green ; G. Meade- Waldo, 

 M.A. ; Dr. G. W. Nicholson, M.A., M.D. ; Hon. N. C. Eothschild, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S.; H. Eowland-Brown, M.A.; and C. J. Wain- 

 wright. — Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited specimens of both sexes of 

 Plebeius zephyrus var. hesperica, taken by him in June last, at 

 Albarracin in Spain ; P. zephynis, type, and var. lycidas were also 

 exhibited for comparison. Also from Albarracin, Melitaa desfon- 

 tainii var. boetica, Ebr., the Spanish form of M. desfontainii, Godt., 

 (an Algerian butterfly) ; both sexes were exhibited. — Mr. E. E. Green, 

 two Pierid butterflies, of distinct genera, taken in coitil at Aripu, 

 Ceylon, viz., Appias libythea, Fab., male, and Teracolus limbatus, 

 Butl., female. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, a large and very variable series of 

 Heliconius doris, L. — Dr. Chapman, some Erebias, showing parallel 

 variation in several species in dif!'erent localities. He raised the 

 question whether this was a case of mimicry, and a considerable 

 discussion followed. — Dr. F. A. Dixey, a drawer containing specimens 

 of the genus Pieris, with drawings of their scent-scales, and remarked 

 upon them. — Mr. A. Bacot, slides showing the development of Plague 

 bacilli in the alimentary canal of the flea, and the method of infection 

 through the mouth, and read an important paper on the subject. — 

 Dr. K. Jordan, some specimens of a lepidopterous larva discovered 

 by the Eev. A. Miles Moss, F.E.S., who, when collecting near Para, 

 noticed a Saturniid caterpillar with black intersegmental bands and 

 long branched spines, a species of Automeris, some of the black bands 

 of which appeared to be swollen. To his amazement these swellings, 

 when touched, quickly slid over the back of the caterpillar to the 

 other side with the hurried motion of a Pyralid larva, and indeed 

 turned out to be small lepidopterous larvae as black and glossy as 

 the bands of the Automeris caterpillar. — The following papers were 

 read: — " Eevision of the Mexican and Central American Malachiidae 



