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constantly larger than the females. The solitary male in the series 

 of mettada seems to show that the rule holds in that species also, and 

 I confidently expect that when a male of comber i is available for 

 examination the same differences will be found to exist between the 

 sexes in that species. 



I would take this opportunity to ask members residing elsewhere 

 than in the localities in which comberi and listoni have been found to 

 send specimens of their local ' metad ' to the Society with a view to 

 a more extended examination of the group, and, more especially, good 

 specimens of mettada from the type locality (Dharwar) would be most 

 valuable. 



