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living in the Society's Gardens, which had been presented to the collection 

 by the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk. 



A communication was read from Mr. J. H. Leech, containing an account 

 of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of Japan and Gorea, based on a collection 

 recently made by tlie author during a recent entomological expedition to 

 those countries. The total number of species in Mr. Leech's list was 155. 

 In Japan Mr. Leech had discovered one new species, Papilio mikado, and 

 in Corea four others. 



Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe gave an account of a second collection of birds 

 formed by Mr. L. Wray in the mountains of Perak, Malay Peninsula. This 

 collection contained examples of about fifty species, of which ten were 

 described as new to science. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes pointed out the characters of some new species of 

 Dinrual Lepidoptera, specimens of which had been obtained by him during 

 his recent visit to Sikkim. 



A communication was read from Mr. Lionel de Niceville, containing an 

 account of some new or little-known Indian Butterflies. — P. L. Sclater, 

 Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London. 



May 4, 1887.— Dr. D. Sharp, F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 



The Rev. C. Ellis-Stevens, B,D., of Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.; 

 Mr. Frederic Merrifield, of 24, Vernon Terrace, Brighton ; Mr. Henry 

 Rowland Brown, B.A., of Oxhey Grove, Stanmore; and Mr. Coryndon 

 Matthews, of Ivybridge, Devon, were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Wm. Warren exhibited specimens of Stigmonota pallifrontana, 

 S. internana, Asthenia pyymaiana (Hiib.), and A. ahiegana (Dup.) [subse- 

 quana. Haw.). 



Mr. Stainton remarked that the two last-named species, Asthenia 

 pygmcRana and A. ahiegana, both had white underwings, and were in other 

 respects very similar. It was formerly thought that Haworth's suhsequana 

 was identical with the species previously figured by Hiibner &s pygmaana ; 

 but now that the two allied species were critically examined it appeared 

 that the species described by Haworth as suhsequana was not Hiibner's 

 pygmaana, but another species known as the abiegana of Duponchel, dating 

 only fiom 1842, so that Haworth's name suhsequana had priority by 30 years. 



Mr. F. Pascoe exhibited a specimen of Diaxines Taylori (Wath.), taken 

 out of the stem of an orcliid — SaccolahiiDu ca;leste — growing in an orcliid- 

 house at Croydon, and received from Moulmein, in Burmah. 



Mr. M'Lachlan exhibited nearly two hundred specimens of Neuroptera, 

 in beautiful condition, collected by Mr. E. Meyrick in various parts of 

 Australia and Tasmania, comprising about seventy species. There were 

 between forty and fifty species of Trichoptera, including moth-like forms 



