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and the “apical forks” were shaded and numbered, in correspondence with 
their homologies. 
Mr. Meldola communicated the following note on a remarkable case of 
mimicry observed by Dr. Fritz Miller:—‘I have just reared from the 
caterpillar state ten specimens (being five males and five females) of Hweides 
pavana. This is one of our rarest butterflies, and I think I have not yet 
caught more than half-a-dozen, all of which were females. These resemble 
Acrea Thalia so closely that before they are caught they can be distinguished 
only by the club of the antenne being yellow, while it is black in Acrea. 
Now in the male of Eueides pavana the club of the antenne is black also, 
and this has no doubt been the cause of my never catching any male. 
I know of no other case in which the males of a mimicking butterfly 
resemble more closely the mimicked one than the females do, while the 
inverse is well known to be of rather frequent occurrence.” 
Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a paper “On the Lepidoptera of the 
Amazons collected by Dr. James W. H. Trail during the years 1873 to 
1875. Part iii., Noctuites.” 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse communicated a “ Description of a new Genus 
and Species of Rhyncophorous Coleoptera allied to Sipalus found in an 
Orchid-house.” 
Mr. F. Moore communicated ‘‘ Descriptions of the Species of the Lepi- 
dopterous Genus Kallima.” 
Part iv. of the ‘ Transactions’ for 1878 was on the table; as were also 
copies of the President’s Anniversary Address delivered at the last Meeting, 
for distribution —R. Meipora, Hon. Secretary. 
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Wanderings in South America. By Cuartes Waterton. New 
Edition, with Biographical Introduction and Explanatory 
Index, by the Rev. J. G. Woop. With one hundred illus- 
trations. London: Macmillan & Co. 1879. 
So many years have elapsed since the last edition of this very 
entertaining book was published, and second-hand copies have 
become so difficult to procure, that the appearance of the hand- 
some new edition just issued by Messrs. Macmillan is as well- 
timed as it is welcome. If the illustrations which it contains 
are not invariably accurate, we must at least admit that as 
regards type and paper the volume is in every way worthy of the 
subject matter of the work, and of the well-known house from 
