154 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Astur holomelas, A. woodfordi, A. shebce, Baza guadalcanarensis, Ninox 

 granti, Graucalus hololius, Edoliisoma erythropygivm, and Pomarea 

 erythrosticta. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant contributed a complete list of the birds 

 obtained by Mr. Woodford on the islands of Guadalcanar and Rubiana. 

 These were altogether sixty-six in number, the new ones being Nasitema 

 aolee, Myzomela sharpii, Phlogmnas solomonensis, Ardeiralla woodfordi, and 

 Nycticorax mandibularis. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London. 



March 7, 1888.— Dr. D. Sharp, President, in the chair. 



Mr. Frederic Pennington, jun., of Broome Hall, Holmwood, Surrey; 

 Mr. W. Crush, of Westcombe Park, Blackheath, S.E. ; and Mr. J. P. 

 Cregoe, of Charleston, U.S.A., were elected Fellows. 



Mr. J. H. Leech exhibited, and made remarks on, a number of butter- 

 flies forming part of the collection made for him during last summer by 

 Mr. Pratt, at Kiukiang, Central China. The specimens exhibited included 

 examples of Papilia macilentus (hitherto only recorded from Japan), 

 varieties of P. sarpedon, and a supposed new species of Papilio ; a series 

 of Sericinus telamon; Acrcea vesta (varieties); Charaxes narcceus, and 

 var. mandarinus (the latter being the" common form at Kiukiang) ; Palceo- 

 nympha opalina, Butl. ; new or unknown species of Lethe, Apatura, and 

 Neptis; and a series of Argynnis paphia, with the var. valezina of the 

 female. Mr. Leech stated that all the females of A. paphia taken at 

 Kiukiang belonged to the var. valezina, the typical form of the female 

 being unknown there. 



Mr. Poulton expressed his interest in Mr. Leech's statement that 

 valezina was the only form of the female of Argynnis paphia known at 

 Kiukiang, and said he considered this fact would probably throw a new 

 light on the question of the dimorphism of the species. 



Mr. Jenner Weir said he had in the course of some years obtained a 

 series of forms intermediate between the typical female and the variety 

 valezina. 



Mr. Champion exhibited, for Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., about 950 

 species of Coleoptera, recently collected by the latter near Gibraltar. 

 Mr. M'Lachlan called attention to the large number of water-beetles 

 included in Mr. Walker's collection. Mr. Kirby suggested that the atten- 

 tion of the Imperial Institute should be called to the interest attaching to 

 the exhibition of local collections of insects from British Colonies and 

 possessions. 



Mr. Verrall exhibited living specimens of Aspidomorpha sanctce-crucis, 

 and another species unnamed, from the caves of Elephanta. 



