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ascanius was taken in the Botanical Gardens at Rio in the 

 middle of February. Five species oi Hcliconiiin were shown : 

 H. navcaa, H. silvana robigus, H. bcsckci, H. phyllis, and 

 H . saya apsetides. Of Catagramina there were C. sorana from 

 Itarari, taken on March gth, and C. hydaspes. Of the allied 

 genus Callicore, C. candrena and C. cluiiia, both found in 

 abundance at Tibagy, in late March. A number oi Erycinidce 

 were shown, including Zeonia licursh, Synnatia dorilas, 

 Mesene sagaris, M. pharcns, Stalaclitis snsanna, and Balotis 

 melanis. The Ithomiine, Mechanitis lysimnia, was shown 

 \vith the Pierine, Disinorphia astyoche, these two insects 

 having been caught on the same Ageratmn flowers, April 

 14th, at Castro. Mr. Kaye remarked that he was not greatly 

 struck with the resemblance of these two insects on the wing. 

 The flight was certainly similar, the Pierine being completely 

 disguised in this respect, but there was no difficulty in dis- 

 criminating between the two by the colours. Seen on the 

 mauve-coloured flowers, the two insects do not bear any 

 resemblance to one another, as the Pierine disclosed a 

 whitish underside, and the Ithomiine one similar to its 

 upperside. 



Mr. A. Sich exhibited two ?,pec\me\\s oi Monopis wcavevellay 

 Scott, and two of Monopis rusticella, Hb,, and read the follow- 

 ing note : " M. weaverella has long been in collections under 

 the name of spilotella, but Mr. Bankes has now shown 

 (' E.M.M.,' igio, p. 221) that spilotella, Tgstr., is a Blabo- 

 pJianes, and that our spilotella is a Monopis. It was named 

 by the late Mr. John Scott, in 1858, Tinea weaverella. It has 

 been taken in Scotland, Hereford, Sussex, Dorset, and Hamp- 

 shire." He also exhibited the winter hibernaculum of 

 Hypononienta cagnatellus. Hb., and said : " This hiber- 

 naculum is composed of the upper portions of the ova, 

 which are laid one partly over another like the tiles of a 

 roof. The larvae hatch in September and October, and 

 pass the winter under this cover. The young larvae, on 

 hatching, eat a very slight depression in the bark, and spin 

 a delicate covering of silk beneath the egg-shells, under 

 which they hibernate." 



Mr. J. Platt-Barrett exhibited a large collection of butter- 

 flies taken by him in Sicily and Calabria during the spring and 

 earl}' summer of the last two years, and read a paper entitled 

 "The Butterflies of Sicily" (see p. 30). He afterwards 

 exhibited a number of lantern-slides consisting of views of 

 the various parts of the country in which he collected, and a 

 series of views of Messina before and after the terrible earth- 



