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John Errol Moritz Boyd, M.C., R.A.M.C., Pendavy, Birchington-on- 

 Sea ; Miss Mary Frances Cossart Bridson, Ford Brow, Dartmouth ; 

 Messrs. Thomas Cockcroft, 111, Owen St., Wellington South, New 

 Zealand ; Ernest Crabbe, 52, Sarsfeld Road, Balbam, S.W.12 ; J. W. 

 Griffin, 27, The Summit, Liscard, Wallasey ; Alister Clavering Hardy, 

 40, Harlow Moor Drive, Harrogate ; Valentine Knight, Assistant 

 Director Raffles Museum, Singapore ; Russell James, 7, Broadlands 

 Road, Highgate, N.6 ; George Lodge, Hawkhouse, Camberley ; Hugh 

 Kenneth Munro, B.Sc, 258, Bourke St., Pretoria, S. Africa ; John 

 Golding Myers, Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand ; Alfred Philpott, 

 Assistant Entomologist, Biological Dept., Cawthron Inst, of Scientific 

 Research, Nelson, New Zealand ; Arthur Walter Richardson, 28, 

 Avenue Road, Southall, Middlesex ; Dr. Winstan St. Andrew St. 

 John, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Derwent House, Derby; Dr. John 

 W. Scharff, M.B., D.P.M., Tampin, Federated Malay States; 

 Messrs. Joseph Tinsley, West of Scotland Agricultural College, Burns 

 Avenue, Kilmarnock ; and William Wallace, M.B., 15, Hainton 

 Avenue, Grimsby, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



New Butterflies from Dutch New Guinea. — Mr. G. Talbot ex- 

 hibited on behalf of Mr. J. J. Joicey a number of New Butterflies from 

 the.Weyland Mountains, Dutch New Guinea. 



The specimens shown formed part of the first collection made by 

 the three brothers C, F., and J. Pratt, who were sent out by Mr. Joicey 

 to explore a little-known part of New Guinea. 



Lepidoptera from the Cook and Society Islands ; including an 



ANALYSIS OF THE MARKINGS OF THE FEMALES OF HyPOLIMNAS BOLINA, 



L. — Professor Poulton exhibited specimens illustrating the following 

 extracts from letters received from Mr. H. W. Simmonds of the 

 Department of Agriculture, Suva, Fiji : — , 



The five females sent by Mr. Simmonds from Rarotonga showed 

 great variation. The chief differences were described below, omitting 

 the central marking of the hindwing which was treated separately at 

 the end. 



(1) This specimen was male-like and, except for its much greater 

 size, nearly resembled the Tahitian female. 



(2) Smaller — the only one of the five which, in this respect, did 

 not contrast with the Tahitian specimen , darker, the white fore- 

 wing bar overspread with scattered dark scales, the series of white 

 spots parallel with the ... hind margin slightly developed, as also the 

 orange ochreous marginal and submarginal lines in both wings, 

 tending to invade the apical area of forewing. 



(3) In this specimen the series of white spots, present on both 

 wings, was more developed, as also the orange ochreous markings, 

 especially at the apex of. forewing. 



(4) Similar, except for the still greater development and richer 

 shade of the orange ochreous and the slightly less developed series of 

 white spots. 



(5) The white forewing bar overspread as in (2) ; the ochreous 

 markings very pale, nearly white in the apical area. In the hindwing 

 the pale ochreous submarginal marking was no longer a line but a 

 band much broader than in any other of these five females. The 

 President, however, had captured specimens in Rarotonga with a far 



