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Mr/ J. A. Clark, F.E.S., exhibited an instrument he had 

 invented to aid in the setting of small insects ; it consisted 

 of an adjustable lens on a long movable arm, allowing the 

 free use of both hands in placing the wings in position. 



Foreign Lepidoptera. 



Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited several drawers of Rhopaloccra 

 from the South of Europe, including a very long and beauti- 

 ful bred series of Thais cerisyi, God., showing much variation, 

 among them being a very striking dark var. of the female ; 

 a fine series of Thais poly xena, W.V., and var. cassandra, Hb., 

 bred from larvse taken at Hyeres ; a series of T. niniina, L., 

 and its var. mcdesicastc, O. ; a series of Euchloe belia, P., and 

 its var. atisonia, H. ; a series of E. tagis, H., and its var. 

 bellezina, Bdv., from Digne ; and a fine and long series of 

 Leucophasia duponcheli, Stand., and its summer form var. 

 cBstiva,ivom Digne. Very many of the specimens were bred. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a case of fine Indian Papilios. 



Mr. H. J. Turner, F.E.S., a case of African Rhopalocera, 

 including Papilio cenea, Stoll., P. pyladcs, Fab., P. deuioleus, 

 L., P. policenes, Cram., P. nireiLs, L., Danais niavius, 

 D. echeria, Stoll., Diadema misippit,s, L., and Jtmonia ana- 

 car dii, L. 



Mr. J. H. Leech, F.L.S., exhibited a large and very fine 

 collection of Lepidoptera from the Palasarctic region, com- 

 prising five drawers of VanessidcB, five of Argynnidce, six of 

 Bombyces, four oi NocUlcb, and four of GeometrcB. Among the 

 selections there were several very fine varieties, and the 

 series of many species found in Britain included examples 

 from Japan or other parts of Eastern Asia. 



Mr. Walter A. Pearce exhibited about 150 species of 

 Heterocera from Pennsylvania and Colorado, including 

 Sphinges, Bombyces, Noctuce, and Geometne, all collected by 

 himself during his residence in the United States. 



Mr. W. Mansbridge, F.E.S., exhibited many fine series of 

 Lepidoptera from the Indian Territory, U.S.A., the result 

 of about six months' collecting. The exhibit included seven 

 species of the genus Papilio, a full series of the seasonal 

 forms of Colias eurytheme, Bd., and Phyciodes tharos, Dru., as 

 well as the brilliant Ancea andria, Scudd,, which is so well 

 protected when at rest by the resemblance of its underside 

 to a dead leaf. The specimens were all collected by himself. 



Mr. Arthur Hall exhibited three cases of Palaearctic and 

 Nearctic Argynnidce, one case of South American Catagram- 

 mincB, and two cases of scarce Oriental Nymphalidce, 



