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Mr. E.Joy exhibited a sub-diaphanous variety of Vanessa 

 io, L., from Folkestone, several sub-diaphanous varieties of 

 V. urticcE, L., and a dwarf form of Lyc(Ena icarus, Rott, the 

 coloration of which was somewhat similar to that of L. 

 corydon, Fb. 



Mr. W. A. Pearce exhibited a North American butterfly, 

 of the genus Papilio. 



Mr, A. G. Rose exhibited a fine variety of Epinephele 

 hyperantkes^ L., taken at Box Hill in August last, in which 

 the ocelli on the upper side, instead of being of the ordinary 

 form, were identical with those usually confined to the under 

 side of this species. 



Mr. South exhibited short series of Emmelesia albiilata, 

 Schiff., from the Vaud Canton, Switzerland, and the following 

 counties and districts in Great Britain: Kent, N.Devon, Dum- 

 barton, Rannoch and the Shetland Isles. He said that the Swiss 

 examples represented the form usually found on the Continent, 

 and were the true albulata of Schiffermiiller. None of the 

 British specimens were exactly identical with those from 

 Switzerland, the principal point of deviation being their 

 smaller size, but in the matter of coloration there was also a 

 notable difference. Although one or two individuals of the 

 Kentish series exhibited a tendency to the ochreous grey 

 colour of Continental specimens, the majority from England 

 and Scotland were decidedly grey, whilst most of those from 

 the Shetland Isles were either drab or brownish grey, with 

 but faint indications of the usual markings. These last were 

 the van thiiles, Weir; and the grey forms referred to were 

 Staudinger's griseata. Mr. South was of opinion that if all 

 the representatives of E. albiilata in the Shetlands had been 

 of the abnormal colour of a large proportion of the specimens 

 occurring in those isles, they might not have been recognised 

 as pertaining to that species, but as some of the individuals 

 still retained the characteristic markings of E. albidata, their 

 specific identity stood revealed. He also referred to a pure 



