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Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited specimens of the 

 Coleopteva Lebia cyanoccphala and L. chlorocephala, both taken 

 at Box Hill under moss. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a considerable number of South 

 American species and forms of the genus Papilio, belonging 

 mainly to the groups Endopogon, Hectorides, and Parides, and 

 including, among others, P. ascanius, P. bolivar, P. childrcnce, 

 P. crdippus, P. thymbrceus, P. ceneides, P. chabrias, P. orellana, 

 P. sesostris, etc. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a long series oiHeliconius numata, 

 showing extensive variation from a form like H. numismaticus, 

 with a narrow barred hind-wing, to the extreme form H . 

 mclanops, with the whole of the marginal half of the wing 

 black. He also showed pairs of H. sylvana and H '. novatus (?). 

 All the specimens were from British Guiana, and mostly 

 from the Bartica and Potaro districts. 



Mr. Sich read a paper entitled " The Spot we stand on," 

 and illustrated it with a series of lantern slides. 



MAY nth, 1905. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Bevins, of Ongar, Essex, was elected a member. 



Mr. Sich exhibited the flowering stem of an asphodel 

 which had bloomed in his garden in a sheltered situation. 

 It was originally brought from the West of France. Dr. 

 Chapman said it was not the same species as that he had 

 referred to at a previous meeting as the pabulum of Hastula 

 hyerana in the Esterels. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited a specimen of the coral-root, Coral- 

 lorhiza innata, a rare species of British Orchidcce. It was 

 obtained in Buckinghamshire, in a wood, where it has 

 occurred for many years. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited the " Lantoscope," recently brought 

 out by Dr. Connold, to facilitate the examination of lantern 

 slides without the use of the lantern. 



Mr. F. Noad Clark exhibited an old work on microscopy, 

 " Micrographia Illustrum," by George Adams, dated 1771, 

 and called attention to the curious illustrations. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a short series of a moth, Metoptria 

 monogramma, allied to Euclidia glyphica. They were taken in 

 Sicily at the end of April, when the species was apparently 

 just emerging. 



