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eluding one species, Idiocerus nit Hans, new to the British List. 

 The description is in the January, 1909, number of the 

 ' Ent. Month. Mag.' In a fifth case were the various forms 

 of Philcenus spiunarius. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited a large number of photographs 

 of the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), showing details of bark, 

 foliage, flowers, and fruit. 



Mr. Pennington exhibited a small box of varieties of 

 British Lepidoptera, including vox. fowhri of Agriades cory- 

 don, and curious forms of Polyommatus icarus, Agrotis exclama- 

 tionis, and Anticlea nigrofasciaria (dcrivata). 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited several species of Papilio, 

 among them being some which mimic, more or less faith- 

 fully, species of the Danaine section of the Nymphalidae : 

 P. danasepe, P. telearchus, P. slateri, P. cauniis, etc. 



Rev. W. Wheeler exhibited three cases of European butter- 

 flies, including the species and forms of Apatura, the closely 

 allied species and forms of the Athalia-group of the genus 

 Melitcea, and several closely allied and difficult-to-determine 

 species of Erebia, among the latter being E. christi. 



The following communication was read from Mr. J. Piatt 

 Barrett, Strada Pozzo Leone, 5, Messina, Sicily : 



" I reached here on the 9th of November. The tempera- 

 ture was 73 in the shade, which later on fell to 67°, and at 

 which it now stands. During the last few days rain has 

 fallen heavily, but without lessening the heat. 



" The butterflies on the hills near the town are nearly all 

 such as are found (sometimes only occasionally) in England. 

 Those not taken in England are one 'blue,' one 'skipper,' 

 and one ' heath.' I suppose this shows that our English 

 species are not affected by the lower temperature. 



"The common butterflies here are Pieris rape?, which occurs 

 in the centre of the town, and P. brassicce. 1 captured a fine 

 specimen of P. daplidicc on November 19th. Colias cdnsa 

 flies about rapidly on the hill sides, but I have only taken 

 males. Pararge megara is common near the torrent beds. 

 One P. egcria of the local form has turned up. Heodes phlceas 

 occurs on the hill sides. Pyrameis atalanta is the commonest 

 of the Vanessidse here, and occurs in gardens, roads, etc. 

 Pyrameis cardui has occurred in small numbers ; but, strange 

 to say, I have not seen either Aglais urtica or V. io. This 

 comprises the list of butterflies I have noticed in mid- 

 November, just a dozen species in all. Moths are scarce : I 

 have taken only three small species. Grasshoppers abound, 

 with a few locusts and beetles. I watched a lizard pounce 



