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Tipula, the lancet was darted into the thorax, and apparently 

 a poison was injected. The stroke was not always successful, 

 owing to the struggles of the Tipula. He had captured both 

 the E^/ipis and the Tipula separately, and having placed them 

 together had observed the attack on the Tipula after the first 

 struggles to escape. The legs of the Tipula were often torn 

 off in the attack. Mr. Tunaley also exhibited a remarkable 

 var. of Coremia designata from Ranmore, having the light 

 band narrower than usual, but filled in with the dark 

 colour. The inner margin was straighter than in normal 

 specimens. 



Mr. Mansbridge exhibited a specimen of Syi'ichthus ntalvce 

 (alveolus), having a notch at the apex of all four wings, the 

 cilia which belonged to the hind margin being present in 

 the notch. Mr. Turner suggested an injury to the pupae as 

 the cause of the phenomenon, and remarked that it was a 

 solitary specimen, and not comparable to the angularity 

 observed in many specimens of Polyoimnatus corydon by 

 Mr. Tunaley. Mr. Barrett doubted an injury being the 

 cause, and said that the cilia near the apex were shorter, 

 and suggested that the white patch accentuated the de- 

 ficiency, and that the appearance was partly an illusion. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a specimen of the rare Papilio 

 danisepa from the Khasia Hills, and also a short series of 

 Leptocircus curius, on which genus he contributed the follow- 

 ing note. 



" List of species of Leptocircus recognised by various 

 authorities : 



" Leptocircus, Swainson. This genus differs from that of 

 Papilio in all its sectional groups by having the third, fourth, 

 and fifth subcostal nervules of the anterior wings with a 

 common origin. Leptocircus seems well and naturally 

 classified in a position intermediate between the swallow- 

 tail Papilios and the HesperiidcB. The genus is not of large 

 extent, and is purely Eastern in distribution. It appears to 

 be confined to the Indo-Malayan region and other portions 

 of the Malay Archipelago, although two species occur in 



