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blue, etc., were much admired, as also were the huge, quite 

 perfect, bred series of O. victoria from New Guinea. A 

 drawer of the aberrant Papilio antimachus, from Africa, 

 included a specimen of the very rarely obtained female. 

 The polymorphic forms of P. cenea were well represented by 

 series from various parts of Africa, together with the Mada- 

 gascar form, P. meriones ; a beautiful set of 0. paradisea, a 

 hne Malayan species with very aberrant hind wings. A very 

 large number of the brilliantly marked S. American butterflies 

 of the genera Caiagramuia, Catoncplide, etc., and some of the 

 more distinctive species of Pamassiiis were among the butter- 

 flies more or less noticeable. Among the moths some huge 

 Saturniids were shown, of which it was stated that the larvae, 

 preserved specimens of which were in one of the cabinets, 

 possessed poisonous hairs, and that pupation took place 

 underground. The collection of hawk-moths, upon which 

 the very fine monograph of the family was based, was pointed 

 out, together with the giant "goat" moths of New Zealand 

 and the huge group of the tropical representatives of the 

 Zygcenidce of the N. Temperate Zone, viz. the Chalcosidce. 

 British species were not separately arranged, bnt long series 

 of Chrysophanus dispar, with fine varieties and aberrations of 

 the Melitseas, Argynnids, and Vanessids, including some very 

 fine results of temperature experiments, were shown. Some 

 of our members got a glimpse of many extreme aberrations 

 of Ardia caja. 



After some two hours had been thus spent, tea at the com- 

 fortable Rose and Crown Hotel, and a pleasant ride or walk 

 to the station, concluded a very successful commencement of 

 our season's supplementary arrangements. 



APRIL Sth, 1909. 



Mr. A. F. Hemming and Mrs. Hemming, of Horley, were 

 elected members. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a species of crawfish (Pamdirus) 

 from British North Borneo. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a living female of Asteroscopus 

 nubecidosa, emerged that morning, after having been four 

 years in the pupal stage. He also stated that the emergence 

 of this species always takes place between nine and ten 

 o'clock in the morning. 



Mr. Main exhibited egg-cases, each containing one ovum, 

 of a leaf insect {Pidchiphyllinin crurifolitim) received from 



