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tyro as to whether they were all the same species. Sandown is noted 

 for its aberrations of this species. Similar forms are no doubt to be 

 got in other localities if worked as systematically as this locality. Mr. 

 Kaye had a drawer of Nonagrias, with specimens of Tajnnostola extrema 

 and Xonai/ria sparganii, the latter from the Dover district. Ento- 

 mologists in want of the latter species should pay attention to the 

 yellow flag, and if this were done we should then probably hear of the 

 insect becoming more generally distributed than it at present appears 

 to be. There were many other interesting exhibits of British lepid- 

 optera, all of which there is not space here even to notice. The 

 magnificent series of Epunda lutulenta, exhibited by the Eev. C. K. N. 

 Burrows, must, however, be mentioned. Of the exotic lepidoptera 

 there was a fine show. Mr. E. M. Dadd contributed to these with 

 some fine Catocalas and Vanessids. Amongst the latter was a long 

 series of Euvanessa antiopa from Europe and North America. Some 

 of the American specimens had the border much suffused, and taken 

 generally they had distinctly darker margins. Amongst the Catocalas, 

 the United States Catocala cava and ('. amatri.v, bred, were specially 

 fine. C. electa, also, which comes very close to our (,'. nupta, was 

 amongst a lot of others. Mr. Stanley Edwards gave a splendid exhibit 

 of Papilios, Ornithopteras, Charaxes, &c. P. adamantius was amongst 

 many other fine things. The Hestias also were particularly good, but 

 the most remarkable mimic of these unpalatable insects was absent ; 

 we refer to P. idaeoides, which so closely resembles Hestia idaea. P. 

 memnon, with a large number of polymorphic $ s, was well illustrated, 

 A magnificent specimen of Moijiho cisseis, from Guatemala, and a speci- 

 men of P. (pi)uUachianns, from Cuba, also figured in this fine exhibit. 

 The writer, in exhibiting foreign SpJiini/idae, had practically the field 

 to himself. Six drawers were shown, four of which contained examples 

 of the large genus Chocrocampa. Amongst the others Cizara ardeniae, 

 bred from Brisbane, Queensland, was particularly noteworthy, speci- 

 mens of this unique-looking Sphingid being extremely rare in collections. 

 Fine Lanyia zenzeroides, An(/o)tij.v testacea, and a series of Amphomjx 

 antaeaa, taken by the exhibitor himself at jasmine blossoms, were also 

 noteworthy. Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster had lent four cabinet 

 drawers of exotic lepidoptera, and amongst these were some remark- 

 ably interesting insects. Two drawers contained examples of butter- 

 flies and moths mimicking each other. Amongst some of these Avere 

 noted Samjala (jloriosa, a Geometrid moth, mimicked by i'7?v.sm ca.sfiY/rt, 

 a Nymphalid butterfly ; Pericopis leucophaea, a Hypsid moth, 

 mimicked by Didonis ai/anisa, a Nymphalid butterfly. Papilio niewpe, 

 which is only protected in the ? sex, was well shown, the ? closely 

 resembling Amaiiris niarius. Another still more interesting "pair" 

 were Epicopeiapolydora, a moth so closely resembling Papilio rhetenor. 

 Of Coleoptera the exhibits were few but excellent. Mr. E. A. 

 Newbery showed a cabinet drawer containing nearly all the British 

 species of the family Bemhidiidae and Hydrodephaija, and formed a very 

 interesting exhibit. Mr. Clark had some cases of exotic coleoptera, in 

 which were to be found many of the most extraordinary of the world's 

 coleoptera. Amongst these were Dt/nastes hercides, the giant Dominican 

 beetle, GoUatJnis drunji, Mormolyce pJnjllodes and many others. Of the 

 Diptera, Messrs. F. B. Jennings and H. A. Sauze had lent some of 

 their fine specimens. The former exhibitor had types of the most 



